Features

Everything HouseClock does.

This page is long on purpose. It's the whole tool, organized by the way a floor actually works. Jump to any area, or read it straight through.

Every line is tagged with the tier it comes with. See the four tiers and full comparison.

Tournament lifecycle

What the software does, from setup to the final deal.

Every tournament follows the same arc. Here's what HouseClock is doing at each stage.

1·Setup
Structure, money, and screens configured; a saved template recalled in seconds.
2·Registration
Entries, rebuys, and add-ons tracked; prize pool and average stack update live.
3·Levels & breaks
The timestamp clock advances levels and breaks, and the room hears each change.
4·Late reg closes
Registration closes on schedule or on the floor's word; the field is locked.
5·Bubble
The bubble is flagged on every board as the field nears the money.
6·In the money
Payouts lock to the ladder, and each finish is recorded against a place.
7·Final table
A redraw seats the final table and the board switches to the closing view.
8·Deal
A deal is calculated and read back: even split, chip chop, ICM, or lock-and-split.

A timestamp-based countdown that keeps exact time and comes back to the exact second after anything goes wrong.

Timestamp-based countdown that cannot drift, no matter how long it runs. Free
Automatic level and break advancement, with a warning chime first. Free
Optional holds so play resumes on the floor's word, not the clock's. Free
Crash-resume to the exact second after a quit, a crash, or a closed laptop. Free
Nudge the current level longer or shorter without disturbing the rest of the schedule. Free
Elapsed time and time-of-day, always in view. Free
Next-level preview and a countdown to the next break. Free

Build any structure by hand or generate one, then save it once and reuse it for every recurring event.

Three fixed preset structures, ready to run without editing. Free
Full blind-structure editor with inline editing of every level. Pro
Insert levels or breaks anywhere in the ladder. Pro
Bulk level-length changes across the whole structure at once. Pro
Structure generator with standard 25-base and 100-base ladders. Pro
Big blind ante, traditional ante, or no ante. Pro
Every shipped preset: casino standard, deepstack, turbo, and two home-game tiers. Pro
Save unlimited templates for recurring events. Pro
Edit the structure mid-tournament without touching the running clock. Pro
Custom structures built to your house rules. Enterprise

Prize pools, guarantees, and deals that always reconcile to the dollar, the math a floor can defend to a table.

Buy-in with house and staff fees. Free
A live prize pool that updates as entries change. Free
Rebuys and add-ons with windows, and bounties. Pro
Guarantees, with the overlay shown on the board when the field falls short. Pro
Payout schedules that scale with field size. Pro
House rounding to $1, $5, $25, or $100, with the remainder to first. Pro
Manual payout overrides for when the director's word is final. Pro
W-2G threshold flags visible to the director only. Pro
Final-table deals: even split, chip chop, ICM, and lock-and-split, each summing exactly to the money left. Pro

Exact-sum payouts

The room hears every change without anyone reaching for a microphone. All of it generated on the machine.

Spoken level changes, warnings, breaks, and break-end. Pro
Registration closing and closed, bubble, in the money, final table, and deals. Pro
Fully editable templates with tokens for blinds, levels, times, and player counts. Pro
Configurable voice, rate, and volume. Pro
A chime before speech so the room looks up in time. Pro
No microphone, no recordings, and no internet. Pro

Draws and moves the floor can stand behind, because nothing changes until a person approves it.

Random seat draws with a visible seed, so any draw can be reproduced if a player disputes it. Pro
Table balancing that proposes moves for the floor to approve, rather than acting on its own. Pro
Table breaking with automatic reseating. Pro
Final-table redraw. Pro
Every move confirmed before anything changes. Pro

Run the cash side of the room from the same machine: waitlists, call-ins, and a public board that protects players' numbers.

Multiple games with stakes and table counts. Venue
A waitlist per game, with players able to sit on more than one list. Venue
Call players with a spoken announcement and a grace countdown. Venue
Seat, transfer, and remove players. Venue
A public waitlist board for the room, with phone numbers never leaving the manager's screen. Venue

Project to a TV from one tier up, or drive every screen in the house from the top of the range.

Built to run a real floor: autosaved, hard to close by accident, and able to hold several live events at once.

Per-session autosave with resume. Free
A confirmation before quitting a live tournament. Free
The display never sleeps while an event is running. Free
A session library of saved events. Pro
Multiple live sessions at once: two tournaments and a cash game side by side. Venue

Download HouseClock and load one of your own events into it. Free to start, offline, no account.