Simple Tournament Director

For your home game poker tournaments

Simple Tournament Director

Tuesday, October 2, 2007 12:06:00 AM

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Simple Tournament Director is free! It helps you manage your home game poker tournaments. You set up levels, blinds and chip-values for the tournament and it will display this during the course of the tournament. The program is written in Java so you can run it under most operating systems like Microsoft Windows and Linux. as long as the latest version(1.6) of Java is installed.

Macintosh OS X is not yet supported since it uses an older version (1.5) of Java.

Be advised that as of now there is no player or table management in Simple Tournament Director. If you need that kind of functionallity you should pay for some of the more advanced packages out there.

To nagivate posts of interest, check out the links.

Main features:
  • 100% FREE, No Spyware, Adware, Ads or anything is included in the software.
  • Display Blinds/Antes/Remaining leveltime.
    Show information about the current level as well as the next.
  • Save your tournament setups.
    Save and load your most frequently used chipvalues and levels.
  • Configurable layout.
    Alter the size of the different components or change background colors.
  • Background image.
    Use a background image for the main display.
  • Fullscreen mode.
    Run the software in fullscren exclusive mode.
  • Supports dualscreen or setups with two monitors.
  • Voice syntheziser.
    Have the software "speak" blinds and leveltimes. (experimental)
  • Modify a running tournament.
    Change future levels or chips while the tournament is running.
  • Fast configuration.
    Have your tournament up and running in less than two minutes.
  • Cross platform support(Windows, Linux).
    Mac support will happen when the mac community is ready.
  • Java Web Start enabled.
    The application will always be up to date as long as you have an internet connection.


To run Simple Tournament Director simply click on the link or image below or for a more detailed instruction in case of problems see Installing and running Simple Tournament Director.

Launch Simple Tournament Director







Contact info

If you experience any problems drop off a comment here or send an email to:
{krankulf {at} gmail dot com}. Don't excpect me to answer swiftly as I do have something resembling a life.

Frequently Asked QuestionsInstallation of Simple Tournament Director

Comments

Unregistered user Wednesday, October 24, 2007 9:48:11 PM

Peter Malna writes: Thanks man, this program is exactly what i was looking for. I've been using a cracked version of the tournament director but that's just a nightmare to configure. With your software we were playing poker in two minutes. No nagging about players, tables, buyins or players whatsoever. Thanks again mate.

Unregistered user Monday, November 19, 2007 4:02:47 PM

MonsieurBon writes: This program is just great! Simple but powerfull! Thanks alot. Is there an option for running it "Full Screen" for future versions?

Unregistered user Thursday, November 22, 2007 10:59:32 PM

Askulf writes: TY Kranksoft. This is just great.

KrankSoftSimpleTournamentDirector Friday, November 23, 2007 4:09:36 PM

Planned features:

Full screen
Tablebased leveleditor
Dynamic resizing of fonts(no more f8 through f12)
"Prettier" chip display

Unregistered user Thursday, January 24, 2008 2:59:27 AM

Anonymous writes: Can you make the clock 4-sided?

KrankSoftSimpleTournamentDirector Sunday, January 27, 2008 7:49:34 PM

If I had a clue what a four sided clock is I could.

Unregistered user Sunday, February 10, 2008 11:27:37 PM

Max writes: Hi, great app, and very easy to use too. It just would be great if the background colors were customizable in the settings. Ciao Max

KrankSoftSimpleTournamentDirector Monday, February 11, 2008 4:16:49 PM

It's in the making as we speak, along with other preferences.

Unregistered user Tuesday, February 12, 2008 7:03:23 PM

Max writes: All right! I'm looking forward for the next release. Thanks again. Max

KrankSoftSimpleTournamentDirector Wednesday, February 13, 2008 2:37:52 PM

A new version has been released.

See http://my.opera.com/SimpleTournamentDirector/blog/new-version-0-9

Unregistered user Thursday, February 14, 2008 7:44:10 PM

Anonymous writes: thank you! Max

Unregistered user Thursday, May 15, 2008 6:43:11 PM

george writes: i am having trouble with this software, i have used this for about 8 months with no problem, now when I try to open it it says it is unable to open application. I have uninstalled and re installed java and this is not helping. I have a big tournament coming up in 2 days. Can you help. I also tried to uninstall the tournament director but it tells me that it is unable to completely uninstall the program. thanks

KrankSoftSimpleTournamentDirector Tuesday, May 20, 2008 11:01:24 AM

I'm sorry about all this but it seems that my.opera.com has added some restrictions to it's site which makes it impossible for Java Web Start to download the needed files from the server.

I will find a solution for this later this evening. It probably involves setting up my own webserver to host the files and I'm hoping to have it fixed by friday.

Again I'm very sorry about all the trouble caused by this.

Unregistered user Monday, June 23, 2008 11:50:52 AM

Red Devil writes: Can I use this program on Opera mini?

KrankSoftSimpleTournamentDirector Monday, June 23, 2008 4:00:21 PM

I'm sorry but you can't run the program on Opera Mini.

Simple Tournament Director requires a full Java 6 runtime environment while cellphones have a shrinked version(j2me) of Java.

I'm working on a version for j2me but this will probably take some time to complete as I have a lot to do these days.

Unregistered user Tuesday, August 5, 2008 2:40:59 AM

KRYPTN1 writes: do i have to be on line and how do i get the voice to work

KrankSoftSimpleTournamentDirector Tuesday, August 5, 2008 9:57:23 AM

You only have to be online when downloading the application for the first time.

Voice should work out of the box but you have to enable it. Do that by clicking the Preferences button in the level editor.

Unregistered user Sunday, August 24, 2008 2:39:18 AM

Anonymous writes: Nice app! Thank you! Tried at least a half dozen software clocks and this is definitely the easiest and best. Thanks again!

KrankSoftSimpleTournamentDirector Tuesday, August 26, 2008 10:12:41 AM

Spread the word!

Unregistered user Monday, September 1, 2008 8:51:20 AM

RaptorNeuf writes: This program is exactly what i was looking for. Install on eeepc linux and work very well. Thanx a lot for this soft. Just tell me, do you plan to manage multi table, with names of participants ? Random place around the table, etc. It will be great, but don't worry, it's already very good.

KrankSoftSimpleTournamentDirector Monday, September 1, 2008 10:01:08 AM

I do plan to add extra functionallity like table and player management, but I can't say how long it will take to complete.

Unregistered user Monday, September 1, 2008 12:40:31 PM

Raptor39 writes: So your soft has a future ^^

Unregistered user Thursday, September 11, 2008 6:54:02 PM

Ian writes: Hi, very nice app... I am having an issue though where it won't go full screen (using F1 doesn't work). I am on Ubuntu 8.04 and my laptop screen is 1920x1200 if that helps. Any ideas?

Unregistered user Friday, September 12, 2008 10:21:39 AM

Ian writes: Update to post yesterday... The output in the java console is: 12-Sep-2008 11:18:40 kranksoft.std.gui.MainFrame formKeyPressed INFO: modifiers: keykode: F1 12-Sep-2008 11:18:40 kranksoft.std.gui.MainFrame setFullScreenMode INFO: Fullscreen mode not supported I have a game tomorrow evening and I'd really like to get this in full screen mode! Thanks, Ian

KrankSoftSimpleTournamentDirector Friday, September 12, 2008 6:59:48 PM

I'll upload a version which forces fullscreen for you. I can't guarantee the behavior but you can try it out(I would test it before you announce "shuffle up and deal"). The file is 7 MB. Unzip it in your homedir or something and run it with the command:

java -jar SimpleTournamentDirector.jar
.

For your eyes only:

IansSTD.zip

Hope this helps and good luck at the tables.

Unregistered user Tuesday, September 16, 2008 11:20:08 PM

dave writes: Great program, works very well. Any chance you could add a female voice and /or others? Thanks

KrankSoftSimpleTournamentDirector Wednesday, September 17, 2008 10:08:06 AM

As of now there is only a male voice, but I plan to rewrite the TTS(text to speech) engine, moving it from the public domain to a limited domain. Public domain basically means that the engine will try to speak everything you throw at it, while in the limited domain you have a more narrow set of words and sentences allowing me to use my own beautiful voice. This will increase the quality of the voice by tenfolds.

This does not have a high priority as I do have several other todos which are way more important. One of them actually relates to a weird and scary sound in my car cry

Unregistered user Tuesday, October 21, 2008 9:13:57 AM

RaptorNeuf writes: Again thank you for this soft, I use it many times and every players really appreciates what you make. keep going please :)

KrankSoftSimpleTournamentDirector Tuesday, October 21, 2008 11:16:04 AM

Thank you!

New version in the making which will make it a lot more usable.

It will probably be released next week.

greenkayak Tuesday, November 4, 2008 5:58:39 PM

Thanks for creating and sharing the software.

With the new update last night, I experienced a problem with the blinds not working. When hitting the Next Level button, the clock forwards but the blinds do not change.

And it seems to want to update each time I start it now, even though it has updated 5 times now.

I am not sure if the above problems are just isolated to myself and something I need to figure out on my Lenovo T60 (XP) or something others are experiencing also. Thought I would pass it along and give you a heads up.

Thanks again for the great program.

KrankSoftSimpleTournamentDirector Wednesday, November 5, 2008 11:23:09 PM

Thanks mate. I see the problem. It's related to the voice functionality. For now just turn off voice and I'll get working on the bug right away.

As for the software updating each time you run it just try to uninstall and run it again from the webpage. Your settings will still be there.

Also check your homedir and delete both the VoiceEngine.zip file and the folder VoiceEngine if it's there. On xp it should be c:\documents and settings\username. Linux /home/username.

Unregistered user Tuesday, December 2, 2008 3:06:09 PM

Steve (Click) writes: I don't seem to be able to get the poker chips on the right hand side? can you help please. THIS PROGRAM IS THE BEST, SIMPLE AND NO PROBLEMS THANKS STEVE

KrankSoftSimpleTournamentDirector Thursday, December 4, 2008 7:38:19 AM

try f9 until iy shows up. or you might need to decrease the size of the center labels with ctrl-f10 to f12.

Unregistered user Sunday, January 11, 2009 2:17:43 AM

Dodo writes: Hello! I run the program last evening during a S&G with my friends and it was great, but i found some problems : I run it on a Eeepc 901 with Ubuntu 8.10. In the settings screen there are no a "preferences" button like the windows screen you post and so it's impossibile to configure all. The problems is that the windows is lower in the bottom then the usual. This is a screen : http://www.neroincubus.com/public/pokertournament.jpg Thanks for all. Edoardo

Unregistered user Sunday, January 11, 2009 2:27:08 AM

Dodo writes: Ok, i find a solution increasing the dimensions of the windows (alt and f8). Thanks all. Edoardo

Unregistered user Friday, March 27, 2009 3:26:11 AM

Anonymous writes: Outstanding App! Works absolutley great, and I am very grateful you've written this app! Keep up the great work and I'll keep checking back for updates! Thanks again! Greg

Unregistered user Monday, July 13, 2009 2:57:12 AM

Bigg Mike writes: I have been using your program for months and it is fantastic!!! We love it! But today I tried to open it and Java is telling me it is unable to launch the program? I have the latest java update, and I even uninstalled the program to try and RE download it, still won't open. Any ideas? Thanks for a great program, I hope I can get it to work again soon. Thanks for any advice guys

Unregistered user Monday, July 13, 2009 7:12:53 PM

Bigg Mike writes: Never mind, I got it to work again. Thanks for a great program!!!!

Unregistered user Monday, September 28, 2009 7:26:35 PM

Anonymous writes: Great program, thanks!

Unregistered user Tuesday, January 12, 2010 6:29:38 PM

Anonymous writes: I was just wondering, about when do you think the server will be back up so that i can download the program

Unregistered user Thursday, February 4, 2010 12:34:41 AM

Anonymous writes: Mate! Awesome program. I run 2-3 tables tournaments at my house and have used many different tournament software but never been absolutely satisfied until I came across your product. So simple yet all the functionality required! Excellent. And free! I'd pay for this easy.

Izaak Hendrikshendriksizaak Friday, August 26, 2011 8:37:04 PM

Awesome, I never heard that this software roams the net. It's really easy to set up a Poker tournament if you have this program. Maybe, the great catch with this software was that it's free. Well, there's only one thing to find out if this program does what it was made for. More power to the developers.wink

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