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Know when your players sit down.

Add the players you want to play to a watchlist. When one sits down at a GGPoker and CoinPoker cash table, you get a Telegram alert with the stakes, the table and every stack. No more refreshing the lobby.

Request access on Telegram See an example alert
  • Private bot
  • Access by approval or invite
  • No software on your PC
/add VelvetRiver #loose, rebuys
21:31
Watching VelvetRiver in every room - loose, rebuys. Not seated in the latest scans - you will get an alert when they sit down.
21:31
🔔 VelvetRiver → GG NLH $5/$10 T4 ($1,640) (loose, rebuys)
Table 4 · 5/6 seated GrindHouse_K $2,410VelvetRiver $1,640nit_or_never $1,000SnowyOwl_9 $1,000Kestrel22 $985
10/02/26 21:56:10 UTC-06:00
21:56

Example alert in the live bot’s format. Player names are illustrative.

Sites
GGPoker · CoinPoker
Games
NLH · PLO · PLO5 · PLO6
Stakes
From $5/$10
Watchlist
Up to 20 players
Alerts via
Telegram

The problem

The whale sits down. You’re at the gym.

Online, a big share of your win rate comes from a handful of soft games — the tables with a whale or two on them. Against regs you grind out a thin edge. Against a whale, your edge is huge. But whales play when they feel like it, and nobody can watch the lobby all day — not even from their phone.

Where you are when it happens

  • At the gym Between sets, not between tables.
  • In bed Lights off, lobby closed.
  • On the road Eyes on the road, not the lobby.
  • Out to dinner The game won’t wait for dessert.

Every whale you don’t hear about is EV you never get back.

Manually refreshing

  • The whale sits down while you’re away from the screen
  • Regs who were watching the lobby take the seats around him
  • You check later, and he’s gone
  • You’re back to grinding thin edges against regs

With

  • Your phone buzzes as soon as he’s spotted at a table
  • You see the site, stakes, table and every stack at a glance
  • You decide on the spot whether the game is worth opening
  • Not sure he’s still on? Ask /where

It’s not just a message that someone’s playing. It’s being the first to know where the good game is.

The cost of missing it

How much EV are you missing every month?

Count the times a whale played this month while you weren’t watching. Move the sliders to match your game.

Stakes you play
4
1 hour
20 bb/100

EV you miss every month

$560

4 sessions × 1 hour × 70 hands/hour × 20 bb/100 at a $10 big blind

Example numbers — move the sliders to match your game. This is expected value, not a promise.

How it works

Three steps. All of them in Telegram.

  1. Request access

    Open @LobbyAlertBot and tap Start. The bot is private, so your request goes to the owner and the bot messages you as soon as it’s approved. An invite link lets you straight in.

    This bot is private, so your request has been sent to the owner. Account status: pending approval
    21:12

  2. Add players

    Send /add and a screen name. Put gg or cp in front to watch one site only, and add a #note to remember why.

    /add gg SunnyDeuces
    21:14
    Watching SunnyDeuces in GGPoker. Not seated in the latest scans - you will get an alert when they sit down.
    21:14

  3. Get the alert

    When a watched player sits down, the bot sends the site, game, stakes and table on one line — then everyone at the table and their stacks.

    🔔 SunnyDeuces → GG PLO5 $10/$20 T7 ($3,120)
    23:40

Runs on our machines, not yours.

There’s nothing to install and nothing on your computer for a poker client to detect. Alerts arrive in Telegram, and PokerLobbyAlert never asks for your poker login.

Inside the bot

Everything you need to decide, in one message.

These are the messages the bot sends today, in its exact format. Only the player names are made up.

🔔 VelvetRiver → GG NLH $5/$10 T4 ($1,640) (loose, rebuys)
Table 4 · 5/6 seated GrindHouse_K $2,410VelvetRiver $1,640nit_or_never $1,000SnowyOwl_9 $1,000Kestrel22 $985
10/02/26 21:56:10 UTC-06:00
21:56

  1. Built for the lock screen

    Player, site, game, stakes, table and their stack fit on the first line — the part your phone shows in the notification. Your note rides along in italics.

  2. The whole table, biggest stack first

    Seats filled, then every player and stack. The player you watch is in bold, so you can judge the table before you open it.

  3. Time-stamped

    Date, time and time zone on every alert, so there’s no guessing when it happened.

🔔 VelvetRiver → 3 tables · GG NLH $10/$20 T2 $2,000 · GG NLH $5/$10 T4 $1,640 · GG NLH $5/$10 T9 $1,000 (loose, rebuys)
Seated at 3 tables GG NLH $10/$20 T2 $2,000 newGG NLH $5/$10 T4 $1,640GG NLH $5/$10 T9 $1,000 new
Tap a table to see who is there. 10/02/26 22:03:41 UTC-06:00
22:03
  • GG NLH $10/$20 - table 2
  • GG NLH $5/$10 - table 4
  • GG NLH $5/$10 - table 9

  1. One message, not a flood

    When a player is on several tables, you get one summary of all of them instead of an alert per table.

  2. New tables are marked

    Tables they’ve just joined are flagged new, next to the ones you already knew about.

  3. Tap through to any table

    Each button opens that table’s player list and stacks. And if someone stands up and sits back down, that table stays quiet for 30 minutes.

/where VelvetRiver
22:11
VelvetRiver is seated at 3 tables 
Game            Table   Stack
GG NLH $10/$20      2  $2,000
GG NLH $5/$10       4  $1,585
GG NLH $5/$10       9  $1,210
Read 10/02/26 22:11:52 UTC-06:00
22:11

  1. Seated right now

    Every table the player is at right now, with their stack. It works for any screen name, not just your list.

  2. Time-stamped

    You always know how fresh the answer is. Add gg or cp before the name to check a single site.

/list
22:20
Monitoring 3 players:1. VelvetRiver [all rooms] - loose, rebuys2. SunnyDeuces [GGPoker]3. MrMonopoly [CoinPoker] - PLO5 only
22:20
/remove
22:21
Tap a player to stop watching them:
22:21
  • Remove VelvetRiver
  • Remove SunnyDeuces [gg]
  • Remove MrMonopoly [cp]

  1. Up to 20 players

    Everyone you watch, with the site you limited them to and your note.

  2. One tap to remove

    /remove lists your players as buttons. Or name them: /remove NAME.

Coverage

What it watches.

PokerLobbyAlert watches the cash games on GGPoker and CoinPoker. Players at other sites or stakes, or in tournaments, won’t trigger an alert.

Site Games Stakes
GGPoker room code gg
  • No-Limit Hold'em
  • PLO
  • PLO5
  • PLO6
6-max tables 		$5/$10$10/$20
CoinPoker room code cp
  • No-Limit Hold'em
  • PLO
  • PLO5
  • PLO6
 $5/$10 and up

Coming soonMore sites on the way

PokerKing is next, with more sites to follow.

  • PokerKing Coming soon
  • More sites Later

Features

A small bot that does one job well.

Six commands cover everything. The rest happens on its own.

Commands @LobbyAlertBot
/add NAME
Watch a player on every site
/add gg NAME #note
One site only (gg or cp), with a note
/remove
Tap a player to stop watching
/list
Everyone you’re watching
/where NAME
Where they’re seated right now
/status
Your account status
/commands
Show this list

  • Every site, or just one

    /add watches a player everywhere. Put gg or cp first to limit it.

  • Notes on every player

    Anything after # shows up in the alert — “loose, rebuys”, “deep”, or “avoid”.

  • Already seated? You’ll know

    Add a player who’s already playing and the bot tells you where they’re seated right now.

  • /where for anyone

    Look up any screen name on demand, not just the players on your list.

  • The whole table in every alert

    Seats filled and every player’s stack, biggest first.

  • One summary for multi‑tablers

    Several tables, one message, with a button for each table.

  • No repeat pings

    One alert per player per table every 30 minutes, even if they stand up and sit back down.

  • Forgiving name matching

    Capitals, spaces and punctuation are ignored; lookalikes such as l/I/1 and O/0 still match.

  • Private by design

    Access by approval or invite only. Other members never see your list.

  • Nothing on your computer

    It runs on our machines, so there’s no software on your PC for a poker client to detect — and no poker-site login.

Pricing

Pick your top stake. Get every stake below it.

Every plan covers every site we watch. Choose the highest stake you play — your plan watches that stake and everything under it.

Every plan includes

  • Up to 20 players on your watchlist
  • Seat alerts with the full table and every stack
  • One summary when a player is on several tables
  • /where lookups for any player
  • Per-site filters and notes
  • No software on your computer

Prices are being finalised. Request access on Telegram in the meantime.

FAQ

Questions, answered.

Every answer here describes how the bot works today.

Which poker sites and stakes are covered?

GGPoker: No-Limit Hold'em, PLO, PLO5 and PLO6 on 6-max tables at $5/$10 and $10/$20. CoinPoker: No-Limit Hold'em, PLO, PLO5 and PLO6 at $5/$10 and up. Other sites, lower stakes and tournaments aren’t covered, so players there won’t trigger an alert. PokerKing is coming soon, with more sites to follow.

What’s in an alert?

The first line has the player, site, game, stakes, table and their stack, plus your note — it’s the part your lock screen shows. Under it: how many seats are filled and every player at the table with their stack, biggest first. Each alert ends with the date, time and time zone.

Do I need to install anything or connect my poker account?

No. PokerLobbyAlert runs on its own machines, so nothing is installed on your computer. All you need is Telegram on your phone or desktop, and you never share a poker-site login.

Can a poker site see that I use PokerLobbyAlert?

Not from your computer. Nothing is installed there and the bot never touches your poker account, so a poker client has nothing on your machine to detect. To keep it that way, we suggest not using Telegram’s desktop notifications on the computer you play on — get your alerts on your phone instead. Each site has its own rules about third-party tools, so check the terms of the sites you play on.

What if I don’t know the exact spelling of a screen name?

Type it as you know it. Matching ignores capitals, spaces and punctuation, and treats lookalike characters — l, I and 1, or O and 0 — as the same. Names shorter than four characters have to match exactly.

How many players can I watch?

Up to 20. /list shows them all, and /remove takes one off with a tap.

Will I get spammed when a player sits in and out?

No. The same player at the same table triggers at most one alert every 30 minutes. When a player is on several tables, the alert becomes one summary of all of them, with a button for each table.

Does it tell me when a player leaves?

No — alerts are for sit-downs. To check whether someone is still playing, send /where NAME.

Can other members see who I’m watching?

No. Your list is only ever shown to you, and the bot only works in private chats.

How do I get access?

Open @LobbyAlertBot in Telegram and tap Start. The bot is private, so your request goes to the owner and the bot messages you once it’s approved. An invite link lets you in straight away. If a request is declined, you can ask again after 24 hours.

How much does it cost?

Plans are priced by the highest stake you play, and each one includes every stake below it on every site we watch. Prices are being finalised.

Let the lobby come to you.

Request access, add the players you want to play, and get a Telegram alert when they sit down.

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