What Champions Club Texas does

Champions Club Texas, operated by Champions Group LLC, is a single-asset hospitality destination at 6440 West Sam Houston Parkway South in Houston's Westchase district. The company combines three integrated verticals: a 64-71 room boutique hotel with contemporary design and complimentary valet, a private-membership poker room, and Kings Kitchen, a 24/7 restaurant and bar serving American comfort food. The poker room operates on a membership basis with applications processed via Poker Atlas waitlist management, and hosts daily tournaments plus three flagship annual series — the Winter Poker Open, Summer Poker Open, and Texas Poker Open — with main-event guarantees of $500,000 and aggregate Winter series guarantees exceeding $1 million. Recent main-event fields have exceeded 500 entries (535 Monster Stack, 653 Multi-Flight).

The business model is multi-stream and transaction-based. Revenue is generated from hotel room bookings (direct via Cloudbeds with 10-15% discount incentives and third-party distribution), poker tournament buy-ins ($150-$1,100 depending on event prestige) and cash-game rake, restaurant and bar transactions across dine-in plus DoorDash, Grubhub, and Toast Tab delivery, meeting and event rentals, and membership dues. Cross-vertical monetization is layered through packaged pricing such as Play & Stay (from $79) and Stay & Dine ($40 F&B credit). Customer segments are diverse — business travelers, local staycationers, poker enthusiasts ranging from professionals to beginners, and corporate groups — with no enterprise concentration.

Technology infrastructure is standard commercial SaaS rather than proprietary: WordPress/Elementor CMS, Stripe payments, Cloudbeds PMS, Google Analytics, and YouTube live-streaming for poker broadcasts via @championspokerlive. The 2026 Championship Leaderboard, presented in partnership with PokerGO Tour (PGT), tracks points and winnings across tournaments with the top 40 qualifying for a $50,000+ Championship and a Dream Seat to a $1,000,000 PGT freeroll. The company employs 11-50 staff, has no disclosed funding or parent entity, and was founded circa 2020.

Name

Champions Club Texas

Legal name

Champions Group LLC

Website

https://championsclubtexas.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Champions Club Texas operates a 64-71 room boutique hotel, a private-membership poker room, and a 24/7 restaurant/bar in Houston, Texas, serving business travelers, poker enthusiasts, and local diners through integrated hospitality offerings and major tournament series with $500,000+ guaranteed prize pools.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Integrated Poker and Hospitality Club

NAICS

Casinos (except Casino Hotels) (713210), Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (72111), Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (7224)

SIC

Hotels & Motels (7011), Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Live Poker Rooms & Cardrooms (Land-Based) (MPAEAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Resort Convention Hotels (THAGALAC), Lounge Bars & Hotel Bars (THAFAEAI)

Keywords

• Private poker clubs
• Boutique hotel services
• Poker tournament series
• Restaurant and bar services
• Corporate event venues

Headquarters

HQ city

Texas

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Hotel Accommodations: Full-service boutique hotel with 64-71 rooms generating revenue through room bookings. Offers various room types including Standard Queen/King, Deluxe Queen/King, Disability Accessible rooms, King Junior Suite, King Suite, and King Presidential Suite. Revenue from direct bookings and third-party platforms like Cloudbeds.
2. Poker Room Operations: Private-membership poker room generating revenue through tournament entry fees and rake from cash games. Hosts major tournament series including Winter Poker Open, Summer Poker Open, and Texas Poker Open with guaranteed prize pools exceeding $500,000 for main events. Free Thursday night lessons for beginners attract new members.
3. Food & Beverage (Kings Kitchen): 24/7 restaurant and bar operation serving American comfort food. Revenue from dine-in, takeout orders through DoorDash, Grubhub, and Toast Tab platforms, plus in-room dining for hotel guests. Happy hour specials from 4 PM to 7 PM daily.
4. Meetings & Events: Private meeting rooms and event spaces available for business meetings, private poker nights, and group events. Custom packages tailored to event needs.
5. Membership Fees: Private-membership model for poker room access. Members must apply and be approved. Membership may include benefits such as host services and referral programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Champions Club Texas operates a Houston hospitality property centered on a private-membership poker room offering daily games and major tournament series. It also sells boutique-hotel accommodations, operates the 24/7 Kings Kitchen restaurant and bar, and hosts private meetings and group events.

Product overview

Champions Club Texas is a first-of-its-kind hospitality destination in Houston featuring a private-membership poker room, a 64-71 room boutique hotel, and the Kings Kitchen restaurant/bar operating 24/7. The poker room is the core offering, hosting daily tournaments and major annual series including the Winter Poker Open, Summer Poker Open, and Texas Poker Open. The hotel provides accommodations with standard rooms, suites, and accessible options, while the restaurant serves American comfort food. Additional offerings include meeting/event spaces and a year-long championship leaderboard program.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Private-Membership Poker Room A Houston private-membership poker room offering cash games and tournaments in Texas Hold'em, PLO, H.O.R.S.E., Big O, and mixed-game formats, with professional poker staff, enhanced security, and guaranteed-prize daily and annual events.
• Summer Poker Open An annual multi-day poker tournament series featuring a $500K GTD Main Event, Mystery Bounty tournaments, and a PLO Championship.
• Texas Poker Open An annual poker tournament series held in partnership with PGT and featuring more than 35 events, including Monster Stack, PLO events, and a high-stakes Main Event.
• Winter Poker Open An annual tournament series with multi-flight events, guaranteed prize pools exceeding $1 million across the series, and events including a PLO Championship and High Roller tournaments.
• Boutique Hotel A full-service Houston boutique hotel with 64-71 rooms, including standard, deluxe, accessible, junior-suite, suite, and presidential-suite options, plus valet parking, Wi-Fi, 24/7 dining, a fitness center, and a pool.
• Kings Kitchen Restaurant A 24/7 full-service restaurant and bar offering American comfort food, including fried chicken, steaks, burgers, seafood, and cocktails, with dine-in, takeout, delivery, in-room dining, and daily happy-hour specials.
• Meetings & Events Private meeting rooms and event spaces for corporate meetings, private poker nights, and group events, with tailored packages and access to executive conference and VIP accommodation facilities.
• Membership Program An application-based private membership program for poker-room access, including background verification and access to tournaments, cash games, and exclusive events.

Quantifiable outcome

• 500+ entries per major tournament event
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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App detail

Integration9 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• PokerGO Tour (PGT)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Champions Club Texas hosts the PGT (PokerGO Tour) Texas Poker Open tournament series. The partnership includes the 2026 Championship Leaderboard presented by PGT, with the top 40 players qualifying for the $50,000+ Championship and the winner receiving a Dream Seat to the PGT $1,000,000 Championship freeroll.
• DoorDashminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2026DoorDash provides food delivery service for Kings Kitchen restaurant, extending delivery reach to customers ordering online.
• GrubhubminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2026Grubhub provides food delivery service for Kings Kitchen restaurant, enabling customers to order delivery through the Grubhub platform.
• Toast TabminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2026Toast Tab provides online ordering system for Kings Kitchen, allowing direct food orders from the restaurant.
• Poker AtlasminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2026Poker Atlas provides waitlist management for the poker room, allowing prospective members to join the waitlist online.
• PokerNewsminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2026PokerNews provides tournament coverage and reporting for Champions Club Texas events, including winner announcements and event recaps.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Wynn Resorts: Operates the Wynn Las Vegas poker room hosting premium daily tournaments and high-stakes cash games. Comparable on upscale poker-room positioning and high-stakes tournament programming, though within a luxury integrated resort.
• MGM Resorts International: Operates major destination poker rooms (Bellagio, Aria) and hosts high-profile tournament series. Comparable on tournament programming and prestige tier, but operates at vastly larger scale across integrated resorts.
• The Venetian Resort Las Vegas: Operates the DeepStack Championship Poker series and a large poker room within a major integrated resort. Comparable on integrated hotel-gaming-tournament model and tournament prize-pool scale.
• Caesars Entertainment: Owns the WSOP brand and operates Horseshoe poker rooms with major tournament series. Comparable on poker-tournament brand authority and live-poker-room operations, though across a national casino portfolio.

Direct peers

• Texas Card House: Operates multiple private-membership poker clubs across Texas targeting the same Lone Star State player base as Champions Club. Directly comparable on private-membership model, tournament programming, and Texas regulatory exposure.
• Aces Poker Club: Private-membership poker room in Texas with tournament programming. Comparable in offering, membership structure, and Texas regional focus.
• Rounders Card Club: Texas-based private poker cardroom running tournament series and cash games. Comparable private-membership model and Texas-market positioning to Champions Club's poker operations.
• The Lodge Card Club: Private-membership poker club in Austin, Texas offering tournament series and cash games. Comparable in operating model, membership-based access, and Texas regional focus to Champions Club.

Regional players

• The Post Oak Hotel at Uptown Houston: Luxury boutique hotel in Houston with full F&B, spa, and event facilities. Comparable on upscale Houston boutique-hotel positioning and meetings/events business mix, though without the poker/gaming component.

Emerging players

• Hustler Casino Live: Live-streamed poker content and cardroom in Los Angeles operating in the same YouTube/media-driven poker ecosystem as Champions Club's @championspokerlive channel. Comparable on poker-streaming audience overlap and live-event coverage.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@championspokerlive/streams
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/champions-club-texas
• Instagraminstagram.com/championsclubtexas
• Facebookfacebook.com/ChampionsClubTexas

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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