How to launch sport poker in your club: a step-by-step guide

Launching sport poker in your club is easier than it looks: you don’t need a cash desk, cash chips, or gambling licenses. You need a room, tables, and a platform that handles registration, the timer, seating, the TV display, and the rating. Below is a step-by-step guide that takes you from creating your club to your first tournament and awarding points.

What you need before you start

The minimum to get started: a room with one or more tables, sets of cards and chips (as a tournament score, not as money), and a club account on the platform. The entire organizational side — the schedule, player registration, blind structure, timer, seating, TV display, and rating — is handled by the poker club platform. Room staff (dealers and floor managers) can be added later; we have a separate article on where to find them.

Launching on the platform step by step

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   Step 1. Register your clubCreate your club on the platform: name, city, logo, and description. This is both the club cabinet where you work as the organizer and the public page where players find you in the catalog.
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   Step 2. Add a venue and a floor planSet up your venue (address, opening hours) and describe the room: how many tables there are and how many seats each one has. The platform needs the floor plan to seat players automatically and balance tables during the tournament.
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   Step 3. Set up the blind structure and formatSet the starting stack, level length, and blind increases — or pick a ready-made structure template. Choose a tournament format: freezeout, re-entry, PKO, and others change the dynamics of the game to suit your audience.
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   Step 4. Create your first tournamentPublish the tournament: date, time, format, number of seats, and the organizational fee for taking part. For a detailed walkthrough from announcement to final table, see our guide to running a poker tournament.
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   Step 5. Invite playersThe tournament automatically appears in the platform catalog, and players register online. Send out an announcement and a push notification through the poker club app to fill the room in advance.
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   Step 6. Run the tournament with the TV display and seatingOn game day, the platform seats players and balances tables, while the poker club TV display shows the timer, blinds, and number of players on a big screen. Seating and balancing get their own in-depth look in our article on table seating and balancing.
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   Step 7. Award rating pointsAfter the final table, the platform records the final standings and automatically awards rating points by finishing place. The season leaderboard keeps players coming back — they return to climb higher.

Staff and roles

A small club can launch with a single organizer: the platform automates the routine, and with one or two tables, players can deal for themselves. As your tournaments grow, add dealers and floor managers and give them roles with limited access. To learn where to find staff and what these jobs involve, read our article on finding dealers and floor managers.

Platform access by subscription

The platform’s features — the club cabinet, player registration, timer, seating, TV display, rating, app, and player base — are available to clubs by subscription. You set it up when you connect your club, and right after that you can create your venue and first tournament. We’ll walk you through the current terms and feature set when you connect — submit a request, and we’ll help you choose the right option.