Blinds Are Up! 5.0.0 - 5.6.3

4 December 2024 by CG Thomas

Added Custom sidebar components, allowing you to show your own messages on the sidebars during a game. See Display > Sidebars.
The Random Selector tool now uses the Blinds Display player name format (see Player Database > Settings), for cases where you want to copy and paste random player names into the new Custom sidebar components.
Poker TDA Rules updated to October 2024 version. See Tools > Reference > Poker TDA Rules.

Added league tiebreaker options for when multiple players have the same number of league points. See Poker League > Manage > Edit season > 'Split league positions when points are tied'.
On the Tourney Players screen (when using the Player Database tracking mode), multiple players can now be ticked or unticked in one go by pressing and holding a player's name.
Added an option to automatically add Early Bird chips when adding a player to the game before the timer has started. See Set Up Tourney > Chip Stacks. Requires any upgrade.

Added a Guaranteed minimum prize pool option to the Money & Prizes screen. The option shows the current Overlay (the amount required to be added by the game host to meet the guarantee) and the number of buy-ins required to cover the guarantee and overlay amounts.
Added an option to show seating info as outlined text to improve readability when using a background image on the blinds display (see Set Up Tourney > Config Seating > Display).

Added the Random Selector tool for randomly selecting one or more players or seats. Useful for picking who should receive ad-hoc rewards, bonuses, etc. during a game (see Tools > Random Selector).
Games run when Player Tracking Mode is set to Numbers Only are now saved to the Game History screen.
The maximum number of games saved to Game History has been increased to 50 (see Tools > Game History).
Moved the Player Tracking Mode button to the Set Up Tourney screen.

The Trouble-Shooting tool now shows full details of any recent errors the app was able to capture and store. The two most recent days when errors were captured are shown. Errors are stored for a maximum of 30 days.
To allow you to more easily report a problem, the app can now create a ready-to-send email with all the trouble-shooting information attached.
Alternatively, you can send the captured errors from within the app securely and anonymously via the BlindsAreUp.com website.
See: Tools > Support & Privacy > Trouble-Shooting.

Added ''Deal Calculator'' tool to show ICM and Chip-Chop prize allocations based on players' relative stack sizes (Tools > Deal Calculator).
The ''Auto-Select Prizes'' feature (Money & Prizes screen) now includes the current number of Rebuys in addition to Entries when calculating how many prizes to award.

Fixed too-small text on some devices when showing Poker League Stats, Poker Dictionary, Poker Quotes, and Poker TDA Rules.

Fewer ads in free version of app: Ads are no longer shown when the Blinds Display is in Full Screen mode.
Added a Redtooth Poker schedule to the built-in schedules (Set Up Tourney > Load).
Compatibility updates for Android 14.

Added searchable page of rules from the Poker Tournament Directors Association (Tools > Poker TDA Rules).
Added 'Knocked-out players stay in reserved seats' option (Set Up Tourney > Config Seating).
Added Czech and Italian to the Blinds Display languages.

Support for Seating Management:

Blinds Are Up!