Poker Night

A walkthrough for tracking a poker night — using personas, Point Exchange scoring, rounds, dealer tracking, and Game Night cross-game tallies.

The Scenario

It’s your regular Thursday poker night. Five players, chip-based scoring (points in = points out), multiple hands, and you want to track the dealer position.

Step 1: Set Up Your Poker Crew

If this is your first time, create personas for your regulars:

1. Open the Persona Library from the game list menu
2. Create a persona for each player — add an emoji avatar and pick a color
3. Create a persona group called “Poker Night” for quick selection later

Step 2: Create a Game Night

Game Nights let you track winners across multiple games (e.g., Texas Hold’em followed by Omaha):

1. From the game list, open the menu and select New Game Night
2. Name it “Thursday Poker” and pick today’s date
3. Select your “Poker Night” persona group as participants

Step 3: Create the First Game

1. Add a game to the Game Night
2. Set scoring mode to Point Exchange — this ensures zero-sum scoring (chips won = chips lost)
3. Set a starting score (e.g., 1000 for starting chip count)
4. Enable Rounds if you want to track each hand separately
5. Set the scoring unit to match your chips (e.g., ”$” or “pts”)

Step 4: Play with Dealer Tracking

During gameplay:

• The dealer indicator shows whose deal it is
• After each hand, tap the dealer button to advance to the next player
• The dealer automatically skips any eliminated players

Step 5: Score Each Hand

After each hand, use the calculator to enter chip changes:

1. Tap the winning player’s row
2. Enter the pot amount (e.g., 350)
3. Tap = — the amount is added to the winner and (in Point Exchange mode) distributed from the other players

If playing in rounds, tap End Round after each hand to snapshot the scores.

Step 6: Wrap Up the Night

1. Finish the game when you’re done playing
2. Add another game to the Game Night if you switch to a different variant
3. The Game Night tracks wins across all games — whoever wins the most games is the overall champion

Tips

• Point Exchange mode ensures the chip total always stays balanced — you’ll know instantly if someone miscounted
• Use the score history to review past hands if there’s a dispute
• Export the game data as CSV to track your poker performance over time

Related Guides

• Family Game Night — A simpler setup for board games
• Point Exchange — How zero-sum scoring works
• Rounds — Per-hand tracking with cumulative scores