Everything you need to run the clock — and the tournament

A blind clock that hosts can actually run

PokerTD is built for the person standing next to the felt with a laptop or phone — not for a casino floor suite. The timer keeps the room on the same page: current level, time remaining, blinds, antes, and what's coming next.

Structures you control

• Build or adjust blind levels with small blind, big blind, and ante values.
• Schedule breaks so the clock and the kitchen stay in sync.
• Change levels while the night is live when the table runs hot or slow.
• Keep the overview visible: entries, prize pool, buy-in, chip averages, and players remaining.

You stay in charge of the structure. PokerTD keeps it readable for everyone else.

Payouts that update with the tournament

When entries, buy-ins, and places paid are set, PokerTD can calculate a payout structure so hosts aren't doing napkin math between hands.

Use it to:

• Reflect the current prize pool as the field fills.
• Show places paid clearly on the tournament display.
• Avoid “who gets paid what?” debates at the end of the night.

Payouts are part of the same on-device tournament view as the clock — not a separate spreadsheet you have to remember to open.

Hear the level change without watching the screen

PokerTD can use your browser's built-in speech synthesis (speechSynthesis) for voice announcements — useful when the room is loud, the TV is across the living room, or the host is dealing.

Turn voice on when you want audible level cues; leave it off for quiet home games. No extra app install required — it uses the browser you already have.

Put the clock where the table can see it

Fullscreen

Go fullscreen on the device running PokerTD so blinds and time dominate the screen — ideal for a laptop propped at the end of the table.

Cast to TV / dual display

Use Cast to TV (or your device's dual-display setup) to put the tournament clock on a living-room TV or second monitor while you keep controls on the host device.

That's the core “TV-ready” story: one browser session, a display the whole room can read, and a host who isn't repeating “what are the blinds?” every orbit.

Your tournament stays in the browser

Core PokerTD use stores tournament state in the browser's localStorage. That means:

• No signup required to run a timer, structure, and payouts.
• Tournament data is kept on the device you're using — not uploaded as a cloud league database.
• Refresh-friendly for a typical home-game session on the same browser/profile.

Privacy, honestly: If you send feedback through the product, that may hit a feedback API. The site may also use analytics (for example Vercel Analytics) for aggregate traffic — not as a place where your blind structure is “synced to the cloud.” PokerTD does not claim cloud sync, multi-device league accounts, or a native mobile app as core product.

Details and disclaimers: About PokerTD. Setup steps: Help.

Built for hosts, not casino ops software

PokerTD is for:

• Home games that need a clear clock and a fair payout table.
• Friendly clubs / recurring nights that want a consistent display without buying Windows tournament software.
• Charity and social tournaments where the host's job is the clock, not a full player CRM.

It is an instant host tool — open the site, set the tournament, run the night. It is not a casino floor suite, seating balancer, or league management platform.