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04-18-2007, 06:25 PM
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As some of you might have seen, I'm running a 70-100 person tournament this upcoming weekend (see HERE). We had 75 or so last year, our first year, and it all went very well I feel. THE one thing I think I could have done a better job at was moving players and tracking players. I know the basic rules of movement -- that's not my issue -- just the how to you track each table so you know to move people when there is a need to equal out numbers. Then of course when you need to break a table down, that's another story.
I've been trying to come up with a clever idea how to do this best. There is little to no software I can find (without writing your own stuff and I'm clueless on that sort of thing). I have seat cards for each player such as Table 1, Seat 3 on small laminated stock. I was thinking of making on Tagboard (2' x 3' heavy stock), 12 ovals and places for cards etc. but then I thought, heck someone out there in CT land must have an idea for me? Any help would be appreciated. |
04-18-2007, 07:36 PM
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As far as tracking - how about a small white board and dry erase markers?
An oval for each table with a number in the middle. When the dealer tells you - "player out table 4" or whatever, you drop the number by one and you can quickly see where to add players as you break up a table.
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04-18-2007, 07:54 PM
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I am not by my tourny director machine, but I believe that tournament director has the ability to do seating... http://www.thetournamentdirector.net/
I'll dig more when I get home.
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04-18-2007, 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by shadesofgrey  | Thanks Shades -- but alas I am a Mac guy....
Love it, but hate it at times like this.  |
04-18-2007, 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Matthew As far as tracking - how about a small white board and dry erase markers?
An oval for each table with a number in the middle. When the dealer tells you - "player out table 4" or whatever, you drop the number by one and you can quickly see where to add players as you break up a table. | Nice thought -- somewhere is that Amway white board and tripod I bought back in the days when I was going to retire early.... |
04-18-2007, 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by UW85 Thanks Shades -- but alas I am a Mac guy....
Love it, but hate it at times like this. | My wife is heading back up to bothell friday morning... want me to send a laptop with her? I've got boxes of them sitting around (literally). You could just ship it back when you're done.
If not, i can take a crack writing some table tracking software for you... Let me think about the algorithm over dinner and i will see what I can deliver.
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04-18-2007, 08:08 PM
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Originally Posted by shadesofgrey My wife is heading back up to bothell friday morning... want me to send a laptop with her? I've got boxes of them sitting around (literally). You could just ship it back when you're done.
If not, i can take a crack writing some table tracking software for you... Let me think about the algorithm over dinner and i will see what I can deliver. | Good lord Shades, you do that and you can have the pick of my 3 wonderful kids. OK, maybe not, but seriously I'm up for anything. If the program you mentioned earlier is able to run that system, cool and yes I'd ship it back ASAP. Regardless of what happens, thank you!
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04-18-2007, 08:16 PM
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Shannon,
Dr. Neau's Tournament Manager is a Java-based application that will run on virtually any OS. One of my poker buddies runs it on his Mac. Check it out at http://drneau.com/TournamentManager.htm and see the review at http://www.homepokertourney.com/revi...ock-drneau.htm. Even if you take Shades up on his generous offer, you might want to check this out for future use.
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04-18-2007, 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by abby99 | Thanks Girl! I will do that right now! You da bomb Marsha!  |
04-18-2007, 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by abby99 | Yep, yep...great program! Shannon, this is what I used at the tournament (and all of my games for that matter) you attended at my place. If you have any question on it, let me know. thanks - marc |
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