Create a session
Use Start a Poker Session. The first person to join becomes the host.
How-to guide
Run a clean planning poker round without extra ceremony.
Pokering Points is a real-time estimation room for teams. Create a session, share the link, let everyone vote privately, then reveal the spread together.
Quick Start
Share the link
Use Copy Session Link and send it to the team.
Vote privately
Pick a card. Others see that you voted, not what you picked.
Review results
By default, votes reveal automatically when all voters have selected a card. Hosts can turn off automatic vote reveal and reveal manually instead.
What the Controls Mean
These are the icons and controls you will see during a session.
New Session
Create a separate room. Existing users stay in the current room.
Start New Round
Host-only. Clears votes and keeps the same room and users.
Lock Voting
Host-only. Prevents new votes. After reveal, applies to the next round.
Unlock Voting
Host-only. Reopens voting when no active votes block the change.
Spectate
Watch without being counted as a required voter.
Join Voting
Return from spectator mode before a round becomes active.
Copy Session Link
Copy the current room URL to your clipboard.
Auto Reveal
Host-only. Green border means votes reveal automatically after all voters select. Orange border means auto reveal is off and the host reveals manually.
Reveal Votes
Host-only. In manual reveal mode, starts the reveal countdown once at least one voter has selected a card.
Edit Username
Rename yourself before you vote or before results are revealed.
Transfer Host
Host-only. Pass control to an active voter from the user list.
Reset Vote
Host-only. Clears one user's vote before results are revealed.
Remove User
Host-only. Removes a non-host user from the current session.
Voted
The user has selected a card. The value stays hidden until reveal.
Waiting
The user is still choosing a card.
Host
The host controls rounds, deck selection, reveal mode, and voting lock state.
Changed Vote
The user used their one allowed vote change for the current round.
Typical Workflow
- The host creates a session and chooses whether they also vote.
- The host selects the deck: Fibonacci, Hours, or T-shirt sizes.
- The host chooses whether vote reveal is automatic or manual. Automatic vote reveal is on by default.
- Participants join as voters. Observers can join as spectators.
- Everyone picks a card. Votes are hidden while the round is active.
- In automatic mode, all voters selecting starts the reveal countdown. In manual mode, the host starts the countdown with Reveal Votes.
- The team discusses outliers, average, median, and consensus.
- The host starts the next round when the team is ready.
Examples
Sprint planning
Use Fibonacci for relative story points. Discuss large spreads before committing.
Time estimation
Use Hours when the team needs an approximate implementation time.
Discovery sessions
Use T-shirt sizes for early uncertainty where exact numbers imply false precision.
Practical Notes
Changing votes
You can switch to another card once per round before reveal.
Changing decks
The host can change decks before votes are cast, or after results are revealed.
Correcting a round
Before reveal, the host can reset an individual vote or remove a non-host user from the session.
Dead sessions
Old or expired session links show a clear message before asking for a username.
Host handoff
If the host leaves, the oldest active voter becomes host after reconnect grace.
Privacy model: this app is intentionally lightweight. It has no accounts and no database. Session state lives in memory and expires automatically.