How The Bank Cardroom runs on LynxPoker

The Bank Cardroom is a poker room that runs its tournaments on LynxPoker. Its owner described the whole setup in one paragraph, and he agreed in writing to let us share it:

“Twelve screens run our clocks, including a projector and our live streams. Eleven dealers on rotation, seating and table moves, and players signing up from their phones. It all runs on LynxPoker. Of everything I've spent on The Bank Cardroom, LynxPoker has been one of my top decisions.”

In many rooms, each part of that paragraph is a job with its own tool, its own person, or a lot of walking. This post takes the quote apart one line at a time and shows what LynxPoker does behind each part, so you can judge whether the same setup fits your room.

"Twelve screens run our clocks"

Twelve screens is a lot of screens to keep in step. In most rooms, every extra TV is another laptop to start, another tab to refresh, and another chance that one wall shows the wrong level. In LynxPoker, a screen is anything with a web browser. You open app.lynx.poker/screen on the TV, type the code it shows into the Screens page, and pick what that screen displays.

From then on you run every screen from one page. Pick a TV, pick what it shows: the live clock, the players, the places or the mystery bounty draw. The change is on the wall before you look up, and you never walk to the TV to do it. Because each screen follows the tournament itself, not a local timer, every screen in the room shows the same level, the same time left and the same blinds.

"Including a projector and our live streams"

A projector is just another display, so it pairs the same way as a TV. The owner also counts the room's live streams among those twelve screens: wherever a browser shows the clock, it is the same live clock, updated at the same moment as the TVs in the room.

• The clock shows the blinds, the next level, prizes, bounties, entries and average stack, and you choose which values each side shows.
• Promos share the TV with the clock: the players app, your next tournament or your own design. They step away in the last minute of every level.
• The wall clock keeps counting through a Wi-Fi drop, even into the next level, and everything is still there when the connection returns.

"Eleven dealers on rotation"

Eleven dealers means a rotation that never stops: who is dealing, who is on break, who is off shift, and which table needs a fresh dealer next. On paper, that is a clipboard and a floor person walking the room. In LynxPoker, it is the Dealers board.

The board shows who is dealing, on break or off shift. Drag a dealer to a table that has none, or onto On break, and the counts update at once. Each dealer sees their own table in the Dealer app on a phone or a tablet at the table, so nobody has to shout a table number across the room.

• The Dealer app and the Floor app run in a browser. Nothing is downloaded from a store, and the tablet guide shows how to set a tablet up so it runs full screen and stays awake.
• When a dealer calls the floor, a banner opens in the Floor app on whatever the floor person is doing. One tap marks the call as answered.
• The dealer reports a bust from the table: tap the player, slide to confirm, and the seat empties while the players-left count drops.
• A shot clock is one tap away for the dealer, and it turns red as time runs out.

"Seating and table moves"

Seating is where a busy room loses the most time: players waiting at the desk, a floor person counting empty seats, and a short table that nobody noticed until it was three-handed. LynxPoker keeps that count for you.

• Add a player and the seating receipt comes up ready to print: name, table and seat, plus the details you choose.
• Table watch shows your free seats and when players need another table, and it works out when the room will run out of seats, so the next table is ready before the players are.
• When a table runs short, Balance tables shows who could move. One tap on Move players makes the suggested moves, or you dismiss them and decide.
• Every move shows on every device at once, so the floor, the dealers and the screens agree on where everyone sits.

"Players signing up from their phones"

The last part of the quote is the one players see first. LynxPoker has a free players app on iOS and Android. When a club lists itself publicly, players find its tournaments in the app, watch the live clock, see who is playing, follow chip counts and standings, and players connected to the club can reserve a spot from their phone.

Registration in the app reserves a spot. The club still seats the player and takes payment exactly as it does today: LynxPoker never processes buy-ins, never holds player funds and never pays out prize money. Once a player is connected to the club, the app can tell them their table and seat by notification.

"It all runs on LynxPoker"

This is the line that matters most for an owner. The clocks, the dealers, the seating and the players app are not four tools stitched together. They are one tournament, held on the server, that every screen and every phone reads from. A level change on the director's laptop is the level on the projector, on the stream, on the dealer's tablet and in a player's pocket.

That is also why the staff side is light. The Floor app and the Dealer app open in a browser, with nothing to install, and each one shows only what that job needs.

"One of my top decisions"

The owner's last sentence is about value: of everything he has spent on the room, LynxPoker has been one of his top decisions. We cannot tell you what your room will save. We can tell you how the price works, so you can do the sum yourself.

LynxPoker sells plans with credits included: one credit is one player in one tournament, and re-entries, rebuys and add-ons are free. Reg is $200 a month with 400 credits, Pro is $700 a month with 1,625, and Elite is $1,500 a month with 4,500, which works out from 33¢ a player. Every plan has every feature, including the screens, the dealer tools, the seating and the players app. The free trial is 3 tournaments within 14 days, up to 150 players each, with no card.

How to set up the same thing in your room

You do not need twelve screens and eleven dealers to start. The same parts work for a room with one TV and two tables, and you can add the rest as the room grows. A sensible order:

• Start the free trial and run the practice tournament: it comes with sample players, so you can bust a player and reveal a mystery prize before your real night.
• Put the clock on your TV: open the address on the TV and type the code it shows. Then add each screen the same way.
• Add your tables and your dealers, and drag a dealer to a table to see the rotation work.
• Build your structure. The structure assistant shows when play will stop before the first card is dealt.
• Invite your staff: your tournament director, the floor and the dealers. Pick the apps each one gets, and they get an email with a link.
• List your club publicly in the players app and turn on app registration when you are ready for players to reserve spots from their phones.

If you are moving from desktop software, the switching guide below walks through it step by step. If you are weighing LynxPoker against another platform, the comparison pages state where each one is the better choice.

Questions owners ask

Can a projector or a stream show the LynxPoker clock?

Yes. Any display with a web browser can show the live clock, so a projector pairs the same way as a TV, and The Bank Cardroom counts its live streams among its twelve clock screens.

Do dealers need their own devices?

Each dealer sees their table in the Dealer app, which runs in the browser on a phone or a tablet. If you keep a tablet at each table, the tablet guide shows how to set one up.

Does LynxPoker take the players' money when they register from the app?

No. Registering in the players app reserves a spot. The club seats the player and takes payment exactly as it does today, and LynxPoker never processes buy-ins, never holds player funds and never pays out prize money.