Home game guides
Everything you need to run a better poker night.
Poker cash game or tournament? Choosing your format
The 4 differences that actually matter at a home game: how the night ends, what busting means, what losing can cost, and what the host has to run.
Read guide →How much should the poker buy-in be?
Picking the buy-in for a home poker game: the comfortable range, the worst-case maths with rebuys, and how to handle a group where wallets differ.
Read guide →Poker chip setup for 10 players (full ring at home)
The chip distributions that actually work for a 10 player home game, why the small sets can't do it, and the reduced stack rescue if tonight is tonight.
Read guide →Deep stack blind structure for long home games
18 levels of 15 minutes on 20,000 stacks. The serious session structure, with a worked example for 6 players and the honest talk about who it suits.
Read guide →Poker chip setup for 8 players
Exact chip distributions for 8 players with a 300, 500, or 1,000 piece set, where each set hits its limits, and how to plan rebuys at a full table.
Read guide →A turbo blind structure for short poker nights
10 levels of 8 minutes on 5,000 stacks. A complete tournament in about 90 minutes, plus an honest look at what turbo does to skill and luck.
Read guide →Poker rebuy rules for home games, explained
Who can rebuy, how many times, and until when. The 3 decisions that make rebuys painless, plus how they flow into the prize pool and the settlement.
Read guide →Poker chip setup for 4 players
Exact chip distributions for a 4 player game with a 300, 500, or 1,000 piece set, including the deep 10,000 stacks that only work at this table size.
Read guide →A blind structure for a 2-hour home tournament
12 levels of 10 minutes on 5,000 stacks. A weeknight tournament that reliably finishes in 2 hours, with a worked example for 6 players.
Read guide →How to host a poker night (the complete checklist)
Everything a first-time host needs: format, buy-in, chips, blinds, house rules, food, and how the money gets settled at the end. One checklist, no chaos.
Read guide →Poker chip setup for 6 players
Exact chip distributions for a 6 player home game with a 300, 500, or 1,000 piece set. Real numbers from the calculator, plus what to do when your set comes up short.
Read guide →The 3-hour tournament blind structure that just works
15 levels of 12 minutes on 10,000 stacks. The default Friday night structure, with a worked example for 8 players and how to adjust it.
Read guide →How to build your own poker blind structure (the simple maths)
Any night length, any player count, any stacks. 3 numbers and a doubling rule give you a blind structure that actually ends on time.
Read guide →PokerPall is live. Here's why we built it
PokerPall is now on Google Play. The story behind the app that handles your poker night setup, blind timer, and the who-pays-who maths at the end.
Read guide →Best poker chip sets for home games
Buying chips for your home game? Here's what to look for - denominations, materials, quantities - and how to work out if your set is big enough for your table.
Read guide →Poker blind structure guide: what levels to use for your home game
Turbo, standard, or deep stack? Here's how to pick the right blind structure for your home game and how fast your levels should go.
Read guide →How to run a home poker tournament
Everything you need to host a home poker tournament - blind structures, chip setup, rebuys, payout splits, and how to settle up at the end.
Read guide →How to split poker chips for any number of players
Not sure how many chips each player gets? We'll walk you through chip distribution for home games - and show you a free calculator that does it automatically.
Read guide →How to settle poker debts without 12 Revolut payments
Finished your home game and dreading the group chat maths? Here's the simplest way to work out who owes who - and a free calculator to do it in seconds.
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