How does the clubgg app work?

This article will explain every section of the ClubGG app so you can easily find all the features and get the most out of your playing experience

Table of Contents
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This is the first screen you will see upon logging in to your account. You can navigate to all other areas of the app from here.
Main lobby of the ClubGG App
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    Avatar/Screen Name/Profile Settings: The avatar and screen name shown here is what will display on the tables when you are playing. If you click on the avatar, you will be taken to the Profile Settings section of the app.

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    Membership Status/Membership Store: If you have a ClubGG membership, the status will be displayed here. If you don't have one, you can click here to be taken to the Membership store.

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    Club Search: Click here to search for a club to join. You will need to know the club ID for the club you want to join.

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    Active Clubs: All the clubs you have joined will be listed here. You can swipe left or right to scroll through them. There is also an option to create a new club, which is always located all the way to the right of your active clubs.

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    Membership Zone: These are free-play games through the ClubGG app itself. You must be a ClubGG member to access these tables.

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    Account Info Section: Click here to access the Account Info section.

Access this section by clicking on your avatar in the Main Lobby. Here, you can change your avatar, screen name and password.
Profile Settings screen from the ClubGG App
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    Change Avatar: Click the green pencil to change your avatar. Changing your avatar is free. You may also upload your own image to use as an avatar.

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    Change Screen Name: Click the white pencil to change your screen name. You must have a ClubGG membership to do this.

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    Change Login Password: You can change your password as much and as often as you want. Remember to choose a secure password!

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    Link Social Account: You can only link a social media account when you first create your account and it is optional. You cannot link one after the account is created.

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    Verify ID: You can only verify your ID if you have a ClubGG membership. It is not required to play on the app.

Access this section by clicking on the "Me" icon in the lower right hand corner of the Main Lobby. Here, you can find your player ID number, log out from your account, see your tournament tickets (if you have any), change the game play settings, delete your account, check your in-app messages and change the language displayed in the app.
Account info screen from the ClubGG App
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    App Help/Delete Account: Click here to get app support or delete your account. Note, all the buttons here except "Delete Account" will bring you to the ClubGG website. There is no live support for the ClubGG app itself. You will be prompted for confirmation before your account is actually deleted if you click "Delete Account".

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    Log Out: Click here to log out from your current account. You may want to do this if you have more than one ClubGG account.

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    Player ID Number: This is your unique player ID number. Even if you change your screen name, your player ID number will not change. Some clubs use the ID number to track their players instead of the screen name.

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    Tournament Tickets: These tickets all pertain to ClubGG membership games and have nothing to do with any private club tournaments.

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    Pokercraft: This a ClubGG app game section available for ClubGG members only. It is beyond the scope of this guide.

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    Game Settings Menu: In this section you can adjust various game play settings including sound, auto-rebuys and card appearance.

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    In App Messages: You will get a message here any time you are accepted or removed from a club or any time a club manager loads or removes chips. You can also access this inbox from the club lobby.

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    My Account: Clicking here takes you to the Profile Settings section described above.

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    My Tournaments: This section gives you detailed information about your tournament results for the entire history of your account.

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    Language: Click here to change the display language for the app.

Access this section first by clicking on the "Me" icon in the lower right hand corner of the Main Lobby. This will take you to the Account Info section. From there, click on "Game Settings". Here you can turn the app sounds on and off, set your automatic buy-in preferences and change the appearance of the cards during play.

Note, if you change any settings here, you must hit "Confirm" to save them before hitting the back arrow to exit.
Game Settings menu from the ClubGG app
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    Sound Effects: Click here to turn the in-app game play sounds on or off.

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    Vibration: Click here to turn the in-app haptic feedback effects on or off.

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    Chips Display: Allows you to display your chip stack during game play either in terms of big blinds (for example, this would show 10 if you have 100 chips and the blinds are 5/10) or absolute chip numbers. Some players find this useful while playing tournaments.

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    Smart Focus: Turning this option on will make it easier for you to know when it is your turn to act at a table.

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    Auto Top Up: Here you can choose to automatically add on to your stack if it falls below a certain percentage of the table maximum. For example, if you choose 100% and 100%, you will automatically add on to 100% of the table maximum for the next hand if your stack falls below the table maximum. Note, this feature only affects cash games and you must have enough chips in your chip bank to add to the full amount of the automatic top up.

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    Customize Betting Buttons: This section allows you to customize the bet-size buttons that show up during game play. There is a more detailed explanation in the next section of this guide.

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    Cards Appearance: You can choose from three options for how the cards appear on the table while you are playing. Some players prefer to use four-color cards so it is easier to tell the different suits apart.

Here, you can customize the preset bet-size buttons that are shown during game play when it is your turn to act. The default bet sizes are shown below.

Access this section first by clicking on the "Me" icon in the lower right hand corner of the Main Lobby. This will take you to the Account Info section. From there, click on "Game Settings", then "Custom Betting Buttons".
Custom bet sizing options from the ClubGG App
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    Sample Display: This screenshot shows the order in which the bet-size buttons are displayed during game play.

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    Opening Bet Size Buttons: Here you can adjust the bet-size buttons for pre-flop when no one has called or raised before you. These sizes are in terms of big blinds. Note, these sizes are only used for Hold 'Em.

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    Other Bet Size Buttons: These sizes are used for post-flop play, for pre-flop play in Hold 'Em when there is a call or raise before your turn and for all situations in Pot Limit Omaha. These sizes are in terms of percentage of the pot.

Clicking on any of your active club banners in the main app lobby will bring you to a screen that looks similar to this. This is where you access the games for a given club.
The club lobby for the ClubGG App
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    Club Information: Here, you will see the club logo, name and ID number (note, this is the club ID number, NOT your player ID number!). You can also see how many total players are logged into this club at the current moment and how many total active tables are available.

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    Chip Balance: This is your chip balance. If you have chips in play at a table, they will not be counted in this total.

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    Leaderboard Info: If your club participates in a Leaderboard contest, you can click on this icon for details. Usually Leaderboard contests run weekly and involve tournament volume and results. You should ask your club representative for more information about any Leaderboard contests for your particular club.

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    Club Welcome Message: Custom greeting message from your club. Often there will be contact information for getting in touch with the club manager here.

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    Bad Beat Jackpot Info: This banner shows the current Bad Beat Jackpot prize pool. You can click on the banner for more details including the rules and recent winners.

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    Game Filters: Here you can filter for game type and choose to only show running tables and hide full tables.

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    Blinds Filters: Here, you can filter for the blind levels you want to play. You can open and close this filter by clicking the "Filter" button above it.

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    Table Listings: This sections shows all the active tables available in the club. Each row represents a table. You can swipe up or down to scroll through them.

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    Message Inbox: You will get a message here every time chips are added or removed from your account and whenever you are granted items by your club manager, such as a tournament ticket.

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    Chip Transaction Record: Here, you will see a clear record of all the chip credits and withdrawals from your account for up to the past 30 days. You can filter for time period and by trade type (incoming or outgoing).

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    Member Detail: Here, you can see a summary of your play, review the hands and tables you've played at and see your career play statistics. You can also opt to quit the club in this section. See below for more information.

Click on the menu icon in the lower right hand corner of any Club Lobby to open it. Then click on "Admin". In this section you can see a summary of your results and play statistics, review recent hand histories and quit the active club.
Member detail section for the ClubGG App
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    Volume of Play by Game Type: Here you can see the total number of tables and hands played for each game type for this club. Click on any game type to show or hide the stats.

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    PokerCraft: This a ClubGG app game section available for ClubGG members only. It is beyond the scope of this guide.

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    Hand History: Here, you will find your hand histories for the past 30 days. Clicking on the button will show a list of the tables you have played at, which can be filtered by game type. Clicking on any table will allow you to scroll through a summary for all the hands you have played at that table.

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    Game Data: Here, you will find a results summary for all the tables you have played at for the past 30 days, which can be filtered by game type. Clicking on a table will show you when the table ran and the total buy in and profit/loss for all the players who played there.

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    Career Statistics: Here, you will find your lifetime play statistics. Note, this does not show your lifetime profit/loss, only your game-play metrics. See section below for more information.

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    Quit Club: Click here to quit the active club. Note, you will have to provide confirmation to quit, not just click the button.

Click on the menu icon in the lower right hand corner of any Club Lobby to open it. Then click on "Admin". Then "Career". In this section you can see a summary of your lifetime play statistics.
Career statistics section of the ClubGG app
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    Win Percentage: The percentage of hands won after VPIP'ing or checking in the big blind.

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    VPIP: Stands for "Voluntarily Put money in the Pot". It is a measure of how many hands a player is playing. Some tables have a minimum VPIP requirement over a certain number of hands in order to stay at the table. Checking your option in the big blind does not count towards VPIP. Calling a bet and then folding to a raise DOES count towards your VPIP.

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    PFR: Stands for "Preflop Raise". The percentage of hands in which a player raises or reraises before the flop.

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    C-Bet: Stands for "Continuation Bet". The percentage of hands in which a player bets the flop after raising before the flop.

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    3-Bet: The percentage of hands in which a player raises an initial raise before the flop (puts the 3rd bet in). The stat excludes 4 and 5 bets.

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    WT: Stands for "Went to Showdown". The percentage of hands in which a player gets to showdown after seeing the flop in a hand.

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    WSD: Stands for "Wins at Showdown". The percentage of hands in which a player wins when showing his cards at the end of a hand.

Here, we explain the different tournament and cash game variants you will see in the clubs.
Different tournament types on the ClubGG appCash game variants on the ClubGG app
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    Step: "Step" tournaments are satellite ticket to a bigger tournament. You may not transfer, sell or exchange these tickets for chips. If you win more than one satellite to the same tournament, you will win chips for the value of the entry of the tournament.

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    Main: Tournaments for which there are satellites available.

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    MTT: Tournaments for which there are NOT satellitels available.

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    Double-Board Bomb Pot: See below for explanation of each element. The frequency and ante for the bomb pots will be written on the table.

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    Bad Beat Jackpot: These tables are bad beat jackpot eligible.

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    Double Board: These tables have at least some hands played with two boards. The two best hands for each board will split the pot. The frequency for the double board hands will be written on the table.

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    Bomb Pot: These tables have at least some hands played as bomb pot. In a bomb pot, every player puts in some ante and all players see the flop, after which play proceeds as normal. The frequency and ante for the bomb pot hands will be written on the table.

This is an example of what the basic game table looks like on the ClubGG app, when it is your turn to act. You will not see all these options when it is not your turn.
Game table example from the ClubGG app
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    Active Table: Here, you will be notified if it is your turn to act on one of your open tables. This is only relevant if you are playing more than one table.

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    Add Table: Click here to sit at another table. You can play up to four tables at once. Clicking this button will bring up a sub-menu that allows you to select another table from the club lobby so it is a good idea to wait until you have folded at your current tables before adding a table.

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    Hand Histories: Clicking here will bring up the hand histories for the current table. You can scroll through all the hands that have occurred since you sat at the table.

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    Bad Beat Eligibility: There will be a Bad Beat icon here if the table is eligible for the Bad Beat Jackpot. Tables that do not have this icon do not take a fee for the jackpot and do not pay if you lose with a Bad Beat Jackpot qualifying hand.

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    Player VPIP: The numbers next to the avatars represent the players' VPIP during the active table only (not their career VPIP). If there ice around the box, it means the player has been losing in the last few hands. If there is fire around the box, it means the player has been winning in the last few hands. No border means the player has not won or lost a lot.

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    Table Info: This section will inform you of all the relevant features for the active table. The last line VPIP > 45% means you have to have at least 45% VPIP to stay at this table. Generally you get at least 20 hands to play 45% of them before you are removed from the table.

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    Preset Bet Sizes: These buttons allow you to bet a preset amount based on big blinds or percentage of the pot. If you tap on any button, you will be committed to making that bet or raise size. These bet sizes can be customized in the "Game Settings" section of the app.

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    Bet Size Keypad: Tapping this icon will bring up a keypad on the table which will allow you to enter an exact bet or raise size. You can clear the keypad without committing to a bet if you change your mind.

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    Bet Size Slider: This icon will open a slider that allows you to set a bet or raise size. Note, if you simply tap this icon, you will automatically bet or raise the minimum! You must press and HOLD the icon to change the bet size. If you slide to zero while holding the slider, the slider will disappear and you will not bet or raise.

Slide up on the table to access this menu. Slide down to close it. Note, the only way you can quit a table is through this menu.
Game table menu from the ClubGG app
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    Hand Histories: Clicking here will bring up the hand histories for the current table. You can scroll through all the hands that have occurred since you sat at the table.

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    Game Data: Clicking here will show the profit/loss for all players at the table, including your own.

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    Table Chat: Clicking here will bring up the table chat history. Messages show briefly at the table when sent and are preserved here.

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    Chip Stack Display: Clicking here will toggle displaying player chip stacks from absolute amounts to big blinds.

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    Straddle Option: Turning this on will make you straddle every time you are under-the-gun until it is turned off. The slider will be grayed out if the table does not allow straddles.

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    Game Settings: Clicking here will open the Game Settings menu.

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    Chip Request: Clicking here will allow you to make a chip request to the club manager.

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    Exit Table: Clicking here will remove you from the table and bring you back to the club lobby. Note, there is no confirmation button so clicking this in the middle of a hand will make you fold the hand.

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    Sit Out: Clicking here will keep you at the table but will prevent you from getting dealt in until you click to return. You will be removed from the table after a certain amount of time. A timer will be displayed on the table while you are sitting out.

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    Stand Up: Clicking here will make you leave your seat at the table but won't return you to the club lobby. This is useful if you want to change seats at the table. Note, if you stand up while there is a wait list for the table, you will lose your spot at the table.

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    Top Up: Click here to add to your chip stack while playing. You can set up automatic top up options through the Game Settings menu.

Click on any player avatar at the table to bring up this pop up menu about that player.
Player Popup from the ClubGG app
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    Label: Click here to add a color-coded label to the player, which will be visible at the table. You may wish to color-code players by playing style. These labels will be saved across all tables and future sessions.

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    Mute Chat: Clicking this will disable the players chat for you only. The other players will still see their chats but you will not. Only club managers can mute a player's chat for everyone.

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    Hide Avatar: Clicking this will hide a player's avatar from the table for you only.

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    Player Notes: Click here to add notes for a particular player. These notes will be saved across all tables and future sessions.