It is just a simple M and Q calculator, very simple to use...
For those not familiar with the terms M & Q, M is the ratio of your stack to the blinds and antes (does have other mnemonics, but M is most popular as it was introduced in Harrington), Q is your stack compared to the average stack size in the tourney.
Here's some links to M stuff:
http://www.sitandgoplanet.com/multitabl ... _Zone.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-ratio
Has a nice 'dial' type display, with colour coded 'M-zones' so you can easily see how your stack stands at any stage of the tourney. Outside dial, graphically displays M, the inner dial Q. Sure, you need to manually update it, but
a) only takes a second or 2.
b) you can update the info only whenever you chose to (you might only want to check your M periodically if your stack not change much in a hand or 5)
It only displays M upto 50 (if its above 50, will just show as 50) but then if your THAT stacked you dont care exactly what your M is! same with Q only going to 2 (ie u have twice (or more) the average stack in the tourney).
Looks like this:
- Screenshot of main dialog:
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Its a Java application, so no installation required like normal Windows software.
Just unzip to a folder, and double click the .jar file to start, or put a shortcut to it with all your poker related stuff.
Click the 'New Tourney' button and fill out the 3 fields for starting stack, initial SB and number of entrants, then click 'Done' in that dialog.
- New Tournament Info:
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That info is displayed now in the main window, with 'Remaining' being equal to the number of entrants you specified. (on sites with late entry, you obv need to wait until this is finished to use the tool)
Now just keep the info in the main window up to date, as often as you like... Easy!
The 'At Table' field is only used when there are antes in play, when there not, the 'Ante' field MUST be set to 0
While its simple to use (just hit Enter after changing a value), there is a brief helpfile in the archive.
In tournaments with antes, when they come into play, the ratio of SB:ante is displayed in the Titlebar.
I find it useful and I hope you will to....
Enjoy!
Bugger, its too big to fit here, so PM me if you are interested and I will email it to you (about 3.5Mb), and I will seek out some ftp hosting then update this with a link to directly download it!
maybe, but when I read it, it made me think about 3 times what you meant, and I knew what you meant! AND its always good to be absolutely clear 
