What's new
What PokClock has just added to your tournaments
This update is aimed above all at clubs and associations that run a full season. It brings a championship played in points, a blind structure editor available from the moment you create a tournament, faster table management, and a room layout you can show on a second screen for your players.
The main changes
Running a tournament stays the same in its broad strokes. The additions focus on three concrete moments: preparing the structure, managing tables during play, and following a championship over time.
Club points championship
Reward your players with ranking points instead of cash, and the season standings update after every completed tournament.
Blinds editor at setup
The structure editor opens while you set up the tournament. Each level you add picks up the progression already in place.
Right-click table management
A right-click on a seat lets you move a player, adjust their stack or remove them from the tournament.
Room layout on a second screen
The table layout shows on a separate screen and updates on every change, without interrupting your work.
More direct sign-ups
You register a player by clicking their row, and last-minute sign-ups are seated at the tables automatically.
Clearer help
The built-in guide opens right away and covers every screen in the app, in French and English.
All your tournaments in one place
The Tournaments screen brings your events together with their season, format and status. It is the starting point to create a tournament, open registration, launch the clock or manage the tables.
A club championship run without any re-entry
When you create a tournament, you choose how to reward players: in cash, as usual, or in ranking points. The points mode shows a table where you set the scale place by place, for example a hundred points for the winner and eighty for the runner-up. When the tournament ends, the app gives each player the points for their finish, worked out from the order of eliminations, with nothing for you to enter. The Standings screen then covers the whole season: total points, tournaments played, wins and best finish, from the first player to the last. Your regulars follow their progress date after date, and you never have to keep a separate ranking.
A blind structure prepared at your own pace
The Blinds step gives you the full editor without leaving tournament setup. Start from a saved template, ask the generator for a grid that matches the length you want, then adjust each level by hand. When you add a level, the app continues the current progression and fills in the small blind, big blind and ante for you. The AI Coach estimates the likely running time, suggests a number of paid places and flags blind jumps that are too steep, all before the tournament begins.
Right-click table management
During a tournament, table management runs mainly through the right-click. On an occupied seat, you can move the player to a free spot, swap them with another, add or remove chips from their stack, or take them out of the tournament. Empty seats stay visible with their number, so you can see at once where to place a newcomer. When registrations arrive after the tables are drawn, the app flags it and spreads those players across the available seats, opening an extra table if necessary.
Placing late registrations
Players who register after the draw are spread across the free seats, with a new table opened if needed.
Seat actions
Move a player, swap them, adjust their stack or remove them from the tournament, without leaving the table.
The room layout on a second screen
Like the clock, the room layout opens in its own window, which you place on a TV or a second screen. Your players find their table at a glance, and the display updates on every registration, move or elimination. The seats that just changed stay highlighted for a few seconds, long enough for everyone to get their bearings. On your side, you keep running the tournament on your main screen, without interruption.
Small details that make running the night easier
On the registration screen, a click anywhere on a player's row now selects them, with no need to aim for the checkbox. In the settings, the Templates, Blinds, Layouts and Space KO tabs show their content directly instead of opening another window. The default clock arrives already set up, font and colors included, and adapts to the screen size. The volume of the audio announcements has also been raised, since it often stayed too low in a busy room.
What is changing in the plans
A longer trial, a larger Club pack, and an option built for big events.
A thirty-day trial
The trial opens every feature, with no account to create, giving you time to evaluate the app under real tournament conditions.
A Club pack up to 500 players
Enough to host large club and association nights without running into a limit mid-tournament.
A Multi-events option
It adds simultaneous tournaments and multi-flight, from Day 1A to Day 2, to the Club pack, without moving up to the higher plan.
Big events, from Day 1 to Day 2
You create a parent tournament, add as many Day 1 flights as you need (1A, 1B, 1C), then generate Day 2 with a fresh random seat draw once the opening days are over.
Clearer, faster help
The Help menu opens right away, then fills in as you read. Every link in the table of contents lands in the right place, accented headings included, the diagrams sit in clean boxes, and the guide covers the whole path, from creating a first tournament to the finest settings. It is available in French and English, and it is kept up to date from one version to the next.
Frequently asked questions
Do I have to learn PokClock all over again?+
No. It is the same software, with features added where they were missing. Your habits and your tournament templates are kept.
Do these new features work on my PC?+
Yes, on Windows 10 and 11. PokClock installs locally and runs a tournament with no internet connection, including the points championship and the room layout.
Does the points championship replace cash prizes?+
No. The reward mode is chosen tournament by tournament. A cash night is still possible, a championship leg runs on points, depending on what you decide.
Does the room layout need any special hardware?+
A second screen or a TV connected to the PC is enough. PokClock places the window on the secondary screen as soon as it detects one.
How do I get these new features?+
They are in the latest version of PokClock. Download the app and start the thirty-day trial to try them before choosing a plan.