I run a quarterly home poker tournament and got tired of juggling blind sheets, timers, and prize pool calculations. So I built a poker tournament clock that runs on a TV and handles things automatically: • Blind level timer • Break rounds • Prize pool calculations (buy-ins, rebuys, bounties) • Big-screen display for players There’s a free demo you can try in the browser here: https://thepokerclockpro.com (https://thepokerclockpro.com/) I’d genuinely appreciate feedback from people who run their own games. If there are features you’d want added, let me know.
Free poker tournament clock I built for my home game (demo inside)
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Nice. The big-screen display is the thing most homemade setups miss — people actually pay attention to the clock when it's on the TV. A couple of things that always come up in home games: an audio alert (or at least a visual flash) when a new level starts is surprisingly useful, especially when side conversations are happening. Also, if you can display the next blind level alongside the current one, players stop asking "what are blinds after this?" every single round. One other thing worth adding eventually: seat draw / table assignments. Not critical for small games but once you're running 15+ people across two tables it's a common pain point.
Thanks for the feedback. The clock already has an audio alert for level changes and displays the next blind level alongside the current one. Those probably weren’t clear from my original post. On seat draws and table assignments, would random seating at the start cover what you need, or would you also want table balancing as players get knocked out?