Setting up your first tournament — checklist

Before your first tournament:

1. Create an account at limitlock.app — email + password, or Google sign-in. Takes 30 seconds.
2. Connect Stripe (only if you're charging entry fees). Click "Connect Stripe" on the dashboard. Stripe will ask for your business info, SSN/EIN, and a bank account. Takes about 3 minutes. Required for paid tournaments — not needed for free / charity events.
3. Create the tournament. Click "New tournament" on the dashboard. Fill in name, date, location, entry fee, and any side pots.
4. Configure your format settings. Daily fish limit, dead-fish penalty, big-fish thresholds — defaults work for most clubs.
5. Paste in your rules and waiver text (if you have them). Anglers sign off at registration.
6. Save. Your registration link is on the tournament page.

On tournament day:

1. Open the live leaderboard in fullscreen on a TV or laptop. Press "Enter TV mode" for the broadcast-style view.
2. As boats come in, record weigh-ins from your phone, iPad, or laptop on the weigh-in page. Voice entry works if you don't want to type.
3. Mark cash side-pot collections on the side-pots check-in page.
4. Finalize when the last weigh-in is recorded. Locks the standings and computes payouts.
5. Mark each prize as paid as you Venmo / Zelle / hand cash to winners. Audit log records who got what.