Poker tournament software
LeaguePour handles poker night registration, seat caps, player emails, 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.
Run each poker night as its own event with its own signup page and seat cap, and duplicate last week's event in a click. (Automatic season points by finishing position are on the roadmap.)
Email your opted-in players about upcoming tournaments and results - directly from your dashboard.
Cap the tournament at your seating capacity - signup closes automatically when every seat is taken.
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 event name, date and time, max players, and any registration fee.
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 players in from your registration list, start with a confirmed field, and announce the results when the night ends.
Build your season
Email your opted-in players about next week's game and post the season standings you keep - 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.
Not automatically yet. LeaguePour's automatic standings score head-to-head matches (3 points for a win), and poker is scored by finishing position, so a points-per-finish season isn't calculated for you today - a dedicated points/season format is on the roadmap. Many bars run each week as its own LeaguePour event for signups and headcount, and keep the season points table themselves.
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.
