About us
We built Poker Planner because we needed it ourselves.
We are two semi-professional poker players who work in tech. The product started from a simple frustration: planning poker tournament trips takes too much time, and the tools around those trips do not match how players actually make decisions.
The routine was always the same
Before a big series, we would sit with screenshots, group chats, notes, and a spreadsheet. One list had the events we liked. Another tracked structures. Somewhere else we tracked Day 2s, re-entries, travel days, and the amount of money we were actually comfortable putting into play.
It was not difficult because poker players lack discipline. It was difficult because the information was scattered, and every choice depended on several other choices. Add one bullet to an event and the budget changes. Make Day 2 and the next day changes. Choose a better event at one venue and the whole schedule might shift.
The existing options felt wrong
Generic calendars did not understand poker. Spreadsheets could hold the information, but they could not think through the tradeoffs. Even the fancy Excel and Google Sheets functions we kept fine-tuning still left us doing too much manual planning. Most products that touched poker were focused on tracking results after the fact, not preparing before the first hand is dealt.
What we wanted was boring in the best way: a focused way to work through our own event shortlist, control bankroll exposure, avoid obvious conflicts, and build a schedule we could trust. Not a flashy prediction engine. Not a black box. Just a serious planning tool for serious poker decisions.
The problem was not finding tournaments. The problem was turning our own shortlist into a plan.
So we started building the tool we wanted
Our tech background helped us see the planning problem as a set of constraints: dates, buy-ins, bullets, game preferences, venues, schedule conflicts, and bankroll limits. Our poker background helped us avoid building something that looked clean but missed the real decisions players care about.
Poker Planner is still early, but the direction is clear. We want it to be the place players use before a live series, during a trip, and eventually for online schedules too. The common thread is the same: reduce the planning work so players can spend more energy on the decisions that matter.
We want to hear from players
If you have a series we should support, a planning workflow we are missing, or feedback from how you prepare for tournaments, write to us. The best version of this product will come from players who have felt the same planning pain.
Use our support form to reach us (contact@pokerplanner.io).