Host a poker night checklist

Print this and tick it off. Most of it takes a minute.

A week before

• Pick the date, the start time and the time you want to be done.
• Set the buy-in and whether there are rebuys, add-ons or bounties.
• Invite players and ask for a yes or no by a set day.
• Decide the payouts and tell everyone. The payout calculator works them out.

The day before

• Count your chips and work out the starting stack with the chip calculator.
• Print or save the blind structure from the blind structure tool.
• Check you have two decks, a dealer button and enough seats.
• Plan food and drinks, and who brings what.

When people arrive

• Collect buy-ins at the door and note who has paid.
• Hand out the starting stacks.
• Draw for seats.
• Start the clock where everyone can see it.

During the game

• Record every knockout as it happens, with who made it.
• Take the break on time and color up the smallest chips.
• Close rebuys when you said you would.

At the end

• Confirm the finishing order.
• Pay out each place and each bounty.
• Check the money: what you collected equals what you paid out.
• Share the results so everyone has the same record.

Pokr Club runs the clock on your TV, tracks buy-ins and knockouts, and shows the square-up at the end. What you play for is up to you.