Everything you need to run your live poker games. Simple setup, customisable timer display, comprehensive game settings, player database and seating management, poker league management, plus lots of helpful tools.
Blinds Are Up! is trusted by thousands of game organisers around the world to manage their home and club games, and to show their players all the essential information needed for a smoothly-run tournament.
• The Quick Setup dialog will get your game up and running immediately.
• Use the Schedule Editor to adjust level lengths, blind amounts, breaks, and custom level messages.
• Save and restore any number of named custom game setups.
• Customise the timer display to show your players key aspects of the state of the game.
• End-of-Level Alarms can use your device’s alarm/notification sounds plus spoken blind amounts and announcements.
• The Prize Payout Calculator shows how to split the prize pool between your top finishers.
Display key aspects of the game:
• Easy-to-read display of remaining level time, current level number, blinds and antes.
• Track and show the current number of players, rebuys, add-ons, and bounties.
• Show current prize amounts, automatically updated as the prize pool increases.
• Plus: Chip colours and values, time to next break, average chip stack, poker hand rankings.
Running your game:
• The Timer Controls let you skip forward or backward by small amounts of time or by whole levels.
• Use the player database to track players by name, including who knocked-out who.
• Use the Call-the-Clock countdown timer to encourage timely decisions.
• The Side Pot Calculator gives you the correct pot sizes for multiple all-ins.
Seating Management:
• Random seat assignments with automatic table balancing.
• Manually assign or change a player’s seat at any time.
• Set Reserved Seats for player/dealers.
• Add new tables, break tables, and redraw for final table.
• Show players their seat assignments on the blinds display.
• View suggestions for keeping tables balanced during a game.
More tools:
• Starting Stack Calculator works out how many of each chip value to include in a starting stack.
• Chip Set Editor lets you show players the colours and values of the chips used in your games.
• Screen Cast Helper helps configure your device for showing the timer on a TV.
• Poker Dictionary with over 700 poker definitions and abbreviations.
• Poker Quotations with insights and quips from legendary players and celebrities.
• Searchable Poker TDA Rules.
Run your own poker league:
• Create multiple seasons, with up to 110 games per season (enough for annual seasons of twice-weekly games).
• Add game results from your game history, or enter results by hand.
• Flexible points system, with support for a simple points list or points formula.
• View and export tables of statistics for season games and players' performances.
Upgrade for more features:
• Remove ads
• Use your own background images
• Early-warning level alarms
• Export/import game settings to/from CSV files
• Export/import player database and poker league to/from CSV files
• Automatically select number of prizes based on number of entries
• Track early bird bonus chips
• Blinds notifications on lock screen
• Player database support for up to 200 players
• Hide Android system bars in full screen mode
• Cast only the blinds display to TV or remote display (to hide game control screens)
IMPORTANT: This app is not a poker simulation, and you can’t place bets through this app. The information you enter into this app is for display purposes only, to help you enjoy real-life games with your poker buddies.
Version 5.6.3
* Added Custom sidebar components, allowing you to show your own messages on the sidebars during a game.
* Poker TDA Rules updated to October 2024 version.
Version 4.7.5
* The time of a player's entry/rebuy is now tracked and is shown at the bottom of the Tourney Players screen.
* Fixed display issues on the Save Tournament and Poker Dictionary screens.
* Updated the links to the Blinds Are Up! website with secure (https) URLs.
Version 4.7.1
* Added new player name format options:
First Name & Initial (example: John S)
Initial & Last Name (example: J Smith)
* Player filter flag buttons now indicate current flag selections.
Version 4.7
* Money amounts (Buy-ins, Rebuys, etc.) on the Money & Prizes screen can now be specified to two decimal places.
* Prize calculations now support rounding prize amounts to a nearest fraction (for example: 0.50, 0.25, 0.01, etc.).
* Percentages used for calculating prizes can now be specified to a tenth of one percent, enabling finer control over smaller payout amounts.
* Added Shallow, Medium, and Steep prize percentages presets for prize counts > 10.
Version 4.6.3
* Improved performance of the Blinds Display Language screen.
* Fixed issue where Custom Language settings were not being saved on some devices.
Version 4.6.2
* Previously-saved tourney settings are now listed alphabetically on the Set Up Tourney > Save/Load screens.
* Memory usage improvements to reduce chances of ANR errors.
Version 4.6.1
* Increased maximum number of league games per season to 110 (enough for annual seasons of twice-weekly games).
* Minor UI performance improvements.
Version 4.5
* Added lists of 'Knocked out' and 'Knocked out by' players to the league's 'Player Stats' and 'Player Stats Overview' reports.
* Added a 'Show as Pause' option for Breaks in the Blinds Schedule editor.
* In 'Numbers Only' player tracking mode, the game will automatically finish (timer paused) when the last player is knocked out to leave a winner.
* Long speech text on Alarms screen can now be edited on multiple lines.
Version 4.2
* Support for League Points Formulas.
Use a mathematical expression to calculate how many points to award players for each finishing position in a game. Use variables to calculate points based on a player's finishing position and other values from the game.
Version 3.8
* 'Call the Clock' countdown timer/alarm.
* Player Name format options for Sidebars.
* Prize List added to other game info on the Game History screen.
Pro upgrade:
* Cast only the Blinds Display.
Version 3.4.2
Minor updates to extend support for Big Blind Antes:
* Added a Big Blind Ante option to the Schedule Editor which makes the Ante automatically match the Big Blind amount.
* Adjusted the Schedule Generator to account for the effect of Big Blind Antes towards end of game.
* Updated the built-in schedules to use Big Blind Antes. Added '90 Minute Turbo' schedules.
* Added 'Hide default settings' option to the Load Tournament Settings screen.
Version 2.6
* Added a selection of background images.
* Added an Outlined Text option to make the timer/blinds clearer on background images.
* Added a 10-Second Level Length option, for testing schedules with both alarm and speech enabled.
Version 3.2
* Prize allocation calculation updated to better handle rounding of prize amounts to match the percentages.
* Added 'Ensure first prize is largest' option to Money and Prizes screen.
For users with 'No Ads Plus' upgrade:
* Added Import/Export tools to allow you to backup and restore your Tournament, Display, and Alarm settings, and to transfer settings between devices via CSV text files.
Version 2.3.5
* Fixed issue where tapping Previous/Next Level would not update the Level Length if given in the schedule.
Version 2.3.4
* Fixed issue where the Reset Tournament dialog was not setting the Level Length back to the length of the first level.
Version 2.3.3
* Fixed issue where multiple alarms could sound after switching between apps.
* When showing system sounds on Android 6 and above, a “Read External Storage” permission request dialog is shown if the permission is not already granted. The permission is optional and is only required for accessing sounds stored on the SD card.
Version 2.3.2
* A possible fix for some devices where the 'Keep Screen On' setting is not working.
Note: An increasing number of newer devices have power-saving settings that will override the app's 'Keep Screen On' setting.
* Adverts now resize to better fit the screen size and orientation.
* Minor updates for compatibility with Android 8.1 (Oreo) and Play Store requirements.
Version 2.3
* Added ability to edit the 'Stripe' colour of the chips.
* Prev/Next buttons can now adjust the amount of time left on the timer.
* Breaks are now also shown when moving between Levels using the Prev/Next buttons.
* Upcoming Break messages now say how long the break will be.
* Added a confirmation message box for the 'Reset' button.
* Added links to the Privacy Policy, and a Privacy and Data Protection message box for EU users.
* Other minor updates and fixes.
Version 2.3
* Added ability to edit the 'Stripe' colour of the chips.
* Prev/Next buttons can now adjust the amount of time left on the timer.
* Breaks are now also shown when moving between Levels using the Prev/Next buttons.
* Upcoming Break messages now say how long the break will be.
* Added a confirmation message box for the 'Reset' button.
* Added links to the Privacy Policy, and a Privacy and Data Protection message box for EU users.
* Other minor updates and fixes.
Version 2.2* Added ability to select custom colours for the Background and Text of the Blinds Display.* Added ability to select custom Chip colour.* Added ''Show All'' and ''Show None'' buttons to Sidebar settings screen.* Size of shadows on text now scales with size of text.
v2.0.0* Show the colour-values of chips in play* User interface makeoverv2.0.1* Increased size of the prize pool text* Minor text/layout adjustments
v2.0.0* Show the colour-values of chips in play* User interface makeoverv2.0.1* Increased size of the prize pool text* Minor text/layout adjustments
