Poker Timer Pro

[Melissa Alvarado]

Thereare several different types of poker game timers available today. The best poker timer will depend on whether you are playing a friendly game or a live poker tournament. For recreational players in private games, the preferred poker blind timer is often an app. In recent years there has been a massive increase in quality poker game timer apps available, many of which are for free.

The Poker Timer is one of the most flexible and customizable poker timers on the internet. The all new Poker Timer lets you create your own tournaments from sctatch or use the classic preset tournaments already built into the application. The best part is that you can now save your tournaments and jump straight into playing poker whenever you want.

The Poker Timer is now ready to help you host even biger pokertournaments. We have built in a new player management system that will keep track of all your entrants, prize money, re-buys, add-ons and calculate entrants final payouts.

The Poker Timer is now ready to fill your screen no mattter what size you are running. We have also built in a new customizable layout so you can set the screen up to show just what you want it. Use the layout controls to set up your display to just the way you like it.

Using The Poker Timer Pro you will no longer have to worry about making sure you have an internet connection. You can now take The Poker Timer anywhere you want and know it's going to perform. Using The Poker Timer Pro you will also no longer be bugged by advertisements, you can now concentrate on playing poker!

Want to set up a large tournament or play a "friendly" game with your poker buddies? The Poker Timer is the perfect addition to your poker kit. Choose from one of our preset tournaments or edit one to suit your needs. The application is easy to install and just as easy to use.

We have given you total control of your poker night. With the poker timer you can build a quick turbo game or build a tournament that will take you through to tomorrow. Edit the amount of rounds, round lengths, breaks, ad-on breaks to create your ultimate poker tournament structure.

Travis Poker Director is a poker league management system that integrates directly with the poker timer. It allows you to track the results of your players across multiple tournaments in your gaming seasons, and store all of the information online. All of your data is shown in a public league table, including an overall leader board, results of individual tournament games and player performances

Casino Mode is an additional set of tools designed for running large scale events. Dual screen setup means the tournament can be managed in the background whilst players only ever see the timer screen. You can display collections of photos or sponsor logos, and show custom messages using a scrolling ticker tape.

Everything you need to manage your live poker games.Simple setup, customisable blinds display, comprehensive game settings, player database, seating management, poker league management, plus lots of useful tools.

In addition to showing the remaining level time and current blinds, you can track and display entries (player names or just the numbers), prizes, remaining players, average chip stacks, scheduled breaks, seating assignments, and more to ensure the information you and your players need is available at a glance.

The Poker Timer is an excellent piece of tournament management software that has a free version and a paid version. The software is super fast and easy to install and you do not need a detailed manual to get started, as everything is very intuitive and self-explanatory.

When deciding on what you want your tournament to look like, the software gives three preset tournaments you can base your structure off of or it is simple to create your own. The three preset tournaments can be run as is or edited to create your perfect customized tournament. They are called Home Game, Turbo, and Championship.

Whether creating a tournament from scratch or editing an existing tournament, the first aspect to look at is the Tournament Structure. Here is where you can set up the blind levels, antes, how long each level should be, and when you want breaks to occur:

The next step is to enter how many entrants you have. The three preset tournaments automatically start with six entrants; however, it is simple to add or remove entrants as your needs require. Entering in the players' names is recommended as well, although this is optional.

After this, you need to quickly set up what the buy-in of the tournament is and how many chips each person starts with. If you plan to run a rebuy tournament, you will need to enter the cost of each rebuy and add-on along with how many chips each player will receive.

The last step before you are ready to start running a tournament is to input how many people get paid along with what percentage each payout spot receives.

This might sound more complicated than it really is, but you can literally set up a tournament in a couple of minutes and be ready to go.

During game play, there is a large clock showing how much time is left in the current blind level along with what the next blind levels are scheduled to be and when the next break is scheduled to occur. If there is a reason to pause or move the time backward or forward, this can be done manually:

You can also select a different tab while the tournament is running to show the payouts, which will keep the clock displayed simultaneously. This tab can be useful as the money bubble is approaching and when everyone is already in the money anticipating pay jumps.

If you want to help beginning players learn the game, there are also an in-game tab showing the rules of Texas Hold'em and another tab showing what the best poker hands are. Since poker is a family affair, these might be useful for the true beginner who might not know how the game is meant to be played and that a flush is better than a straight.

The other in-game tools are for player management. It is very easy to manage individual players to show when they have busted out of a tournament and when they have opted to purchase a rebuy or add-on for extra chips. The prize pool will automatically change based on the conditions you used during setup.

The Poker Timer's automated poker host vocally updates players when blind levels will go up in 10 minutes, five minutes, and one minute. There is also a countdown for the last 10 seconds of any blind level. There are informative announcements to players for knockouts and rebuys too.

While The Poker Timer can be used for free, we would recommend that if you are running a tournament, purchase the full version, as the free version has limitations. With the free version, there is no ability to create and save tournaments, no ability to use the full screen mode, a maximum restriction of eight players exists, it only works while you have an online connection, and advertisements are displayed. The full version only costs $19.99, which is a bargain considering the amount of work that can be avoided when trying to run a tournament.

Personally, we love this tournament clock and couldn't imagine running our friendly home games without it.

I have used The Poker Timer for a home tourney with my mates. Really happy with this new comer. The preset tournaments are good and simple to edit if you want to mix it up a little. It would be great if you could save your own structures so you can have them all the time. The prise pool calculation is great too. Takes the head scratching out of the night when you have had a couple of beers.Visually it is one of the more sexy timers out there and super easy to use. Some others that I have used are a little clunky.Over all a great app, and best of all it free!Looking forward to seeing what the premium edition is going to be.

Here are reviews of poker tournament clocks and timers. Some are simple poker blinds timers that do little more than beep when the timer expires. Others are full-featured poker tournament managers that will assist you with the buyin, seating and moving players at multiple tables, time the blinds, calculate the payout, and keep league stats. Some clocks can be run over a network on multiple computers and/or television screens.

You need to decide what level of features you want in your poker clock. Some hosts want a simple timer that their players can see while playing the game. They want to start the clock at the beginning of their game and then forget about it until the game is over. Other hosts want to track the buyins and rebuys of each player, they are constantly entering information into a computer about which player purchased a rebuy/add-on or was eliminated.

Using a poker tournament manager/clock is almost a necessity if you are going to run a poker league. Several of the programs reviewed here will track the results of each game and assign points to each player depending on their finish. You can also track the winnings, and loses, of each player. You can use all this information for a championship at the end of the year.

Some of these programs will suggest a blinds schedule to use and all programs have pre-set formats for various Hold'em, Stud, Omaha, Limit, No-limit, and Pot-limit games. You can also set up your own customized blinds schedules and tournament formats and then re-use the same formats at a later date.

Please be advised that some of these programs can be a bit challenging to set up and use for the first time. You have to do a bit of work, entering player data and tournament data (buyin, rebuy, blinds, etc.) before you can start your game. Make sure you run through a test tournament before you actually use the program in a live game.

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