| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Product | Amusement poker (no cash prize payouts by the venue) |
| Free lesson | Beginner class ~20 minutes (official) |
| Ring floor | Lowest published chip package ¥2,000 ($200) |
| Tournament entry | Venue examples ¥3,000–¥15,000. JOPT satellite example: entry ¥5,000 |
| Re-entry / add-on | Nagoya daily example: re-entry ¥3,000, rebuy/add-on ¥2,000. Event-specific |
| Game | Mostly no-limit hold'em. Ring 1-2 / 2-5 mentioned on a third-party menu |
| Drink | Shibuya: one-drink rule reported by a third-party directory |
| What voids value | The room is not the prize payer. Player contracts sit with the sponsor |
| Expiry | LINE / coupon deals are campaign-based. A spring 2025 Shibuya LINE post advertised a ¥500 coupon lottery. Confirm live offers on official LINE |
| Wager / sticky | No online-casino wager. This is not a cash jackpot product |
Hand rank (hold'em)
- Royal flush
- Straight flush
- Four of a kind
- Full house
- Flush
- Straight
- Three of a kind
- Two pair
- One pair
- High card
Best five from seven. Kickers break ties.
Minimum terms
- Blinds
- Flop / turn / river
- Check / bet / raise / fold
- Showdown
How to get from sofa to seat
- Learn the ten ranks
List above. - Book the class
Beginners. - Manners
Do not touch chips off-turn. House rules win.
The small print that actually bites
- Prizes are coins, passports, tickets and goods. The venue is not built as a cash payer.
- Copy that says “expected player-contract fulfilment” is sponsor-side language. Do not read it as a house-guaranteed prize pool.
- LINE coupons are store- and date-bound. The spring 2025 Shibuya ¥500 lottery is not automatically live today.
- Chip cash-out fees are tiered. Leaving with a short stack makes the session feel more expensive.
- No published list of excluded payment rails. Ask the cage about cards / PayPay.
- There is no sticky casino bonus. What you paid to enter that flight stays paid.
Strengths and weaknesses
Strengths
- Ranks are universal
- Class is free
- NLH is the core game
Weaknesses
- Odds come at the table
- House rules win
- Prizes are not cash
FAQ
- Games besides hold'em?
- Official focus is NLH. Dealer's choice flights exist by name.
- Japanese names?
- See the Japanese page.
- Is the class enough?
- Flow and manners. Odds later.
- Same as online?
- Ranks yes. Prizes and law no.
- Slang?
- Ask at the table.
- Official?
- No.
- Kids?
- Ask the room.
- Class length?
- Official: about 20 minutes.
Responsible play and licensing
GGPL is a Japanese amusement venue. It does not hold a casino licence (Curaçao, MGA or otherwise). Official schedules state the room only provides a competition space and is not involved in prize payments.
Real-money online poker is a different product. Overseas operators follow the law and age rules of your residence. External CTAs on this site are affiliate links (nofollow).
Age, alcohol and door policy are store-specific. The official network does not publish one age line for every room.
Updated 20 Aug 2026 — contact@ggpl.tokyo
If you cannot sit a live table tonight
GGPL is a brick-and-mortar amusement room. Online hold'em is a different product. Read the destination terms yourself — we do not invent match percentages here.