PokerClubHub
PokerClubHub is a YC Summer 2026 (S26) company. Based in Jaco, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica.
About PokerClubHub
Summary
PokerClubHub builds a licensed platform for hosting private online poker clubs, serving both club owners and players who have moved away from regulated sites overrun by professionals and bots. Club owners on competing platforms like ClubGG handle deposits manually in crypto, exposing players to scams and slow withdrawals. PokerClubHub takes custody of player deposits directly, automates all payments, and pays rake back to club owners as affiliate fees, replacing a fragmented, trust-dependent cash flow with a managed, licensed system.
Business model
Rake collected from club games is paid out to club owners as affiliate fees, with PokerClubHub retaining a portion.
Go-to-market
Club owners sign up to open their own poker club on the platform, bringing their existing player bases; players join through those clubs or start rake-free games directly with friends.
From the Y Combinator listing
Host a Poker Club and Make Money
TL;DR: PokerClubHub is the first licensed poker club platform. We protect players’ deposits and allow anyone to open their own poker club and make money. Regulated online poker sites like PokerStars have open player pools and thus are full of pros and bots, driving players to unregulated private clubs. Existing poker club platforms like ClubGG have no payments processing. Players deposit with a club owner by sending them crypto for play-money chips. In theory, these chips can be exchanged back for money. However, players can get scammed and withdrawing takes ages. This model is also broken for honest club owners who have to manually process hundreds of deposits a day. They lose out on rake when they sleep and struggle to get players to trust them. On PokerClubhub, players deposit with PokerClubHub, not the club owner. We handle all deposits and withdrawals for the club owner, saving them time and increasing their earnings. We pay the rake (if any) to club owners as affiliate fees. We hold the same gaming license as BetHog (built by founders of FanDuel) and Nexa Poker (part of World Poker Tour). Player deposits are secured using Fireblocks. You can also play rake-free games with your friends and acquaintances on our platform. We ensure that everyone pays up.
Facts
- Consumer / Consumer -> Gaming
- Jaco, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
- Active
- Early
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