HPD app guide · WPT HOME · Adults 18+
WPT HOME app guide: host a play-money poker night
Mara has a notebook, a few friends to invite, and one small problem: the HPD spade has arranged more chairs than she has guests. A poker app can provide a table. Somebody still has to organize the evening. This guide follows that job, from checking the right WPT HOME product to choosing a format, inviting players and finding a hand afterwards.
WPT HOME is a social poker product with private games and clubs. Its play chips have no monetary value, and the publisher says it offers neither real-money wagering nor cash prizes. Optional purchases exist, but buying an in-game item does not turn the game into a withdrawal account. Keep that distinction in mind whenever a menu uses familiar poker words such as buy-in, payout or penalty.
Mara is our adult teacher; the navy spade is her easily distracted assistant. Their illustrations are editorial scenes, not screenshots of the app. You can answer all six checks below without registering, buying anything or joining a table.
App descriptions and official rules checked on 18 October 2026. This is a researched preparation guide, not a claim that HPD tested every mode on every device.
Jump to play chips, the right app, hosting, joining and clubs, formats, Squid Go, or history and help.
What the chips mean
A stack tells you how many game units you have in the current setting. It does not quote a bank balance. If a player starts with 2,000 chips and finishes with 2,600, the difference is 600 play chips. No cash conversion follows from that subtraction. Do not append a currency symbol, promise earnings, or treat a screenshot of a large stack as proof of a financial result.
Chips are still useful for learning. At blinds of 10/20, a 2,000-chip stack is 100 big blinds because 2,000 divided by 20 is 100. At blinds of 20/40, the same stack is 50 big blinds. The second game gives you less room relative to the compulsory bets even though the number beside your avatar has not changed. For a friendly practice session, explain this before choosing the blinds.
Diamonds are a separate in-game currency used for supported items and interactive functions. The publisher describes optional purchases and states that Diamonds cannot be withdrawn, transferred or resold. A shop price buys the listed digital content under its terms; it is not an investment in your playing stack. Read the item and total before accepting any purchase, and keep a spending limit if you choose to use the shop.
A play-money table can still take your evening. Agree on a stopping time and take breaks. If a group begins demanding outside payments, that is not evidence that the app itself supports cash settlement. This guide offers no HPD club invitation, deposit arrangement, agent account, rebate or cash-out service.
Check 1. Noor has 3,000 play chips at blinds of 15/30. Later the big blind becomes 60 and the stack is still 3,000. What changed, and what cash amount can Noor withdraw from that stack?
Reveal check 1: count big blinds, then separate the money question
At the first level Noor has 100 big blinds: 3,000 divided by 30. At the second level Noor has 50 big blinds: 3,000 divided by 60. The chip count stayed the same; its size relative to the big blind halved.
The stack does not establish any withdrawable cash amount. WPT HOME play chips have no monetary value. The arithmetic measures game depth, so a host can use it to explain how the session feels without inventing a currency exchange rate.
Check the product before the login
This page covers WPT HOME: Poker with Friends, listed on Google Play by Grand Cru Concepts LTD with the Android package com.sundaycreative.home. Similar WPT-branded names can describe different products. A familiar logo alone does not tell you which account system, rules or game model you are opening. Match the full product name and publisher before using a store listing or an invitation.
The official WPT HOME site describes desktop and mobile browser access plus Android and iOS clients. Those are supported platform categories, not a promise that every store region currently offers a download or that every device meets its requirements. Follow the official product site to the relevant client and check what your own store displays. If you receive an unsupported-region message, respect it and ask official support about availability. Do not try to route around it.
The service terms require users to be at least 18, with some parts potentially carrying stricter eligibility conditions. A store content-rating badge does not replace those terms. This guide is for adults. Read the eligibility and privacy information for the client you actually use before making an account.
Guest access is described in the FAQ. For repeated visits, a linked login method helps you return to the same account across devices. Before switching from a phone to a browser, note which method you used and check the player identity after signing in. A second empty profile can look like missing progress when it is simply a different login.
Host one simple table first
For a first evening, choose one familiar format and keep optional variations off. The published quick-start route is Host, choose a game type, then share the table code or invitation link. Read the settings before sending the invitation. A link tells a friend where to go; it does not explain what you intend to play.
- Write down the format and expected number of players. For ordinary Hold’em practice, select NLHE and check that every guest recognizes the label.
- Set the available blinds and table options. Translate your intended stack into big blinds so newcomers have something meaningful to compare.
- Review special settings. The FAQ says straddle is off by default and is controlled in Game Settings. Leave it off unless the whole group understands and wants it.
- Share the actual table code or invitation link privately with the intended adults. Include the start time and time zone in your own message.
- Ask one friend to arrive early. Confirm that you can both identify the same table, read the rules and hear any voice chat you intend to use.
A practical first invitation might say that the group will play standard NLHE, use play chips only, and meet at a particular time for about an hour. Those details are your plan, not automatic app defaults. Avoid promising an exact finish time for a tournament; eliminations and pace affect how long it lasts.
Before the first hand, let each guest find the action controls and read any amount before confirming it. Do not hurry a new player because everyone else already knows the buttons. If the current client has an option you do not recognize, use its explanation or leave the option alone. A clean first session is more useful than a table full of unexplained switches.
Check 2. A host changes the blinds after writing the invitation, then sends the original message unchanged. Everyone reaches the correct table. Has the host finished the setup check?
Reveal check 2: joining the table is only one check
No. The invitation and current settings now disagree. The host should tell the group which blinds apply and explain the new stack depth before play begins. Arriving successfully proves that the invitation route worked, not that everyone agreed to the current setup.
For example, 2,000 chips at a 20 big blind means 100 big blinds; at a 40 big blind it means 50. Neither is a cash stake. The change matters because decisions occur at different effective depths, especially for players expecting a slower practice session.
Join a table, or organize a recurring club
As a player, ask whether you received a table invitation or a Club ID. They have different jobs. A table invitation points toward a game. A club groups people and their ongoing games. Do not repeatedly paste one identifier into the other kind of field and assume your account is broken.
The documented club route starts on Club. Enter a Club ID to join an existing group, or choose Create to make a new one. A creator can use Share to invite friends. Members can see active games inside the club. The official descriptions also list member management, scheduling and delegated hosting, which are useful when one organizer cannot be present every week.
Treat those functions as tools that need an owner. Decide who may host, who sends the weekly invitation and who answers setup questions. Keep a short shared description of your usual format and session time. If you delegate hosting, make the person’s responsibility clear; granting an administrative role does not teach them the group’s preferred settings.
The publisher lists SNG and MTT tournaments within clubs. A large supported tournament capacity is a technical limit, not a promise of a populated event. Likewise, a club appearing in an interface says nothing by itself about tonight’s attendance, your permission to join, or whether the advertised format is running. Confirm the actual event with its host.
Check 3. Sam has joined a friend’s club and sees no active game. The friend said they would host later tonight. Should Sam create a second account, buy Diamonds, or first confirm the game time and invitation?
Reveal check 3: separate club membership from a running game
First confirm the start time, time zone and intended game with the host. An empty active-game list can simply mean that no session is running for that group yet. Club membership is not proof that a specific table has been created or that its registration is open.
The facts given do not justify buying anything or opening another profile. Ask for the current table or event details, check that you are in the intended club, and use the same account. If the host confirms a running game and you still cannot reach it, record the exact error rather than guessing.
Choose a format everyone can explain
The current publisher descriptions list NLHE, PLO with four, five or six hole cards, SD6+, SNG, MTT, AOF and Squid Go. That list mixes card games with tournament structures and special modes. Read the complete table label and its rule panel; a familiar acronym is only the beginning of the setup.
- NLHE is No-Limit Texas Hold’em. You receive two private cards and make the best five-card hand from them and the board. You may use both private cards, one, or neither.
- PLO is Pot-Limit Omaha. Whether the table deals four, five or six private cards, the finished hand uses exactly two private cards and three board cards. Extra hole cards give more combinations to examine, not permission to use more of them.
- SD6+ uses a reduced deck with ranks two through five removed. In the WPT HOME FAQ, a flush beats a full house. Read the complete current ranking chart before using habits learned in standard Hold’em.
- AOF means All-in or Fold. The restricted action choice changes the exercise. Do not select it for a lesson whose purpose is practicing ordinary bet sizes across streets.
- SNG is a Sit & Go tournament that begins when the required field has joined. Agree when your friends should arrive, but do not confuse that meeting time with a guaranteed automatic start.
- MTT is a multi-table tournament. Read its starting stack, blind progression and any rebuy or add-on conditions shown for that event. A tournament label alone cannot answer those questions.
A tournament stack is measured at a particular blind level. If you record a hand for later review, record that level too. Saying you had 5,000 chips tells a reader little without the blinds and relevant opponents’ stacks. The same habit helps a host compare two proposed structures without mistaking a large starting number for a slow event.
Check 4. In a PLO game the board is A♠ K♠ Q♠ J♠ T♠. A player holds A♥ A♦ 7♣ 2♦ and says the board gives everyone a royal flush. Is that correct? What if the game were ordinary Hold’em?
Reveal check 4: the card-use rule changes the answer
It is incorrect in Omaha. This player must use two private cards and three board cards. With A♥ A♦ plus A♠ K♠ Q♠, the best hand is three aces with king and queen kickers. The five-spade board cannot be used by itself, and the player has no spades in hand.
In ordinary Hold’em a player can use all five board cards, so this board supplies a royal flush. That contrast is why checking the selected format belongs before any claim that the software awarded a pot incorrectly. The example teaches card construction; it does not predict the app’s current table population.
Read Squid Go before collecting markers
Squid Go adds a marker contest to the underlying poker game. The publisher describes earning Squids through winning main pots. Keep the ordinary hand result and the marker state separate when following the action. One is the poker pot; the other belongs to the additional round rules.
The official FAQ names Classic and Squid Hunt. Classic permits at most one marker per player; its unmarked player faces the stated penalties to marked players. Hunt permits repeated markers and ends when all markers are distributed or only one player remains unmarked. The exact amounts and detailed conditions belong to the current in-game rules. Do not import a settlement formula from a different app or a live home game.
Before enabling it, have the group answer four questions: how does a marker qualify, how many can one player hold, what ends the round, and how is the resulting play-chip adjustment calculated? If nobody can explain the last part, postpone the mode. Its animations do not supply the missing arithmetic.
These penalties remain part of WPT HOME’s play-money game. They are not an instruction to send someone money outside the app. When recording a practice example, label amounts as play chips and write the rule used. That makes the example understandable when you read it a week later.
Check 5. Four seats show marker counts of 2, 1, 1 and 0. Can this be a valid Classic state? Do those four numbers alone tell you the exact penalty in Hunt?
Reveal check 5: identify the mode before calculating
The count of two violates Classic’s one-marker-per-player limit. Repeated markers are allowed in Hunt, so the pattern could belong to that mode. The zero tells you which seat is unmarked in this example.
The counts alone do not give an exact penalty. You still need the selected game’s settlement rules and amounts, and confirmation that its ending condition applies. Writing a made-up amount beside the counts would turn a useful illustration into a false rule. Leave the amount unanswered until the rule panel supplies it.
Find the hand before debating the result
The FAQ places hand history under Journey, then Game History. Use it after the session to locate the disputed hand and check the selected game, cards and action. Start with a factual question such as which two private cards completed the Omaha hand. That is easier to resolve than a general claim that a result felt unfair.
Write down the relevant action before discussing what somebody should have done. Separate the decision from the outcome. A well-reasoned choice can lose a hand, and a mistaken card-reading rule can survive several lucky hands before it causes an argument. If you want a repeatable review method, see HPD’s hand-history review lesson.
For comfort, Settings includes controls for music, sound effects and Squeeze, the gradual reveal of hole cards. The social tools described by the publisher include voice chat, emojis and animated reactions. Ask your group how much chatter they want during a hand. No sound setting or animation changes the card-construction rule.
A technical report belongs in Profile, then Feedback. Include your player ID, approximate time with time zone, device and client version if visible, the action attempted, and the exact message or unexpected result. A useful screenshot shows the problem without exposing somebody else’s personal information. Never send passwords, login codes or full payment details as part of an ordinary bug report.
Use one personal profile and keep its linked login secure. If a login problem follows a device change, check the original sign-in method first. Avoid repeated rapid switching, which the publisher says can trigger security checks. Account deletion is particularly poor troubleshooting: the official deletion guidance warns that account data and virtual assets are erased. Do not delete a profile merely to see whether a missing table reappears.
Check 6. A friend changes phones, signs in with a different method and sees no familiar history. They propose deleting the empty-looking account and starting again. What should they check first?
Reveal check 6: establish the account identity first
Check the player ID and the login method previously linked to the original account. The new phone may be showing a different profile. Returning through the correct existing method is a more useful first check than creating or deleting accounts.
If access still fails, use the official recovery or feedback route and describe the sequence without sharing credentials. Keep deletion out of the experiment. Also distinguish missing account history from an absent club game: one is an identity or data question, while the other may simply be a scheduling question.
Leave the next host a usable plan
At the end of the evening, save one short note: the format you actually used, the settings worth repeating, the next meeting time if agreed, and one hand to review. Do not judge the app from a single lucky run or a noisy session in which nobody checked the rules. Judge whether your group could meet, understand the table and finish comfortably.
For the first session, our choice is simple NLHE with familiar adults, explained play-chip blinds and optional variations left off. Add an Omaha or Squid lesson when the group can explain its rule before the first hand. That gives you something concrete to learn each week without turning every gathering into a setup exercise.
Join Mara and the spade for the two-private-card Omaha lesson, or return to the HPD mobile poker app guides. For the marker concept beyond this particular app, read the Squid poker rules guide and keep its general examples separate from WPT HOME’s in-game settings.