Yesterday, DB Dealer Inc. announced their new poker gadget called DB Dealer. It’s a round high-quality plastic device which has the ability to serve as a dealer button along with the functionality of a blind timer through a built-in LED timer. This gadget is supposed to solve the poker tournament he problem blind’s problem.

From their press release, “It made perfect sense to combine these two key poker tournament functions
into a single piece that could be circulated on the tabletop, from player to player,” said Jeff Klein, DB Dealer inventor. “The DB Dealer can be set in five-minute increments up to 95 minutes, so no one will ever need to scramble to set and then reset any other alert system.”

Using the DB Dealer in tournament setting, players hear an audible alarm at the one-minute blind increase warning, and again to signify the end of the round. At the end of each round, the DB Dealer resets itself to the last setting used until the reset button is pressed. Players can also stop and start the blind timer at any point during the round. When not in use, the DB Dealer automatically shuts off after two hours to conserve its battery.

Retail price is $19.95 and it comes with a box specifically designed to fit into any poker chipset card deck slot.

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