Fewer clubs. Every one of them checked.
Most agency sites list every club that will give them a referral ID. We don't. A club appears on PokerStock only after we have played in it ourselves, moved money in and out, and watched it long enough to know how it behaves when something goes wrong. That takes months per club — which is why our catalog is short, and why we can answer for every club on it.
What we check before a club goes on this site
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Payouts — tested with our own money
We deposit, play and withdraw through the club's cashier before we send a single player there. A club we haven't cashed out of is not on this site.
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Who runs it
We know the club or union owner by name, we have a direct line to them, and they answer it. No anonymous admins, no rotating contacts.
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Game integrity
How the club handles bots, collusion and multi-accounting — what they check, how fast they act, and whether they have actually removed anyone. "We have a security team" is not an answer; a case history is.
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Field and traffic
We watch the lobby across weeks and time zones: real tables at real hours, not screenshots from prime time. A club that is a ghost town outside its peak is listed with that caveat or not listed at all.
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Terms in writing
Rake, rakeback and settlement schedule — confirmed by the club, in writing, before we publish them. If the club changes its terms, the page changes with them; each club page carries a «Terms updated» date.
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Track record
We observe a club for at least three months before listing it. New clubs wait.
What gets a club removed
A missed or delayed settlement. Credible evidence of bots, RTA or collusion that the club didn't act on. Terms quietly changed without notice. An owner who stopped answering. Any one of these, and the club comes off the site — we don't keep a listing because it converts.
What we don't do
- No paid placements. No club pays to be on this site or to rank higher on it.
- No clubs we haven't played in. If nobody on our side has sat at the tables and cashed out, the club isn't here.
- No guessing. We don't publish what the club hasn't confirmed. An empty field on a club page means we don't know yet — not that we filled it in.
Why this matters more in closed clubs
Closed-club poker has no public regulator and no refund button. The app is operated by one company, the union by another, the club by a third — and the only party you actually deal with is your agent. The agent's selection is your safety layer. That is the job we take seriously enough to list fewer clubs than we could.
If you want the player's side of the same checklist — the questions to ask any club before you deposit — it's in How to choose a poker club.
Questions
How many clubs do you work with? +
A few dozen across ClubGG, PokerBros, PPPoker and other apps — the full list is in the catalog. We would rather say no to a club than say yes to one we are not sure about.
Can I request a club that isn't listed? +
Yes. Tell us the club and we will check it the same way: play in it, cash out of it, talk to the owner. If it passes, it gets listed. If it doesn't, we will tell you why.
How do I know a club page is current? +
Every club page carries a «Terms updated» date — the last time we checked the page against the club's own published conditions. If a club changes rake, rakeback or settlement, the page changes with it.
Does a club pay to be listed or to rank higher? +
No. No club pays to be on this site or for its position on it. ClubGG is listed first because it is the platform we focus on, not because anyone paid for the spot.