Poker Clock for iPhone™
General: How it works
The Poker Clock helps you to manage your offline poker tournaments. Choose between Quick Start or Expert Mode where you can manage all of the settings for your tournament. You can easily save several tournaments with your preferred settings.
There is no login required to use the Poker Clock.
If you select [Quick Start], you will get to choose the approximate playing length of the tournament. All of the tournament data, like blind structures, are then calculated for you. This is perfect for getting into a tournament quickly.
Selecting [Expert Mode] gives you the option to edit all of the available tournament data, such as the number of players, chips stack and blind change time. Additional information for players (names, pictures) can also be added and players can be tracked during the tournament (rebuys, addons, knockout).
In the [Settings] menu, you can turn the sound on/off, prevent sleep mode being activated and have a running tournament in the background, even when taking a call.
The [Send] button will take you to a page where you can send the bwin Poker Clock to a friend. See the Send Option for more details.
Quick Start
If you select [Quick Start], you will get to choose between three different tournament types. An approximate playing length of the tournament is shown for each of the Fast, Normal and Slow tournaments. All of the tournament data, like blind structures, etc., is then generated for you. The details for generating the data are presented on the screen when you select a tournament.
This option is perfect for getting into a tournament quickly.
Choose [Start] to start the tournament and follow the on-screen instructions.
Expert Mode
Selecting [Expert Mode] gives you the option to edit all of the available tournament data, such as the number of players, chips stack and blind change time. Additional information for players (names, pictures) can also be added and players can be tracked during the tournament (rebuys, addons, knockout).
Expert mode provides a set of predefined tournaments where you can change the settings according to your preferences.
Game Setup
The game setup menu contains all of the options that can be modified for the chosen tournament.
To create a new tournament, press the [Save to My Tournaments] button and enter the name of the tournament, then edit the details of the tournament. Otherwise, the details of the selected tournament will be changed.
Press the [Expert Mode] button to return to the previous screen.
Players
This option will let you set the number of players that are going to participate in the tournament. Tap “Add” to add another player up to 12 players. Drag and drop a player onto the bin to delete a player. You can set the player name and take a picture of each of the players with the built in camera. If you already have a picture of the player in your picture directory, you can add that instead. Or you can simply choose a player from the address book. If a contact picture is saved, it will automatically be used.
Chips & Money
Will let you set the amount of starting chips as well the cost of joining, making a rebuy and an addon. You can also configure the number of rebuys and addons that are allowed, as well as what the last rebuy level should be.
Buy-in: Money is the initial cost for entering the tournament. You will then play the tournament with a chip stack. All players will begin with equal chip stacks.
Rebuy: Money is the cost for making a rebuy, if available in the tournament, after losing all of your chips during the tournament. You will then re-enter the tournament with a new chip stack.
Addon: Money is the cost for making an addon, if available in the tournament. Chips will then be added to your stack.
Blinds
Will let you edit the number of levels to play as well as the values for the small and big blind for each blind level. Breaks can also be inserted. The blind structure is generated automatically when you change these parameters. Pressing the [View Structure] button will show you this generated blind structure in detail.
Blind levels: This is the number of blind levels the tournament should have. If the tournament reaches the final level, that level will be replayed until the end of the tournament.
Level duration: This is the time between the blind changes. All blind levels are of the same duration.
Break duration: The duration of the breaks in minutes.
Levels between breaks: The number of blind levels that will be run until a break is initiated.
Small Blind: The initial value of the small blind. The big blind is defined as twice the small blind.
Prizes
Up to seven positions can receive a prize. To change the prize distribution, select a value at the bottom of the screen first. Then drag and drop between positions to change prizes.
Poker Clock
The Poker Clock is opened in paused mode. Tap the clock area to start the clock.
The tab bar at the bottom of the screen provides the following views:
“Clock”: Displays the pie chart representing the elapsed time.
“Players”: Opens the player list to manage players (see “Manage Players”).
“Levels”: Opens the Blind Structure view, where the current blind level can be switched to the previous or the next level.
“Settings”: Opens the settings view (see “Settings”).
When the timer reaches zero, the next blind level is started and the timer is reset to the starting time.
Rotate your iPhone into landscape mode for a larger view of the clock.
Manage Players
Select “Players” from the tab bar to manage players.
For every player the number of rebuys or addons can be edited. Players that have been knocked out from the tournament are greyed out in the list.
Once the second to last player has been knocked out, the prize distribution shows the ranking of the players.
Change Levels
Select “Levels” from the tab bar to manage blind levels. In the overview of the blind structure, the current level is highlighted. Use the “Next level” and “Previous level” buttons if you would like to change the blind level.
Send to friend
To recommend the Poker Clock for iPhone to a friend, tap on the “Send” Button on the main screen.
Select
"Get From Contacts" to select the e-mail address from your address book. Alternatively enter the e-mail address manually.