Euchre nights, and every game played at a table

Seating based on who is present and available

7:30

No one has to say ahead of time whether they are coming. The first player to check in opens round 1, and each later round is seated when the organizer starts it, from whoever is there and playing.

Someone who walks in late is seated at once at a table with an open seat, or at one not yet in use once four are waiting, but otherwise will play in the next round. Someone taking a break or leaving for the night taps "I'm not playing" on their phone and is left out until they tap "I'm back", then plays from the next round.

Four sit at each table. When there is no table of four for everyone, because the number of people is not a multiple of four or every table is full, someone sits out the round. Who plays:

• Fewer than four who are not pinned sitting out: whoever has played the fewest games plays first, then whoever sat out the last round, then whoever arrived first.
• Four or more: when possible, nobody has played more than one game more than anyone else, and the site limits how many rounds in a row anyone sits out or plays.

No repeat partners

No one has the same partner twice in one night, and the site also avoids seating anyone at a table with the same people again. A long enough night can make a repeat unavoidable; the organizer's page shows a note when that happens.

Printed table assignments

For a night when everyone has committed to being there from the start, the organizer enters the names, plans the rounds and prints the tables before anyone arrives: each round's tables, who sits out, and an index where each player finds their table in every round.

Round 1 then starts when the organizer starts it, not at the first check-in. If the people present change, the remaining rounds are seated again from whoever is there.

The tables on a screen

A television or any big screen can show every table in the round in progress, large enough to read across the room.