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Create a room
Enter a nickname and your table is ready in a second. No account, no install.
PokerCity
No sign-up · Instant · Free
Estimate your sprint
around one table.
Create a room, send your team the link and vote. Cards flip at once – no anchoring, just honest estimates.
Instant start
Just a nickname
Virtual table
Team around the table
Spectators
Don't skew the average
Statistics
Average, median, agreement
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Round revealed · 5/5 votesAverage
5.6
80% agreement
5
🦊 Martin 👑8
🐼 Alena5
🦉 Petr5
🐙 Jana5
🐸 TomášOutliers: Martin, Petr, Jana, Tomáš (5) vs. Alena (8) – let them explain their reasoning.
How planning poker works in PokerCity
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Send the link
Developers, testers and spectators join via a unique link from any device.
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Vote and reveal
Everyone picks a card in secret. The moderator flips them at once – no anchoring or bias.
More than just cards
Everything refinement needs – from backlog to Jira notes.
Ticket queue
Paste the whole backlog at once and switch between tickets with one click.
Export & summary
Markdown for Jira and GitHub, a Slack message or CSV. Plus a summary of the whole session.
Final estimate
The team agrees on a compromise and the moderator confirms it – it's used in exports too.
Vote notes
A short rationale on each card, hidden until reveal. Arguments don't get lost.
Anonymous mode
Hides names on cards so nobody just copies the senior's opinion.
QR code & shortcuts
Join from a phone by scanning, control from the keyboard (1–9, space, R).
Estimation scales and story points
Pick the scale that fits your team. Each suits a different kind of estimate.
13821
Modified Fibonacci
The story point standard. Growing gaps reflect growing uncertainty in bigger tasks.
XSMXL
T-shirt sizes
T-shirt sizing for rough epic and roadmap estimates, when numbers suggest false precision.
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Numbers 1–10
A linear scale for rating complexity, risk or priority.
1416
Custom scale
Enter your own cards – powers of two, days or whatever your team uses.
Why story points, not hours?
People are bad at estimating time but surprisingly good at comparing the complexity of two tasks. Story points measure relative effort – work, risk and uncertainty – and planning follows naturally from team velocity.
- Velocity
- How many story points the team completes per sprint on average.
- Refinement
- A meeting where the team clarifies and estimates the backlog.
- Fibonacci
- Growing gaps between cards reflect the growing uncertainty of large tasks.
- Consensus
- When everyone picks the same card – otherwise outliers explain their view.
FAQ
Is PokerCity really free with no sign-up?+
Yes. Just enter a nickname, create a room and send the link to your team. Players need no account. The moderator can optionally sign in to keep their tables on every device.
Who runs the session and reveals cards?+
The room creator is the moderator: adds tickets or a whole queue, starts the timer, reveals cards, confirms the final estimate and can hand over the crown or remove an inactive member. If they leave, someone else takes over.
What is the Spectator role for?+
Product Owners, Scrum Masters or stakeholders can watch the session without voting – their presence doesn't affect the average or median.
What if votes differ a lot?+
Let the authors of the lowest and highest estimates explain their reasoning, then vote again. PokerCity shows how much the team agrees.
Which estimation scales are available?+
Modified Fibonacci (0–21, ?, ☕), T-shirt sizes XS–XL, numbers 1–10 and a custom scale – up to 16 cards separated by commas.
How do I get results into Jira or Slack?+
In the round history click Export and choose Markdown (Jira, GitHub), a Slack message or CSV. The session summary shows all estimated tickets at once. A confirmed final estimate takes precedence in exports.
Can we vote anonymously?+
Yes. The moderator enables anonymous mode and names are hidden after reveal – so the team isn't swayed by the most senior colleague.
Where is my data stored?+
Players are identified only by a nickname stored in the browser. Recent tables are visible only on your device; a signed-in moderator has their tables everywhere and can delete them anytime.