One match, end to end

1. 1 · Sign up with a phone number

   A phone number, a date of birth, and a photo of yourself — the whole list. The number is the only way in, one number to one account, and you must be 18 or over.

2. 2 · Find somebody to play

   Singles or doubles, near you. GPP owns no tables and runs no rooms: you meet at a poolroom or a bar that is already there, at a time you both agree.

3. 3 · Check each other in person

   Each of you sees the other's profile photo and checks it against the person in front of you. That is the whole authentication story, and a human does all of it — nothing automated ever looks at a photo.

4. 4 · Play a short race

   Short on purpose. A race that fits inside an evening is a race people actually finish, and an unfinished match teaches the rating nothing.

5. 5 · Both of you submit the result

   Two submissions, one result. A match one player recorded alone is not a record, it is an assertion — and the rating is built from records.

6. 6 · It counts

   The result goes into your rating, and you can see exactly what it did to the number. Nobody local can reach in and change that afterwards.

What GPP asks of you, in full

• A mobile number — the only way to sign up, and one account per number.
• A date of birth, because membership is 18 and over.
• A photo of yourself, so the person across the table can tell it is you.

There is no home-address field in this app, on any screen, and there never will be — matches happen in poolrooms. GPP never asks where you live.

What GPP never does

• No background checks. GPP does not screen anybody and does not claim to.
• No face matching and no automated processing of your photo, ever. Humans compare photos; machines never.
• No video.
• No collusion flag, badge, asterisk or "under review" marker.
• No mandatory arbitration and no class-action waiver — you keep the right to sue us.

Read the Official Rules