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The Poker Table

Each player's table bankroll and decision time bar change in real time whenever it's a player's turn to act or whenever a player places a bet.

Once the flop is dealt, the best hand you could possibly make is shown in the box to the left. Click on the box to view the poker hand rankings. In Hi/Lo games both your best high hand and best low hand will be shown.

Current Pot size - This is where you'll see how much money has been put into the pot up to (not including) the current betting round.
Ring games are subject to a small game fee called a rake. Tournament tables are not raked, so you won't see a rake amount if you are playing in a tournament.
The Dealer button indicates who the dealer is in this round ("on the button"). The button moves clockwise around the table, so each player has a turn to place the small blind when sitting to the immediate left of the dealer, and the big blind when sitting two places to the left of the dealer.

When it is your turn to act, yellow action buttons will appear with all of your available options. In No Limit and Pot Limit games, you can use the betting bar to adjust the size of your bet, or you can enter it in the adjacent text box. Sometimes you know what you're going to do before your turn arrives. Just click on the green radio buttons and the game will do what you asked it to do when your turn comes around. This is especially useful when playing multi-hand poker.

There are 3 checkboxes in this area for your comfort (plus a fourth one at the Jackpot tables):

Check Auto post blinds to automatically post the small blind and big blind when it's your turn to do so.
Check Sit out next hand if you know you will not play the next hand. This is useful if you are automatically posting blinds and need to get up from the game. A player that sits out 3 consecutive hands will be removed from the table to make room for others who want to join.
Check Auto muck losing hands to discard your losing hands without ever showing your cards. If you don't check this box you will be presented with the option to show your losing hand or muck it.
At Jackpot tables you can choose Auto post JP to automatically post the jackpot fee before every hand.

Chat with other players, or click on the Notes tab to write temporary notes about this table (which will be deleted when you leave). At tournament tables, instead of a Notes tab you will have an Info tab (see below for details ) where you can view the number of players, your position, as well as maximum, minimum and average chipstacks. To hide the dealer notes (who won the hand with what cards) press the button on the top right side of the chat box.
Options buttons:
- Buy Chips allows you to buy chips if you have less than the maximum buy-in for this table.
- Settings allows you to customize your poker table experience.
- View Lobby opens the lobby without closing the table.
- Leave Table closes the table and takes you back to the lobby.
- Play Casino takes you to our acclaimed casino where you can experience a wealth of other betting games.
Each player box shows you who's who and how much money he/or she has at the table. Click on the little arrow to keep notes on his/her playing style or to ignore his/her attempts to chat with you (see below for details ).

Table Settings

Table resizing, tiling and cascading

Resizing:

To resize any of your open tables, place your cursor on one of the screen's corners and drag it up or down. The entire table will resize to scale

You can resize your table to a minimum size of 500x365 pixels and a maximum as you screen resolution allows.

Tiling:

Table tiling enables you to view four full table screens at once. The tables are automatically adjusted to fit your screen at a size of 500x365 pixels each.

Any additional open tables, tournament lobbies and poker lobby screens will appear in cascade view on your screen.

Cascading:

Cascading enables you to view multiple tables at once in a proportioned diagonal layout. The tables are automatically adjusted to fit your screen at a size of 800x570 pixels each

Any additional open tables, tournament lobbies and poker lobby screens will appear in cascade view on your screen.

2. Disabling Chat

Poker Table Chat can be both entertaining and informative, but at LuckyAcePoker we want you to be able to pick and choose just who you would like to converse with. If you do not wish to communicate with any particular Member, simply right click on that player's seat. An option box will open. Click on "Disable Chat". You will no longer see Chat Messages from that Member.

3. Player Notes Feature

LuckyAcePoker's Player Notes feature allows you to keep your observations of other Members' behaviors and playing styles. When seated at a table, just click on the name plate of the Member that you wish to keep notes on, and then click on the "Write Notes" option.

A player notes window will appear. Here you can write anything you want about the player and assign him a colored label. You can choose one of the default texts or click on a field and add your own text. Mark the label you wish to give the player and click on Save. When you return to the table, your label and a notes icon will appear on the players' name plate. Mouse over the label to view the text. You can click on the notes icon to read and edit your notes. You can click on Restore Defaults to revert back to the default texts.

Player notes and labels are saved in the LuckyAcePoker application and will appear on the name plates until they are removed.

4. User Settings

The Settings button allows you to customize your poker experience at the tables, including sounds, alerts, graphics, and loads of other features. Choose between 3 different game views, approve all-in action, see your folded cards all the way to river, and more.

5. Keyboard Controls

Not a fan of the mouse? Try these keyboard controls:

Fold - F5
Call/Check - F6
Bet/Raise - F7
Move the Bet Slider - ←/→ arrow

6. Table View Options

LuckyAcePoker ensures a dynamic gaming experience no matter which of 3 table views you choose:

Classic View: With the oval racetrack table.
Avatar View: Our 3D round table with avatars, first person view option, chat callout feature (see below) and a variety of table backgrounds.
Clear View: Our 3D round table without avatars that has a clean background and includes the first person view option.

The Avatar View provides avatars, realistic graphics and a detailed information bar with a chat box . However, if you prefer a more basic look, you can click on the "Switch to Clear View" button at the bottom-left of your screen. The view will still be in 3D, but the avatars (including your own) will vanish, the chat box will be minimized and the table and chairs will gain a cleaner look. There is also an option to select a Classic View with a racetrack-style table and no 3D graphics from the Graphics tab under Settings. If you want to change to one of the other views, you can click on one of the tables from the same Graphics tab.

7. Personal Stats tab

Assess the quality of your play in both ring games and tournaments using the Stats tab. See what percentage of flops you saw from various positions, and how many pots you took with and without a showdown.

8. Tournament Info tab

You no longer have to switch to the tournament lobby to access information about the tournament that you have selected to play. Click the Info tab on the chat box and see at a glance information about your tournaments, including number of remaining players in each tournament, your position in the tournament and the highest, lowest and average stacks.

9. Hand History settings

You can save all your played hands history in text files on your hard drive. You can later view your hands in a text editor or even import your hands to external software which can analyze your game.
To start writing your hand history to the hard drive, go to Settings in the lobby’s menu, select the “Hand History” option and the following screen will open:

Check the “Save My Hand History” box in order to save all of your hand history.
Once you have enabled this option each hand played will be saved in the destination folder, which can be altered to a location of your choice by selecting the “Change Folder” button. You can also choose the number of days your Hand History is saved by entering your preferred time period in the “Days to keep Hand History” field provided.

Enjoy the tables and good luck!