Considering to buy a license - one question

[aldoraine80]

Is there any way to authorize a list of players for a special tournament or is the only way to restrict some players from registration by using a password?

The reason of this question is, that I have a playmoney poker league with several divisions. For example a player who has qualified for 2nd division should not be able to join tournaments of 1st division. If there is only the option to use a password, we will have the risk that a player can tell the password to other players who are not allowed to play a special tournament.

[Kent Briggs]

If there is only the option to use a password, we will have the risk that a player can tell the password to other players who are not allowed to play a special tournament.

The way to do that would be to register players using the API (typically from a script on a web page) so that no one knows what the actual password is. Your script would determine who qualifies for the tournament.

[aldoraine80]

Writing the script is no problem for me. "TournamentsRegister" seems to be the right command for that.

And am I right in thinking that I can use the command "TournamentsRemoveNoShows" to remove all players that are not seen in the tournament until the start of the payout distribution, for example five minutes after the tournament has started?

[Kent Briggs]

"TournamentsRegister" seems to be the right command for that.

Yes.

And am I right in thinking that I can use the command "TournamentsRemoveNoShows" to remove all players that are not seen in the tournament until the start of the payout distribution, for example five minutes after the tournament has started?

Yes. There is also a built-in "Remove no-shows" setting in each tournament that will do that automatically at the end of the first level.

[aldoraine80]

Very good. Thanks a lot.

[aldoraine80]

Hi Kent,

we finished our tests on PokerMavens and it seems to be the right solution for us. Great job Kent.

But I have problem with password protected tournaments.

I will use Poker Mavens for a small german poker league. The tournaments are password protected and the players are added to the tournament by "TournamentsRegister". The problem is that it is not possible to observe other tables without knowing the password. If I try to open another table, a password prompt appears. But I don't want my players to know the password.

I think (but I don't know) that players that are not registered by "TournamentsRegister" also cannot observe this tournament?!

[Kent Briggs]

I think (but I don't know) that players that are not registered by "TournamentsRegister" also cannot observe this tournament?!

Leave the Password set as is but set the "Private" setting to "No" for that tournament. That will allow observers to watch.