A tournament clock for the TV and a permanent record of every game, player and dollar that passes across your table.
Made for poker players, by a poker player.
Built for one Friday night game because the spreadsheet had stopped coping. It has run that game every week since, and everything on this page is something that game actually needed.
Hosting means running the clock, banking the money and keeping the record — usually while trying to play. Here is where the software takes over.
Seat everyone, take the money, and let it do the arithmetic. Rebuys and add-ons are a button. The prize pool splits itself the moment the last player sits down.
The clock opens in its own window and finds your second screen by itself. Digits sized to be read from the far end of the table, turning orange at two minutes and red at thirty seconds.
Save the game and it is on the record for good. Open any night back up to see exactly who paid what and who walked away with it. Season standings, profit and loss, points and titles are worked out for you, so an argument about who is actually winning takes four seconds to settle.
One button turns the current standings into a PDF with your club name and logo on it — summary, full table, records and the season charts. Sized to a single page, however many players you have.
If all you want is blinds on a screen, a free browser timer will do the job and you should use one. Poker Manager is for the host who keeps a record.
| What you use | Cost | Tournament clock | Season history | Works offline | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A spreadsheet | Free | No | Yes, by hand | Yes | Hosts who enjoy formulas |
| Free browser timers | Free | Yes | No | Needs the page to load | One-off games and party nights |
| Cloud league platforms | Subscription | Yes | Yes | No | Clubs wanting players to log in |
| Poker Manager | A$29 once | Yes | Yes | Yes | A regular game with a long memory |
Compared honestly as of August 2026. Prices and features change — check any tool's own site before you commit, including this one.
No. Install it and it runs with the network off, permanently. Your results never leave your computer, and there is no server that can go down or get shut off.
Yes. A$29, once. No renewal and no expiry — the licence does not stop working.
No. Export your sheet to CSV and import it. You get a full preview of what will be added before anything is written, duplicates are skipped, and a backup is taken automatically. Years of history come across with the players, money, points and trophies intact.
A licence covers one computer. Moving permanently is fine — email me and I will sort you out. To carry your history across, save a backup from Settings and restore it on the new machine.
No — Windows 10 and 11 only.
Both kinds. Knockout, where the whole bounty goes to whoever busts you, and progressive, where half is paid out and half is added to the winner's own head. The bounty pool is kept separate from the prize pool, and pressing Out asks who collected.
Probably. SmartScreen flags software that has not been through commercial code signing, which is most independent software. Click More info then Run anyway. Nothing is wrong.
One person, for one Friday night game, because the spreadsheet had stopped coping. It has run that game every week since January 2023 — 298 games and counting. Everything on this page is something that game needed.