What's new
What changed.
Plain notes on each release. The big things and the small fixes.
Fixed
Poker terms on pokrclub.com
pokrclub.com/help/poker-terms showed a page not found; it now shows Poker terms, A to Z, in the site's Help.
Improved
The game's map loads nothing from Google
Once you can see the address, the Where card shows a still map of the spot with two links under it, Apple Maps and Google Maps, that open the app you pick.
Improved
Help shows the steps
Help articles show a picture of each step, and Put the clock on your TV is rewritten around what works today: AirPlay, or a laptop on HDMI.
Fixed
A host's new game no longer reads as moved
When a host tells their regulars about a new game, the email and the phone alert now say it's a new game, with the time and the city, instead of saying the game has a new time.
Fixed
Still seated in another game?
Create now says so on its first step, names the game and links to it, instead of refusing only after the last step. Leave that game or bust out first, or host the new one without playing.
Fixed
Row buttons say whose row
In the host lobby and the square-up, a screen reader now hears Mark paid with the player's name, not the same words thirteen times.
Fixed
Private games stay private
Picking Private in Create without setting a time or a place made the game Public; it now stays Private.
Fixed
Stuck loading
If a page is still loading after 10 seconds, a "Still loading, tap to retry" button appears, and a new game's lobby now always opens after Create.
Fixed
The beta signup shows what's missing
On a phone, sending the form without picking iPhone or Android now takes you back to that question instead of showing the error on the second step.
Fixed
Canceled games show in Past
A canceled game you hosted, were seated in, or answered Going or Maybe for now shows in Games > Past, marked Canceled, as the cancel dialog says. It opens the closed game, and it never counts toward your games, finishes or knockouts.
Fixed
Canceled games forget the Wi-Fi password
A canceled or expired game no longer keeps its guest Wi-Fi password stored; it is wiped the same way as when a game ends.
Fixed
Pay for a rebuy from your phone
When you're out and rebuys are open, your game screen shows the host's Venmo, Cash App or PayPal with the amount filled in, and I sent it tells the host.
Fixed
Accepting a request when Going is full
The request card used to say "now in Going" even when the game was full and the person went to the Waitlist. It now says "Accepted · on the Waitlist", and the host can tap Seat anyway to put them in Going past the limit.
Improved
Reserved names
Usernames like pokrclub, staff and official can no longer be taken by new accounts.
Fixed
The host lobby jumped as it loaded
The game's start time is there from the first moment, so the page no longer shifts down, and it keeps showing the game's own time zone after it refreshes.
Fixed
The right start time from the first moment
On a game's page, a player in a different time zone from the venue could see the start time flash in the wrong zone as the page loaded. It now reads in the right zone from the start.
Improved
Pause for Food
The host's pause reason Dinner now reads Food, for pizza, snacks or a sit-down meal.
Fixed
Every screen has a way back
The game page, a canceled game, a finished game's invite, Help, a claim link, an RSVP link, the music card, the cash table and its sheets, and the first step of setup now have a Back or Close.
Fixed
The big screen works with screen readers
Its sound button says what it is and whether sound is on, and the code box on pokr.club/tv has a visible edge.
Fixed
Small links and buttons are easier to tap
Back on the join screen, Add to calendar, the words you can tap for an explanation and the results' section tabs all take a full fingertip.
Fixed
The join screen shows where you are typing
The code boxes show the cursor only while they have focus.
Improved
Rebuys start with Knocked out
A player still in the game no longer shows a Rebuy button. Tap Knocked out, pick who did it, then Rebuy or Out for the night.
Improved
The Leagues page on pokrclub.com is redesigned
Standings, seasons, scoring, league nights and the league wizard, each with a picture of the real app, and how a season runs in four steps.
New
Join the beta
pokrclub.com/beta asks a few quick questions about your home game, and we email you when your seat is ready.
New
Pokr Club is in beta
Join the beta on pokrclub.com to host; anyone you invite can always join, play and earn their Pokr Hand and Chips.
Fixed
"Same as last time?" was a dead end
Starting a game now keeps the app's header on every screen, with a back arrow and a close on each: Back goes to the step before, and Close goes back to where you were.
Improved
The pictures on pokrclub.com are the real app
The clock on the TV, the knockout sheet, the square-up, league standings and seasons, a night's results with its winner photo, and a Pokr Hand with its chips, all from a demo game with made-up players.
Fixed
The sign-in code's length
The sign-in screen asked for a 6-digit code while the email sends 8 digits. It now names the length the email really sends, in every language.
Fixed
Add to calendar keeps the address in the app
A game's calendar file now shows the city, and once you're in, a link to the address in the app, so the address never travels with an invite.
Fixed
No dash on Near you
A game card with no buy-in to show showed a bare dash; it now shows nothing there.
Improved
The chips on the home page are the new chips
With the new chips on, the Pokr Hand and Chips section shows Regular, Winner, Hunter, Host and Explorer as the app draws them.
Fixed
Join refusals in your language
"This game has ended.", "Late registration and rebuys are closed." and "Sign in to ask to join." showed in English for every language; they now read in all seven.
Improved
How chips work, rewritten
The Help article now covers every chip: the seven that grow at 1, 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100, the four story chips, the Limited chips and Founding Crew.
New
Three guides for hosts
How to run a home league, settling up without the awkward part, and a poker night checklist you can print, at pokrclub.com/guides.
Fixed
No town on a game unless the host shows it
Invitees could see a game's town on Home and Games even when the host left Show neighborhood off. Now the area shows only once the host turns it on.
Improved
Faster league pages and profiles
League pages and profiles load about twice as fast on a phone, and Home, Results and the Games tabs show up sooner.
Fixed
League nights get their right number
Every night made in Create read Night 1. Nights now count in order, changing a buy-in no longer tells members the night moved, and a night's results link to the league standings.
Improved
Easier with a keyboard or a screen reader
Every main screen has a Skip to content link, a visible focus ring, named buttons and larger tap targets, and sheets keep focus inside until you close them.
New
Help, inside the app
Account has a Help section with search: a walkthrough for running your first game, and answers on notifications, privacy, the game wall, and reporting or blocking.
Improved
The Games tab, redesigned
Your next game leads with its date, its time and who still has to answer, with everything else coming up and what you've played below it.
New
Weather for outdoor games
Mark a game Outdoors or Covered patio and the lobby shows the forecast from the start to the expected end of the night. Wind warnings show only when the gusts are strong enough to matter.
Improved
Who has paid stays with the host
Players see the pool, the paid count and their own status, never who else has paid. The TV shows who's seated, and after the game only places and names, no money.
New
Your game pages work offline
If the connection drops, your last game, lobby and TV pages still open, and anything else says plainly that you're offline.
Improved
Results stay with the people in the game
A game's results and cash pages open only for its host, co-hosts, players and league members. Anyone else gets a page that doesn't exist.
New
End with a chop
With two or more players left, End game offers a chop: split the remaining prize evenly or by amounts you set. Otherwise a game ends when one player is left.
Improved
Square up: Mark paid, then how
Every payout row has one Mark paid button, then asks how you paid. Your own row reads "You keep $X" and the others read "Send $X to Rich". Pokr Club tracks the money. It never holds or moves it.
Improved
One-tap Pause
Pause is one button again. While paused, the host can add a reason: Break, Dinner, Dispute or Other.
New
Blind structures and payouts in one tap
Pick Turbo, Standard, Deep or Two tables and the whole schedule is set, breaks included. Payouts follow the field size, so four players pay 65/35.
Improved
The host lobby, redesigned
The game's numbers across the top, a countdown, one Players list for check-in and buy-ins, and the forecast for outdoor games.
New
Put the clock on your TV
Open pokr.club/tv on any TV and type the game's code. A How? link beside Big screen explains AirPlay, Apple TV and a laptop over HDMI too.
Improved
Home, redesigned
Home leads with what matters now: the game you're in, with your seat, the blinds and who's still in, or your next game, or what to do first.
Improved
The player lobby, redesigned
Wall, Feed, Payouts and Levels tabs, photos inside the wall, and your seat and buy-in beside them on a computer.
New
Photos and GIFs on the game wall
A wall post can carry up to four photos or a GIF, from one row of buttons under the comment box. Photos lose their location data before they upload.
New
Your Pokr Hand has its own page
See your hand, the bar to the next tier, all 10 tiers and how points work. Hand tags now sit beside names in standings and rosters, and a bell tells you when you reach a new tier.
Fixed
Pausing on a break closed add-ons
A game paused during a break is still on the break: the TV says Break · paused and add-ons stay open until play resumes.
Improved
Does the schedule fit your night?
Create's game plan says it plainly: "Fits your night · ends ~11:15 PM", or how far past your end time it runs, with the math one tap away.
Improved
Every game in your list opens with one tap
Tap anywhere on a game, upcoming or finished, to open it. Finished games open to their results.
Fixed
Creating a game from a saved setup failed
Some hosts saw an error instead of their new game. Create works again, and if anything ever goes wrong it says so in plain words and keeps everything you entered.
Fixed
The Founding Crew chip
The Founding Crew chip on a profile is a proper chip now, not a dashed circle.
Fixed
Knockouts agree everywhere
Home, results and your profile count knockouts the same way, rebuys included.
Improved
Near you shows areas, never addresses
The map shows a game's general area at any zoom. The exact place is shared once the host accepts you.
Fixed
Recap emails respect your settings
Turning off the game recap email, or tapping unsubscribe in one, now stops recaps. Before, they kept coming.
New
Your games in one place
One tab for your games: what needs you, what's live, what's coming up and what you've played, plus open games near you.
Improved
Account, reorganized
Account splits into Profile, Links, Saved, People, Notifications, Privacy and Data, each its own screen on a phone. Your followers list has Follow back.
New
Set up your home game
Five quick questions about where you play, your chips, the usual buy-in, how long and how many, kept for every game you create.
Improved
Replies on the game wall reach you
When someone replies to your comment on a game's wall, you hear about it by email as well as the bell.
New
The host lets people in
Joining by code seats only people the host invited or approved. Anyone else sends a join request, and their phone waits until the host accepts.
Fixed
Same-named players in the knockout picker
Two players with the same name are now told apart by their seat, so the right one gets the knockout.
Fixed
Approving one join request froze the others
Hosts can approve several requests in a row again, and the lobby lists them all.
Improved
Results, redesigned
A finished game opens on the winner, then the standings with payouts, the highlights and the night's numbers.
New
Your record, on your profile
Your own profile shows your net, your win rate and your final tables across every game you've played. Only you see them.
Improved
Profiles, redesigned and filled in
A cover, your links and one row of stats, with Games, Chips and Hosting tabs. You can add a birthday (month and day only) and a city, each shown only if you choose, and your full name stays private unless you turn it on.
Improved
Who's going, at a glance
Games read "3 going · 2 no answer" and count down in words: In 3 days, Starting soon, Waiting for host.
Improved
Times in the game's own time zone
A game shows its start time where it's played, so 7 PM at the table reads 7 PM wherever you open it.
Improved
Create, one step at a time
Create walks you through a game step by step, with every step one tap away, and opens on your usual buy-in.
Fixed
Run it back stopped working
Starting a new game from your last one works again, with the same crew, levels and buy-in.
Improved
Never more paid places than players
If a game would pay more places than it has players, the host is told before the start, with a one-tap fix.
New
League members hear about league games
Members are pre-approved for their league's games, get a bell and an email when a night is scheduled, and see the results with the top three, the season standings and their own place.
New
Pay for a rebuy from your phone
While rebuys are open, a player who's out can open Venmo, Cash App or PayPal with the amount and a note filled in. Pokr Club tracks the money. It never holds or moves it.
New
Mentions
Type @ in a wall post, a reply or a league post to tag someone in that game or league, and they get a bell.
New
League posts
Commissioners can post announcements, with an optional photo, on the league page for its members.
Improved
A finished game has one home
Every finished game opens to its results: finishes, knockouts, seats, house rules and the photos from the wall.
New
Casual, Standard or Serious
Create asks what kind of night it is. Casual asks nobody to sign the house rules, and a Serious game won't start short of chips, with one tap to switch to Standard.
New
Co-hosts
A host can make someone a co-host, who can check people in, run the clock, record knockouts and square up from their own phone.
Improved
The recap says what your night came to
The recap email leads with what you won, what you put in and your net for the night, and lands within an hour of the end.
Fixed
Bounties balance in the square-up
A bounty on top of the buy-in is now collected with it and paid out through the host's square-up, so the books add up.
Improved
Photos large and whole
Photos on the game wall show at full size, and you can see who reacted to a post.
New
Cash games
Run a cash game alongside your games: players check in with the code, the host enters buy-ins, top-ups and cash-outs, and it squares up only when the counts match to the cent. Pokr Club tracks the money. It never holds or moves it.
Improved
Invite people, not just lists
When you set up a game you can invite individual people, and lists can hold phone numbers for friends who aren't on Pokr Club yet.
Fixed
The TV's final standings ran under the logo
The finish board fits the screen at any field size and no longer slides under the Pokr Club mark.
Improved
Big events on the TV
A 30 to 40 player event spreads across six tables, and the TV draws every one.
New
League invites by email
Inviting someone to a league now sends them an email, the same way a game invite does.
New
I'm on my way
A player who said going can check in from where they are, starting an hour before the game, and the host holds their seat.
New
Invite anyone by email or text
Invite people to a game, a league, a list or Pokr Club itself with an email address or phone number, even if they aren't on Pokr Club yet.