Anyone use one of these?

dibbs · #1 10-01-2005, 03:37 AM

Belkin Numeric Keyboard

Basically the decimal button doesnt work on the right side of the traditional keyboard on most sites, and of course I think it's a massive hassle to move my hand around so much, I want something compact to smash out bet amounts. Thing is though maybe the decimal on here is the same, anyone use one of these? Goofy, I know.

TStoneMBD · #2 10-01-2005, 03:40 AM

this actually looks like it might be an extremely efficient way to setup one of those multitabling macro scripts. if youre an 8tabler, you can assign each one of your 8 windows to a different number on the keyboard and then have 3 buttons on the keyboard represent "raise, call and fold". maybe ill actually but this it seems very practical.

Benholio · #3 10-01-2005, 04:53 AM

Do they make a wireless one, I wonder? With a wireless one of these and a macro script, you could kick back in the lazy-boy and play with your thumbs like a video game controller. Of course, I guess you could just use a game controller for the same thing, given enough buttons and such.

IggyWH · #4 10-01-2005, 01:41 PM

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Do they make a wireless one, I wonder?

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This is wireless

Macro's suck though... you'll always have that occational hitting the wrong key and do something you don't want to do. And don't even bother trying to use a macro if you play NL...

trainslayer · #5 10-01-2005, 01:57 PM

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Do they make a wireless one, I wonder? With a wireless one of these and a macro script, you could kick back in the lazy-boy and play with your thumbs like a video game controller. Of course, I guess you could just use a game controller for the same thing, given enough buttons and such.

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Check this thread. Down in the thread guy talks about using a ps2 controller and how he programmed it.

Benholio · #6 10-01-2005, 02:25 PM

You can use macros for NL and still type in the bet amounts. I wrote and used macros for NL SNGs and never had any accuracy problems with them. You could either use a button to fold, call, push, or manually type a bet amount. The problem was that keeping my hands on the keyboard was more of a strain than keeping a hand on the mouse.

IggyWH · #7 10-01-2005, 02:35 PM

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You can use macros for NL and still type in the bet amounts. I wrote and used macros for NL SNGs and never had any accuracy problems with them. You could either use a button to fold, call, push, or manually type a bet amount. The problem was that keeping my hands on the keyboard was more of a strain than keeping a hand on the mouse.

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I just used a script already written, slow played a nut flush perfectly, went in for the kill on the river, went to type in my bet amount and one of the numbers I typed was also my "fold" key [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

Guthrie · #8 10-01-2005, 02:49 PM

I have the same pad. Mine says Targus instead of Belkin, but it's exactly the same one. I use it for enter bet amounts in NL. The decimal works exactly the same as it does on a regular keyboard. I can't imagine why it wouldn't work on a poker site, unless they don't allow fractional bets.

Edit to add: I have a separate PC for poker, so I rarely use the main keyboard. I use wireless mouse and this keypad. This allows me to keep the keypad to the right of the mouse and have a very large mousing area, with minimal hand movement to get from the mouse to the pad. Works great.

mmbt0ne · #9 10-01-2005, 02:58 PM

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this actually looks like it might be an extremely efficient way to setup one of those multitabling macro scripts. if youre an 8tabler, you can assign each one of your 8 windows to a different number on the keyboard and then have 3 buttons on the keyboard represent "raise, call and fold". maybe ill actually but this it seems very practical.

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Don't you use a gamepad like all the other cool kids TStone?

TStoneMBD · #10 10-01-2005, 04:49 PM

no i dont mmb, im still on this ancient device called a mouse.

benholio, i dont recommmend you use wireless for multitabling. ive had wireless devices in the past and sometimes the connection trips and it misses a key or stroke. if that happens while youre multabling you might try to switch tables to fold a hand and instead it misses the table switch and folds your boat on a different hand.