How To Start A Poker Club On Pokerstars

This short how-to video shows you how to join a pokerclub in the Pokerstars software Version 7. Remember when you join PokerStars via PokerNews you get to also play in our exclusive promotions with them. Step 1: Download PokerStars Step 2 - Create Your Home Game Click on the Home Games tab in. First, click over to the main lobby in the PokerStars client. You should see a tab labelled “Home Games” at the top of the screen. Click the tab to go to the Home Games lobby. You will see a box at the top with the heading “My Poker Clubs,” and a box at the bottom with the heading “My Scheduled Games.”.

Imagine having your own online Poker Club, for just you and your friends - where you can arrange your own private poker games whenever you want! It’s called Home Games. It’s free to use and it’s really easy to set up. Download the poker software then follow these simple steps to get started:

1) In the main lobby, select the ‘More’ menu then ‘Home Games’. If you’ve been invited to join a club, click ‘Join a Poker Club’; to start a new club, click ‘Create a Poker Club’.

2) Give your new club a name and invitation code (make sure not to include your personal password!). We’ll send you an email with your club details and ID number, which you can then share with your friends so they can join your club.

3) Your club will be added to the Home Games lobby in your client. Click on the ‘Club Lobby’ button. You can now accept new club members, schedule and register for games, and manage your club from the Club Lobby.

Your exclusive online Poker Club is completely free, and includes these key features:

Club Management Tools appoint administrators, accept/remove members, customize your club lobby and game tables, set length of club seasons and more.
Player Statistics view game results, points earned, top finishes, knockouts for each club member and even tournament Leader Boards
Game Management Tools customize game parameters and schedule games and tournaments, including Hold’em, Omaha, Stud, mixed games like HORSE and others
Save Favorite Game Setups easy to replay your favorite customized game configurations
Private Games all games and tournaments are available only to members of your club

Here are some tips for creating your Poker Club.

Your Club Name must be unique and should contain between 8-30 characters, including spaces. It mustn’t be offensive, infringe on anyone’s rights or contain a URL or anyone else’s username (it can contain your own username, but this is not necessary). Club Names will be reviewed and won’t be displayed to other players until approved, after which they cannot be changed. You’ll receive an email approving or rejecting the Club Name within five days.

When creating an Invitation Code for your Club, remember that they must be between 8-16 characters, are case sensitive, must not contain your username, and must start with a letter and contain at least one number. Also, they must not start with the letters ‘tmp’.

Poker Clubs can have up to 501 members - if you need to increase this limit, please contact support. You can create up to two Clubs and join up to 10. To see all the Clubs to which you belong, check out ‘My Poker Clubs’ in the Home Games tab of the lobby.

Both the Club Manager and Club Administrators can schedule tournaments and create games, but only the Club Manager can manage the Club. Use the ‘Grant Admin’ button in the ‘Manage Club’ tab to give players Club Administrator status.

When playing real money Home Games you’ll earn reward points just as you would in other real money games.

Home Games are about playing poker with people you know and trust, and for that reason members of a Poker Clubcanplay at the same table or tournament in a Home Game even if they are on the same IP address or location. Also, chat moderation is generally not provided. However, we are just as serious about the security of Home Games as any other games - if you suspect improper behavior on the part of fellow Club members, please email support and we will investigate.

Click here to read Home Games Terms & Conditions.

If you have any queries about creating or joining a Poker Club, or about Home Games, please contact Support.

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PokerStars recently announced a new feature they are beta testing, PokerStars Home Games. The Home Games feature allows you to create your own Online Poker Club to set up private games for only the players you wish to invite.
You can create your own ring games as well as tournaments. Just like with a real poker club members earn points based on how well they do in tournaments. These points are tracked in the club lobby.
Right now it looks like it's only available in the play money client but from what I hear and the way things appear to be set up, it looks like it will eventually be available for real money too.

Setting up Your Own Poker Club

It's pretty straight forward, first thing is log into the PokerStars.net client and click on the Home Games tab on the right.
Underneat the Home Games logo are two buttons, click the one that says Create A Poker Club

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This will bring up the following window that will allow you to give your club it's name and specify the invitation code that people you invite will use to join your club. Don't forget to agree to the Terms and Conditions then click the Create Club button.
You'll be able to change the invitation code later but the name you assign to your club seems to be permanent so give it some thought before deciding on it. Poker

How To Join A Poker Club On Pokerstars

Once you're club is created you'll be presented with a message that lets you know what your club id number is. That's it, you're pretty much done creating a club.
Now send the club id number and invitation code to your family and friends to sign up.

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Creating Club Tables and Tournaments

Now that you have your club you'll want to create some tables for your club members to play at.

Double click on your club in the Home Games lobby to bring up your Club lobby if it's not already open and click on the Manage Games Tab. You should see a screen like the one on the right.

You have the option of creating ring games or tournaments.

Ring games are pretty simple. Click on the Create a Table... this will bring up a window that allows you to choose the options for your ring game.

You can choose from all the different types of tables PokerStars supports including Hold'em, Omaha, 8-game and more. Then choose if the game is no-limit, fixed limit or pot limit (if applicable), the number of seats at the table and the currency (only play money available right now). Then select the stakes from the list on the lower half of the window as shown below:

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Creating Club Tournaments is just as easy and you have a lot of different options available. You control the date the tournament will start, the type of game, the buy-in, the payout structure, blind intervals, starting stacks and even if it's a knockout, rebuy, shootout or regular tournament. There's also an option to have the tournament count towards the club leaderboard.
When you create a ring game table or tournament your members will receive an email letting them know that a new game has been set up, unless they disabled email alerts.
It looks like a fun new feature and might be even better once it's available for more than just play money.