QR code sharing

QR code sharing puts a live, read-only copy of your timer on any other screen. Someone scans the code — or types its short code into a browser — and watches your tournament as you run it. No account needed on the viewing device.

Tip

This is for people who just need to watch. If you want someone to make changes — enter knockouts, run buy-ins — see Roles & shared control. They connect through the same QR code link, once you’ve given them a role in your Player Directory.

Coming from the old Poker Timer app and looking for Remote Control? See What replaced Remote Control below.

Creating the QR code

1. Sign in on the device running the tournament. Sharing goes through the cloud, so it needs an account.
2. Open the tournament’s timer screen.
3. Tap the display-settings icon in the app bar to open the menu.
4. Tap Create QR code.

The code appears in a corner of the timer screen with its short code printed underneath — something like ABC-XYZ. Tap the code to copy the sharing link to your clipboard, ready to text or email.

Note

Create QR code only appears for a tournament in your own account, and only when you’re signed in. If you don’t see it, sign in first.

What a viewer sees

Scanning the code (or opening the link) opens the tournament in the Poker Club HQ app, or in a web browser if the app isn’t installed. On a device with no camera — a TV, say — type the short code’s address into its browser instead: ABC-XYZ becomes pokerclubhq.com/j/ABCXYZ. Capitalization and the hyphen don’t matter.

From there:

• They get the timer screen, and only the timer screen — no navigating into settings, players, or the log.
• Whatever you’re showing on your timer, they see: blinds, chips, the clock, seating charts, payouts, the chip leader. It all updates live as you run the tournament.
• They can’t change anything.

The first time someone opens the link, the tournament shows up on their own home screen with a “Link to” prefix, so they can get back to it later without rescanning.

Typical uses: putting the timer on a TV or projector while you run everything from your phone, letting players check the blinds from their seats, and letting people follow along from somewhere else entirely.

Tip

Connected players can do more than watch. A player who signs in with the email address you have on file for them can update their own photo and details, and report their current chips and hand, right from their phone — see Player profile updates.

Hiding vs. deleting the code

Once a code exists, the same menu offers Hide QR code and Show QR code. That only controls whether this device draws the code on its timer — the link keeps working either way. Handy when you want the code up on the big screen but not cluttering the phone you’re running from.

To actually cut off access, tap Delete QR code and confirm. The link and the short code stop working immediately for everyone holding them. Creating a code again later mints a brand-new one — the old code never comes back.

What replaced Remote Control

The old app’s Remote Control — where both devices typed the same Share ID and password — has been split into two features that each do the job better:

What you used Remote Control for	What to use now
Displaying the tournament on another device — an iPad, laptop, or TV	QR code sharing (this page) — viewers just scan a code; no account or password on the viewing device
Letting other people make changes, like entering knockouts or buy-ins	Roles & shared control — give a player in your Player Directory a Table Captain or Director role

If you upgraded with a share in progress, the app shows a one-time Tournament sharing has changed dialog explaining the switch. Its Show me button walks you straight through creating a QR code.

A few things to know when moving over:

• Old shares can’t be resumed. Your tournaments are imported automatically, but a share that was running is gone — set it up again with the steps above.
• No more Share IDs or passwords. Viewers scan the code, or type its short code into a browser.
• Sign in first. Sharing syncs through the cloud, so the device running the tournament needs an account. Viewing devices don’t.