We're thrilled to announce the biggest feature update since Party Pot (PartyPot) launched: Center Pot is officially live on both iOS and Android. This is the feature our community has been requesting since day one — and it changes everything for pot-based card games.
What's New: Center Pot v1.0
A shared digital pot that sits at the center of your game table — visible to all players, controlled by the room host, and fully integrated with PartyPot's transaction history and Smart Settlement.
What Is Center Pot?
In card games like In Between, Ban Luck, Blackjack, and Poker, money doesn't just flow between players — it flows into and out of a shared pot. Until now, tracking that pot digitally was the missing piece.
Center Pot is a temporary digital wallet that acts as the shared pool of money at the table. Players ante into it, the pot grows during gameplay, and the host distributes winnings from it — all tracked automatically with full transaction history.
How Center Pot Works
Host Enables Center Pot
When creating or editing a room, the host toggles on Center Pot. A new shared balance appears at the top of the game screen, visible to all players.
Players Ante In
The host collects antes from players into the Center Pot. Each contribution is logged individually — who paid, how much, and when.
Pot Grows During Play
As the game progresses, bets flow into the Center Pot. Players can see the pot total update in real-time on their own devices.
Host Distributes Winnings
When a round ends, the host pays out from the Center Pot to the winner(s). The exact payout is recorded in the transaction log.
Rinse and Repeat
The pot resets for the next round. At the end of the session, Smart Settlement factors in all pot transactions for final balances.
Games That Benefit Most from Center Pot
Center Pot was designed with specific games in mind — the ones where a shared pool is central to gameplay:
In Between (Acey Deucey)
The entire game revolves around the pot — antes, bets, and "hitting the post" penalties. Center Pot tracks every movement.
Ban Luck (Chinese Blackjack)
With multiplier payouts (2x, 3x for special hands), the pot calculations get complex fast. Center Pot handles it cleanly.
Blackjack
Side bets, insurance, splits — Blackjack has layers of pot interaction. Every chip movement is now logged.
Poker (Texas Hold'em, Omaha)
Pre-flop, flop, turn, river — the pot evolves across betting rounds. Center Pot captures the full flow.
Gao Ngau (Bull Bull)
Banker vs player format with multiplied payouts. Center Pot eliminates the manual tracking headache.
8/9 (Baccarat variant)
Simple pot-based format where Center Pot provides clean, transparent tracking.
Why Center Pot Matters
Before Center Pot, PartyPot handled player-to-player transactions beautifully — but pot-based games required a workaround. Players would designate one person as the "pot holder," which created the exact problem PartyPot was built to solve: one person controlling the money with no transparency.
Before Center Pot
- ❌ Manual pot tracking on paper
- ❌ One player acts as "pot banker"
- ❌ No visibility for other players
- ❌ Pot disputes at end of round
- ❌ Settlement doesn't account for pot
With Center Pot
- ✔ Pot tracked digitally in real-time
- ✔ Host controls payouts, everyone sees
- ✔ Full pot history in audit log
- ✔ Zero disputes — the log is the truth
- ✔ Smart Settlement includes pot flows
Release Details
| Feature | Center Pot |
| Version | v2.1.0 (iOS) / v2.1.0 (Android) |
| Availability | All users — free, no upgrade required |
| Requirements | Room host enables Center Pot per session |
| Sync | Real-time across all connected devices |
| Settlement | Fully integrated with Smart Settlement |
What's Next?
Center Pot is just the beginning. We're actively working on more features based on your feedback — including dedicated Poker Mode with blind structure support, and enhanced scoring templates for popular games. Stay tuned.
Your feedback shapes what we build. If you have ideas for how Center Pot could work even better for your favourite games, drop us a message at support@partypotapp.com — we read every single one.
Try Center Pot Now
Update PartyPot to the latest version and enable Center Pot in your next game room. It's free — just like everything else in PartyPot.
Center Pot completes the vision: a digital banker that handles every type of money flow at the game table — player-to-player, player-to-pot, and pot-to-player. No more workarounds, no more manual tracking, no more disputes.
Pot's live — let's play! 🎯
