Your Friday-night home game deserves better than a stopwatch.
Poker Hawk turns a kitchen-table tournament into a real one — clock on the TV, blinds on every phone, payouts calculated automatically, and rebuys + bounties tracked without anyone arguing about the math. Free trial for hosts. Free for players.
The game is better when the operations get out of the way.
You've been to the home game where someone's phone is the clock, someone else has a spreadsheet open, and at the end of the night three people are doing payout math on a napkin. It works, but it eats half the night and someone always feels short-changed.
A home game app fixes the operational chaos: a real tournament clock on the TV, blinds and seat info on every player's phone, and payouts that calculate themselves the moment someone busts. Your job as host becomes "open snacks and call breaks" instead of "spreadsheet referee."
Poker Hawk is built specifically for the Friday-night use case. Quick setup. Sane defaults. Templates that match how home games actually run. And the free Player app means your friends don't have to buy anything just to see the clock on their phones.
Everything the Friday night needs.
No host should be doing math while the bubble is bursting.
A real clock on the TV
Mount or cast the Poker Hawk TV display — blinds, ante, time-left, players remaining. Everyone in the room knows where they stand.
Free app for every guest
Players install the free Poker Hawk app (or just open the web view) and see the clock, their seat, their stack, and the projected payouts.
Automatic payouts + chops
As entries come in, the prize pool updates. When you reach the final table, the payout structure is already calculated. One-tap chops too.
Rebuys, add-ons, bounties
Track them as they happen. No more "wait, did Mike rebuy twice or three times?" The math is on the screen.
Break scheduling
Schedule the food break, the pizza arrival, or the smoke break. The clock pauses cleanly and resumes when you say go.
Player profiles + stats
Your regulars get a player profile. Tracking who runs best at your Friday game is half the fun.
No casting tricks
The TV display is its own app. No screen-mirroring lag, no laptop tethered to a TV, no Chromecast wrestling.
Templates for home games
Built-in "Home Game" structure as a starting point — short levels, friendly antes, generous late-reg, scheduled break around 90 minutes.
Set it up in the time it takes to deal a hand.
You're not "installing tournament software" — you're just opening a clock that knows what it's doing.
- Step 01
Create your free account
Sign up, name your home game (e.g. "Mike's Friday Game"). That's it. You've created your first club.
- Step 02
Pick the Home Game structure
One of the built-in templates. Tweak the buy-in if you want, save your version, you're ready for kickoff.
- Step 03
Start the event + share the link
Open the TV display, send your players the club link, hit start. Everyone's in sync before the first hand.
Spreadsheet + stopwatch vs. Poker Hawk.
No shade — every home game starts with a spreadsheet. They just don't need to stay there.
| Feature | Poker Hawk | Spreadsheet + phone timer DIY home-game setup |
|---|---|---|
| Clock visible on TV | manual | |
| Players see clock on phones | ||
| Automatic blind escalation | manual | |
| Automatic payout calculation | manual | |
| Rebuy / add-on tracking | manual | |
| Saved structure for next week | ||
| Player stats over time | ||
| Works without you doing math |
Home-game questions
Common questions from people who have run a kitchen-table tournament before.
Do my friends need to download something?
What if my Wi-Fi is unreliable?
How much does it cost for a home game?
Can I do a re-buy tournament?
What about bounties (knockout tournaments)?
Do I need a smart TV?
Can I track who wins the most at my game?
What if I host multiple home games?
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Bring your Friday game into 2026.
Free trial, no setup wizard. Most home-game hosts run their first real Poker Hawk tournament the same night they sign up.