Tournament clock

[Peter_rus]

My friends and I always argue during our home tourneys when to change the blinds and the exact structure, etc. I know that "The Clock" is not available for home purchase. Any other clocks out there that people like? Are there any clocks that are not computer based and are an actual device?

[TenPercenter]

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My friends and I always argue during our home tourneys when to change the blinds and the exact structure, etc. I know that "The Clock" is not available for home purchase. Any other clocks out there that people like? Are there any clocks that are not computer based and are an actual device?

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I highly recommend Tournament Director.

Lots more info here.

Ten

[ericslagle]

DD Tournament Poker is awesome. I got it at Best Buy for $20 and it's perfect. I use a Mac so I haven't been able to run other programs, but it's perfect for me. It allows you to do custom blinds, antes, duration of rounds, payouts, rebuys, etc. It tells when to color up too. I run a cable from my laptop to the TV and I've run tournaments with 4 tables and everyone sees just fine. The only complaints I have are that you can't scroll the payouts (opens in new window) and you can't insert breaks. It's worth $20 for sure though.

[pistol78]

If you do not want to use a software program a cooking/egg timer works great. YOu set it to whatever time you want *they usually go to 60 minutes and it rings when the time is up. And they only cost around 3.00 at your local Jewel/Osco

[Etaipo]

I've been using PokerClock (free demo available for download)

Works and looks great.



Also broadcasts over a network, so if you've got tables in two rooms, you can still run the same clock and display it in both rooms (as long as there's a network connected PC, thx 802.11 + laptop)

My demo version just expired, so I believe I'm going to have to plunk down the forty bucks for it.

[italianstang]

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I run a cable from my laptop to the TV and I've run tournaments with 4 tables and everyone sees just fine.

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I cannot believe I am asking this given that I work in the computer programming field but how the hell did you hook up your laptop to your computer. When I got a hold of a good tournament poker software thing I had the same idea, hook up the laptop to the TV. So I went to Circuit City to get a cable that went from the monitor output plug to RCA jacks or something and they looked at me at the store like I was nuts. "Hook up computer up to your TV screen? Gee, I dont know, I never heard of that."

So I shook my head and went to BestBuy, Radioshack and a few other place with no luck. eBay has a cord that goes from monitor out to S-Video but I would rather just buy the damn thing in a store, I can't believe in 2004 this is such a hard thing to accomplish.

[wingsfan]

I've looked into this before too and a lot of it depends on your chipset. My laptop motherboard has an S-video plug on it so I can just go S-video to S-video for it. However, my desktop is just a standard desktop so that's a little trickier. They sell signal conversion kits to do the job (example) , but I've never wanted to plunk down the money to see how good they work. Look over your laptop and see if it has an S-video plug on it. I hope that you do. If not, you might want to check Office Max or Staples instead of Best Buy. These things are usually sold for business presentations and the like.

[italianstang]

I am such an idiot, there is an S-Video plug on my laptop, thanks for the reminder.

[wingsfan]

I understand completely. I'm a software developer myself and sometimes we get so bent on thinking outside of the box that thinking inside of the box eludes us.

[maryfield48]

Ten, I'm disappointed that as proficient a poster, and capable a person as I think you are, you would not avail yourself of tinyurl.com and save us the horrible fate of horizontal scrolling.