Printable poker ledger and score sheet
The classic end-of-night argument starts with a buy-in nobody remembers. Someone rebought around midnight, nobody wrote it down, and now the final count is €20 short and every player is sure it isn't theirs. A ledger on the table fixes it: money in gets written down the moment it happens, in a place everyone can see.
This sheet is 1 A4 landscape table with rows for up to 10 players. Each row tracks a name, up to 3 buy-ins, the total in, the final stack, the net result, and a paid tick so nobody gets chased twice. A totals row runs along the bottom with the rule that settles every dispute printed under it: the net column must sum to 0, and if it doesn't, you recount before anyone pays.
Keep it next to the bank during the game. When someone buys in or rebuys, the chips and the pen move together - that one habit removes almost every settlement argument a cash game can produce.
When the game ends, the sheet has everything the settlement needs: who's up, who's down, and by how much. Type the nets into our free settlement calculator to get the shortest list of payments, or let the PokerPall app record the buy-ins live and skip the pen entirely.
Common questions
How do you keep track of poker buy-ins at a home game?
Write every buy-in down the moment the money crosses the table, on a sheet everyone can see. This ledger gives each player a row with space for 3 buy-ins, a running total, and their final stack, so the whole night's money is on 1 page.
What is a poker ledger?
A record of money in and money out for each player: buy-ins, rebuys, and the final stack. The difference is each player's net, which tells you exactly who pays who at the end of the night.
Why must the net column sum to 0?
Poker moves money around the table but never creates or destroys it, so all the wins and losses have to cancel out exactly. A nonzero sum means a stack was miscounted or a buy-in went unrecorded - recount before any money changes hands.
Is there an app that does this automatically?
Yes. The PokerPall app banks buy-ins and rebuys as they happen, counts the game down with a blind timer, and produces a settlement card at the end showing the fewest payments that square everyone up.
Guides that go with this printable
Run the whole night with PokerPall
The paper does the table talk. The app does the work - live blind timer, chip setup, rebuys, and a settlement card at the end.