Access & limits
PokerWorks Developer Platform is in closed beta. Invited developers can create an account, create a test key, and start calling the calculation API with free credits. Some live, billing, webhook, and embed capabilities may require account enablement before they are visible or usable.
Good-fit use cases
- Poker publisher embedding calculators in content.
- Club or league operator automating tournament setup.
- Tool builder needing reliable ICM, payout, blind, chip, or equity calculations.
- Agents and assistants that need exact poker math instead of guessed numbers.
- Internal or partner workflows that consume the calculation API.
Free tier and going live
- New accounts start with free credits and a test environment for integration.
- Successful calls draw down credits. Validation and auth failures are never charged.
- Stripe-backed billing is planned for paid usage, but paid-flow launch proof is still in progress. Until your account is enabled for paid usage, closed-beta access is free or manually provisioned.
- Usage and remaining balance are visible any time in the console and via
GET /v1/usage.
Fair use and limits
To keep the platform healthy for everyone, the calculation API enforces:
- per-account rate limits and per-request compute budgets;
- payload and iteration caps on calculation endpoints;
- fail-closed metering — when credits or limits are exhausted, requests return a clear, machine-readable error rather than silently degrading.
Out of scope
These are deliberately not part of the calculation API today:
- Real-money gambling infrastructure.
- Solver or GTO strategy advice ("call/fold" recommendations).
- Public hand-history ingestion.
- Live hosted tables, actions, and realtime state.
Automating the console (projects, keys, usage) and receiving project events are available — see Automation & management and Webhooks.
Acceptable use
PokerWorks is social, play-money poker. The calculation API is infrastructure for builders, not for operating real-money gambling. Accepting the developer terms at sign-up is required to create a key.