27 February 2010

Poker Blind Timer Version 2

A while back I wrote a Poker Blind timer, first using javascript, then Flash, then Flex. I have had a lot of requests to enable users of the Poker Blind Timer to customise the sequence of the increments. So i've implemented a very simple method of doing this, by allowing the user to enter a comma separated list of small blinds.

For example, 10,30,80,120 would be the small blinds for rounds 1-4

There are also 3 finishing options.
  1. Double - This continues to double the blind at the end of the defined sequence.
  2. Repeat - This continues to repeat the last increment, so if the increment was 300,500 it will continue to increment by 200 ie (500-300).
  3. Stay - This leaves the blind time as is, thus the final sequence defined is the maximum.

I also redid the entire thing in Flex 4 using spark controls, I have used one of the default skins, which looks a lot better than no skin.

I've built both a Flash Builder web version and a standalone AIR version. For those who dont know, AIR is Adobe Intergrated Runtime, which will allow you to run standalone on Windows, Mac & Linux

Web Version
http://code.fraser.id.au/blindtimer2/blindtimer2Flex.html

AIR Version
http://code.fraser.id.au/blindtimer2/air/index.html

Release Notes
http://code.fraser.id.au/blindtimer2/release.html

If you have any suggestions or standard sequences you would like included, let me know.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

This Poker Blind Timer is just what I'm looking for. It'll work nice on our laptop for my future Poker Tourneys, thanks!

Larry

Sherwood Park, Alberta Canada

Anonymous said...

This is great. I'm building a web resource for women poker players, and I'd like to embed this in my site. Would you be interested? If so please post back and I'll figure out a way to contact you.

Many thanks!
leigh

Dale Fraser said...

I don't see that as an issue

Anonymous said...

Absolutely awesome! I've been going nuts for the past couple of days trying to find a basic timer that would work in Ubuntu, and here it is!

Anonymous said...

Dale:
I like the timer and would like to use it in our league we have. The sequence we use is: 100,200,300,400,500,1000,2000,3000,5000 Is there away to get that added.
Thanks again.

Dan Root

Dale Fraser said...

You can use any sequence you like, just type it into the sequence field.

Alex said...

Bonjour,

Je souhaiterai vous demander l'autorisation de mettre en place votre timer sur un service gratuit que je suis entrain en mettre en place. Pourriez vous me recontacter.
Merci

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Hello

I wish I request your permission to set up your timer on a free service that I'm instituting them. Could you contact me.
Thank you

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