Managing players

The Players screen is where you manage everyone in your tournament — from initial buy-ins through eliminations and final payouts.

Adding players

Tap the people icon in the top right to open the Players menu, then choose one of:

1. Add players — A text field appears below the app bar. Type a name and press Enter to add players one at a time. As you type, matching people from your Player Directory are suggested by name or nickname — use the arrow keys to pick one, or just press Enter to add the name exactly as typed.
2. Import players — Bring in a player list from a CSV file, or from another tournament on your device.
3. Add players from group… — If you’ve organized your Player Directory into groups, add every player in a group at once.

Once the tournament has two or more players, the same menu offers Export players, which saves their names as a CSV file.

Players start in the “Not bought in” section until they buy in.

Note

In a shared tournament, only the owner can add, import, or rename players. Player names are shared across all of the owner’s tournaments, so changes would affect more than the one you’re viewing.

Tip

Every player you add also joins your Player Directory — the app-wide roster where you can keep contact info and notes, import and export CSV files, and merge duplicates across all your tournaments.

Player sections

The player list is organized into up to three sections with sticky headers — a section appears only when it has someone in it:

• Bought in — Active players currently in the tournament
• Eliminated — Players who have been knocked out
• Not bought in — Players added but not yet participating

Each header shows the number of players in the section, along with a sort button: sort by Name, Table & seat, Place, # Eliminated, Total paid, or Total chips. Tap the option that’s already selected to flip between ascending and descending. Eliminated players are sorted by place to begin with; the other sections start alphabetically.

Player actions

Tap any player (or section header) to open the action menu. The available actions depend on the player’s current status:

Player details…

Opens the player’s page in the Player Directory, where you can rename them, add a photo, and edit contact info and notes. Names must be unique across your whole directory, not just this tournament. Available when a single player is selected, and not in shared tournaments.

Buy-in

For players who haven’t bought in yet. Enter the chip amount and cost, then optionally toggle “Buy bounty chip” if bounties are enabled for the tournament. The bounty chip cost is charged in addition to the buy-in — see Bounties. After buying in, you’ll be asked if you want to seat the player at a table.

Addon

For active players when addons are enabled. Gives the player additional chips for a specified cost.

Rebuy / Reentry

For eliminated or active players when rebuys are enabled. If the player was previously eliminated, this is shown as “Reentry.” The player receives a new stack of chips and can be reseated at a table.

Buy bounty chip

For active players who don’t currently hold a bounty chip. Available when the bounty feature is turned on.

Was eliminated

Marks a player as knocked out. You’ll be asked to select who eliminated them — this is tracked for stats and bounty purposes. If a player with a bounty chip is eliminated, the bounty transfers to the eliminator.

Note

If the timer is running and a knockout brings the tournament down to one remaining player, the timer automatically pauses.

Seat / Reseat / Unseat

• Seat — Assign bench players to table seats
• Reseat — Move seated players to different seats
• Unseat — Return players to the bench

Left game

Removes a player from the tournament, and asks whether any chips or money left with them. Select several players at once after the bubble has burst and this becomes “Left game or Chop”, for when the remaining players negotiate a deal.

Record hand/chips

Records a player’s current chip count or hand. Choose Player chips or Player hands, then enter the values. Each becomes an entry in the tournament log, and a player’s most recent chip count feeds the Chip leader timer widget. Players who joined by QR code can report these themselves — see Player profile updates.

Delete

Permanently removes a player, one at a time, after a confirmation. Players who appear in the tournament log can’t be deleted; resetting the tournament from the Timer screen clears the log.

Multi-player actions

You can perform actions on several players at once. When an action supports it, a selection screen appears with a checkbox next to each eligible player, and a checkbox in the top right that selects everyone. The bottom bar keeps a running Selected: N count next to a button named after the action you’re about to perform.

Undo and redo

The Undo and Redo buttons appear in the top right of the app bar whenever actions can be reversed. Undo reverses the last player action (buy-in, knockout, etc.) and Redo restores it.

Player information

Each player tile shows:

• Avatar — The player’s photo, or their initials. Add photos in the Player Directory.
• Name — Player’s display name
• Status details — Finishing place, table and seat number, or “not seated” for bench players
• Bounty info — Bounty chip value and winnings (if bounties enabled)
• Financial summary — Total paid and chips received
• Elimination info — Chips eliminated from opponents
• Rebalance count — How many times the player has been moved for table balancing

Swipe to delete

Swipe left on any player tile for the same Delete action described above.