Blind Valet vs Final Table for a home poker league
Blind Valet is a cloud tournament clock and league tool with a strong blind structure calculator. Final Table is built around the recurring home game: email invites and RSVPs, season standings, and a TV clock that needs no login. Here is how they compare, with a source for every claim about Blind Valet.
Checked against Blind Valet’s own website on October 3, 2026. Sources are listed at the bottom of the page.
What is Blind Valet?
Blind Valet is a browser-based poker tournament system: a blind structure calculator, tournament clock, payout calculator and league management, used by staff and players on their own devices.[1]
Blind Valet fits if
- You run tournaments for a club or venue and want staff roles like Director, Floor and Table Captain.
- You want formats beyond a standard game: shootouts, heads-up brackets, split fields or mystery bounties.
- Your players would rather use the app in a language other than English.
Final Table fits if
- You run a recurring home game or league and want invites, RSVPs and reminders sent by email.
- Some of your players will never make an account, and you don't want that to stop them RSVPing or seeing standings.
- You care about the season: standings rules, head-to-head rivalries and badges.
- You want published prices and a free plan with no ads.
Blind Valet vs Final Table, feature by feature
| Feature | Blind Valet | Final Table |
|---|---|---|
| Runs on | Any browser[2] | Any browserPhone, tablet or laptop. Nothing to install. |
| Free plan | Small games[3]Small home games, no time limit | 18 players |
| Paid plans from | Not published[4]Monthly and annual plans; prices aren't on the public site | $9/mo |
| Tournament clock | Included[1] | IncludedLevels, breaks, color-ups, live prize pool |
| Blind structure calculator | Included[5]From buy-in, chip set and target length | IncludedBuilt from your chips. Also a free public tool, no sign-up. |
| Custom chip set values | Paid plans[6]Home Game or Club | IncludedFree plan |
| Clock on a TV | Included[7]Each screen is logged in to a club member's account | IncludedPair any TV browser with a code. No login on the TV. Free. |
| Players without an account | Included[8]Staff can create players manually | IncludedManagers add players by name. They can claim their profile later. |
| Game sign-up | In the app[9]Players register from the club lobby with their account | Email RSVPOne tap from the invite email, no login |
| Automated email reminders | Not listed | IncludedPlus a calendar feed |
| League standings | Included[10] | IncludedSeason and all-time boards, with an optional public link |
| Points formulas | Presets or custom[11]Write your own formula with variables | Presets or customLinear, square root, log, Dr. Neau, points pool or your own place table on every plan. Write your own formula from players, place, buy-in, rebuys, add-ons, knockouts and the prize pool (League plan, $9/mo). |
| Best N games / drop worst | Not listed | League plan$9/mo. Also minimum games and championship spots |
| Rebuys, add-ons and bounties | Included[12] | IncludedCounted into the prize pool. Free plan. |
| Mystery bounties | Included[13] | Not includedStandard and progressive (PKO) knockout bounties instead |
| Payouts | Included[1]Payout calculator | IncludedWorked out from the prize pool and rounded to the bills you carry ($1, $5, $10 or $20), with deals by ICM, chip count or even split. Every plan. |
| Seat draw and table balancing | Included[14] | League plan$9/mo |
| Head-to-head records | Not listed | IncludedRecords free. Game-by-game list on the League plan. |
| Shootouts and heads-up brackets | Club plan[15] | Not included |
| Languages | 40+[16] | English |
“Not listed” means we couldn’t find it on Blind Valet’s website. It may exist; tell us and we’ll fix the page.
Pricing
Blind Valet
Final Table
- Free
- $0
- Everything a home game needs
- League
- $9/mo or $79/yr
- For growing leagues
- Club
- $19/mo or $179/yr
- For multi-league operators and poker clubs
Where Final Table is different
Players RSVP from an email, no account needed[9]
Final Table emails each game invite. Players answer with one tap and get automatic reminders without logging in. On Blind Valet, players register for a scheduled tournament from the club lobby with their own account.
A TV clock with nothing to log in to[7]
Open Final Table's TV page on the TV's browser, pair it with a code from your phone, and it shows the clock, blinds and prize pool. Blind Valet's help center says there are no public links for viewing tournaments, so each screen signs in with a club member's account.
Custom chip sets on the free plan[6]
Set your own chip colors and values, and generate blinds from them, at no cost. Blind Valet lists custom chipset values as a paid feature (Home Game or Club).
Season rules built in
Final Table can count your best N games or drop the worst N, require a minimum number of games, and mark championship qualifiers (League plan). The free plan already has head-to-head records, badges and shareable standings and profile links.
No ads on any plan, and prices on the website[22]
Final Table's free plan (1 league, up to 18 players) shows no ads, and every plan's price is on the pricing page. Blind Valet's privacy policy says its free plan shows non-personalised ads in the app.
Where Blind Valet is the better pick
More than 40 languages[16]
Blind Valet says it is used in over 100 countries and over 40 languages. Final Table is in English only.
Shootouts, brackets and split fields[23]
Blind Valet runs shootouts and heads-up brackets, can split one field into linked tournaments, and has mystery bounties. Final Table has no shootout, bracket or split formats.
Staff roles for running a room[24]
Blind Valet has five club roles, from Owner and Director down to Floor and Table Captain, so you can hand out exactly the controls each helper needs. Final Table has owner, manager and member.
Switching from Blind Valet
- 1
Create a free Final Table account and set up your league. Put your buy-in, rebuy, add-on and bounty prices under House rules.
- 2
Enter your chip set and blind levels, or let the generator build the blinds from your chips. There is no import, so this is done by hand once and reused every game.
- 3
Add your players. A name is enough; add an email and they get an invite to claim their profile, but nobody has to sign up to play.
- 4
Pick a scoring preset or your own points-per-place table, or copy your Blind Valet formula into Final Table's formula editor (League plan). Past results don't carry over, so keep a copy of your old standings and start the new season fresh.
- 5
Schedule the first game. Players RSVP from the email, and on the night you open the TV page on your TV and pair it from your phone.
Questions, answered
Blind Valet has a free tier, Kitchen Table, which its terms describe as having limited features; its site says the free plan covers small home games with no time limit. The paid tiers are Home Game, Club and Pro, and their prices aren't on the public website. Its privacy policy says the free plan shows non-personalised ads in the app.
Yes. Blind Valet can show the clock on several screens at once. Its help center says there are no public links for viewing tournaments, so each screen has to be logged in with an account that is a member of your club. Final Table's TV clock pairs with a code and needs no login on the TV.
Not to be tracked: Blind Valet staff can create players manually. To register for a tournament themselves or follow it on their phone, players use their own Blind Valet account in your club. In Final Table, players RSVP from an email with one tap, and standings and profile links can be opened without an account.
No. Final Table has no import. You add your players (a name is enough) and set up your blinds and scoring once, then start a new season.
Yes, on the League plan. You write the formula from variables such as {players}, {place}, {buy_in}, {rebuys}, {knockouts} and {prize_pool}, with functions like sqrt, ln, min, max and if, and try it on a sample game before you save. The presets (linear, square root, log, Dr. Neau and a points pool) and a points-per-place table are free on every plan.
Blind Valet says it is used in over 40 languages. Final Table is available in English only.
Sources
- [1] “Blind structure calculator, poker tournament clock, payout calculator, and league management all in a modern cloud-based system accessible on any device by tournament staff and players alike.” · blindvalet.com/
- [2] “Any device with a browser: Mac, Windows, Linux, iPad, Android, phone” · blindvalet.com/tournament-director-alternative
- [3] “The free plan covers small home games with no time limit and no credit card” · blindvalet.com/tournament-director-alternative
- [4] “Free plan for small tournaments; paid monthly and annual plans” · blindvalet.com/
- [5] “Tell it your buy-in, your chip set, and how long you want the night to run, and it generates a complete structure” · blindvalet.com/tournament-director-alternative
- [6] “How do I customize the chipset values? This feature requires a paid subscription (Home Game or Club).” · blindvalet.com/help/tournament
- [7] “you need to be logged in with a Blind Valet account that is a member of your club. But you can view and manage the tournament on as many devices you want” · blindvalet.com/help/tournament
- [8] “If the player was created manually by club staff, you can edit the name from Members in the left sidebar.” · blindvalet.com/help/club
- [9] “If you have joined the club with your Blind Valet account, you should see the scheduled tournaments in the lobby. Just click on the Register button” · blindvalet.com/help/tournament
- [10] “Manage your league tournaments with Blind Valet and the rankings are updated in real-time.” · blindvalet.com/
- [11] “Logarithmic Square Root Linear Fixed (you enter the exact points for each place) Custom (write your own formula)” · blindvalet.com/help/tournament/how-do-league-point-formulas-work
- [12] “along with payouts, rebuys, add-ons, and bounties” · blindvalet.com/tournament-director-alternative
- [13] “Bounty prize draws with an animated reveal on the clock” · blindvalet.com/tournament-director-alternative
- [14] “Blind Valet handles seating draws, table balancing, and table consolidation as players bust” · blindvalet.com/tournament-director-alternative
- [15] “Create a tournament and choose Shootout as the format. It needs a Club plan or higher” · blindvalet.com/help/tournament
- [16] “Used in over 100 countries in over 40 languages” · blindvalet.com/
- [17] “Kitchen Table — a free tier with limited features, available without subscription.” · blindvalet.com/terms
- [18] “Home Game — for personal and private events.” · blindvalet.com/terms
- [19] “Club — for home games, recreational clubs, hobbyist leagues, and non-commercial uses” · blindvalet.com/terms
- [20] “Pro — required for any Subscriber that is a for-profit business and uses Blind Valet in furtherance of that business.” · blindvalet.com/terms
- [21] “Fees are charged in advance for each billing period (monthly or annual) and renew automatically until cancelled.” · blindvalet.com/terms
- [22] “On the free (Kitchen Table) plan within the application, we display advertising through Google AdSense” · blindvalet.com/privacy
- [23] “True shootout format with round advancement, table-winner tracking, and heads-up brackets with byes.” · blindvalet.com/tournament-director-alternative
- [24] “Every club member has one of five roles, which control what they can do in your club and during live tournaments” · blindvalet.com/help/club
Checked on October 3, 2026. Blind Valet is a trademark of its owner. Final Table isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by Blind Valet.
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