Poker tournament software
LeaguePour handles poker tournament registration, season standings, player notifications, and optional online payment collection — all in one platform built for bars running regular poker nights.
Players sign up from their phone before tournament night. Know your exact headcount — no walk-in chaos, no turning people away at the door.
Collect seat reservation fees or food-and-beverage minimums online. Funds deposit directly to your venue's bank account.
Track cumulative points across weekly poker nights. Publish a leaderboard that keeps players competing for the season championship.
Email registered players about upcoming tournaments, results, and season leaderboard updates — directly from your dashboard.
Cap the tournament at your seating capacity. Overflow goes to a waitlist and gets notified automatically when seats open up.
Your branded venue page lists all upcoming poker events with registration links. Shareable, mobile-friendly, and always up to date.
Create your poker tournament
Set the format (weekly night, one-time tournament, or league season), max players, any registration fee, and the event date and time.
Share the registration link
Post to social media, your bar's website, or display a QR code at the bar. Players register and confirm their seat before tournament night.
Run the tournament
Check in registered players, start with a confirmed field, and enter finish positions after the tournament concludes. Season points update automatically.
Build your season
Email all registered players the updated leaderboard after each week. Create urgency for the next event — players in contention for the championship keep coming back.
Poker draws one of the highest-spend demographics of any bar competition. Tournament players typically stay for 3–5 hours for a structured event. They're in a focused, social mindset that's ideal for bar spend — steady drinks, good conversation between hands, and a reason to be there.
A weekly poker league format, where players accumulate points across multiple evenings toward a quarterly championship, is one of the best ways to build a loyal core of regulars. Once a player is in contention for the season standings, they show up every week. Missing a week costs them points — and the competitive drive is strong enough that most committed players won't risk it.
Many bars run poker tournaments with no real-money entry fee — instead charging a small food-and-beverage minimum or running it as a free event with a bar-credit prize. This sidesteps gaming regulations in most states while still creating the competitive structure that makes poker nights compelling. LeaguePour supports both fee and free-entry formats.
Note on poker and gaming laws: Poker is regulated differently than skill-based games like darts or cornhole in many US jurisdictions. Before collecting real-money entry fees for poker tournaments, consult a local attorney familiar with your state's gaming regulations. LeaguePour supports Stripe fee collection for events where it is legal to do so.
LeaguePour supports Stripe fee collection. However, poker is regulated differently than other bar games in many states. Many bars run poker tournaments as free-entry events with bar-credit prizes, or charge a food-and-beverage minimum. Consult a local attorney before collecting real-money poker buy-ins.
Players visit your venue's public LeaguePour page, select the poker event, register (with or without a fee), and receive a confirmation email. No app download required. You see a real-time confirmed player list in your dashboard.
Yes. Track cumulative points across weekly sessions and display a public leaderboard. A quarterly championship with the top-point finishers keeps weekly attendance high all season.
Texas Hold'em tournament format is the most popular — nearly everyone knows the basics, and the elimination structure keeps the event to a predictable time window. Sit-and-go formats work well for smaller venues; multi-table tournaments work for 30+ player events.
Set up in minutes. Free to start, no credit card required.