By venue
Pool night plans, by the room you have
A dive bar with one coin-op table and a brewery taproom with six have genuinely different problems. Here is a plan for each: how long the night can run, what to charge, and which parts of this actually matter in that room.
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Pool night software for a sports bar
Every screen in the building already belongs to something, and on a game night the pool table is competing with the television for the room.
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Running a pool night at a dive bar
One coin-op table, no screen, and a bartender who is also the kitchen, the door and the sound system.
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Tournament nights for a pool hall
The customers actually know how to play, which changes the format maths completely.
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Pool and games nights for a brewery taproom
Taprooms often close early, serve no food, and have a crowd that came for the beer rather than the game.
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Running a pool tournament at a bowling alley
The pool tables are an afterthought in a building designed around something else, and they are usually in the loudest corner of it.
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Pool nights at a VFW, legion or social club
A membership crowd who have mostly known each other for years, and often an afternoon rather than evening rhythm.
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Pool tournaments for a student union or games room
Very large, very variable turnout, almost no budget, and a crowd that turns over completely every three years.
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Pool night at a barcade
The pool table is one attraction among thirty, and everything else in the room is flashing at your customers.
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Running a pool night at a restaurant or gastropub
There are people eating. The night cannot be loud, cannot block service, and cannot run past the kitchen closing.
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Pool nights for a hotel bar
The crowd is different every single week, almost nobody is local, and nobody is coming back next Tuesday.
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Pool and billiards nights for a private members club
Cash is awkward, members expect records to be kept properly, and the room is often quieter and more formal than a bar.
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Running a charity pool tournament
The money is the point, the field is mostly people who do not play pool, and it is a one-off with no second chance to get it right.
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Adding a rotation night to an established pool league
The players are already organised, already ranked, and already have software for their sanctioned play.
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Three-strikes pool at home
Eight people, one table, no screen, and everybody has a drink in their hand.
Run your next night on it
Free, and it runs a whole night — the strike engine, the TV display, the player QR card, who has paid and what the pot pays out. No ads on any plan.