Options  

General

General
Show Large Cards If this option is ON, the cards are shown with an exaggerated upper-left corner that is easier to read. If this option is OFF, the cards are shown like standard playing cards, which may be harder to view on smaller monitors or DD Poker window sizes.
Use Four-Color Deck If this option is ON, a four color deck is used, with clubs in green and diamonds in blue. This makes it easier to spot flush possibilities at a glance, preventing the costly mistake of misreading your hand or failing to recognize another player may have drawn out on you.
Use Stylized Face Cards Tired of the same old face cards? Turn this option on to display DD Poker's stylized take on face cards, where we show only the crowns for the King, Queen and Jack.
Hole Cards Face Down Normally your hole cards are dealt face up and are always visible in the computer game.  If this option is ON, then your hole cards are face down (just like in a real tournament) and you need to pass the mouse over them to view them.  This is good practice for real poker games where you need to be able to quickly memorize your cards!
Always Allow Fold You never want to fold a poker hand when you have the option of checking.  Normally, the game prevents you from making this mistake.  However, if this option is ON, you can fold whenever you wish, even if a check would suffice. You may also press the F key at any time to fold - even before it is your turn to act (this is a way to play even faster!)
Right Click Only Pop-up Menus By default, the player pop-up menus in the poker table (in order to alter a players cards, chip count, button position, or player type) are triggered by either left or right mouse clicks. However, power users may wish to turn off the left-mouse trigger, which is a non-standard user interface convention. Turn ON this option to turn off left-click pop-up menu triggering.
Disable Keyboard Shortcuts If this option is on, the keyboard shortcuts D F C B R A E and P, (otherwise known as 'Hot-Keys') are disabled for Deal, Fold, Check, Call, Bet, Raise, All-in, rEbuy and bet Pot (for pot limit). This is an added measure to help prevent accidental player actions when typing chat messages online.
Auto Check For Updates If this option is on, an update check will be performed at startup. If an update is available a message will be displayed with details on how to get the update.
Reset Hidden Dialogs Reset all pop-up dialogs you have hidden via the "do not display" checkbox. If you click this button, all dialogs which were previously hidden will be displayed once again. You may, of course, hide selected dialogs again via the "do not display" checkbox.
Sound
Sound Effects Allows adjustment of the volume of the sound effects such as card and chip sounds from 5 to 100 when the option is checked.  If the option is not checked, all sound effects are off.
Background Music Allows adjustment of the volume of the background music from 5-100 when the option is checked.  If the option is not checked, the background music is turned off. Note: The background music does not play during a game.
Screen Shot
Max Width Screen shots (CTRL-P / CMD-P) are scaled from the current window size so as not to exceed this width.
Max Height Ditto for the height.
Chat Messages
Dealer Messages Choose between three levels of dealer messages displayed in the dialog "chat" box. Show all dealer messages OR all dealer messages except player actions during a hand (call, check, bet, raise, fold) and community card messages OR show no dealer messages.


Practice

Practice
Auto Deal Automatically deal the next hand at the end of the current hand, after a brief delay (specified in the Time Delay section).
Pause
When
All-in		 If this option is ON, the action pauses when you and any remaining players are all-in. The type of hand and odds of it winning is displayed. You must click the Continue button (C key) to show the flop, turn and river cards. If this is OFF, the board cards are displayed automatically.

See the Poker Table help topic, section 3, for more information on what is displayed when this option is on.
Pause During Color-up If this option is on, the action pauses when the Color-up Chip Race occurs after the cards are dealt and after the chips are awarded to the high cards. You must click the Continue button (or C key) to see the next step. If this is off, the color-up happens automatically with a slight pause after each step.
Jump To End After Fold Normally, after you fold you have to watch the other players finish out the hand (just like in a real tournament).  With this option ON, you automatically jump to the end of the hand after you fold.
Auto Save After you have saved a tournament (or resumed a saved tournament) and this option is ON, then the tournament is automatically saved at the end of each hand. In other words, the Auto Save option will continuously save your game once you saved your game the first time by clicking the Save button and naming your game.
"Cheat" Options
Show Cheat Pop-ups
 Allows you to click on any player to bring up the cheat pop-up menu. With the Cheat Pop-up Menu option ON in practice mode, click on any player to bring up the Cheat Pop-up Menu. By clicking on your opponents cards, you are able to change either hole card, the player type, player name, chip count, move the button to that position, or remove the player. By clicking on your cards, you are able to change either hole card, your advisor type, chip count, or move the button to your position. You may also change any of the board cards by clicking on them. See Cheat pop up menu under Poker Table for additional information about the menu.
Show Winning Hand In a typical game, if a player wins because all other players fold, he or she does not have to show the winning hand.  With this option ON, the winning hand is displayed face up at the end of the hand.
Show Folded Hands In a real game you typically never see a folded hand.  However, with this option ON, at the showdown you see your hand (if folded) and the hands of opponents who called, bet or raised and ultimately folded (you do not see hands of opponents who folded before the flop without calling the big blind).
Show Mucked Hands In a typical game, if a player has a losing hand and acts after the winner during showdown, they do not have to show their hand (they can "muck", or throw them away). With this option, any mucked hands are displayed face up at the end of the hand. A mucked hand is a hand that went to the showdown, and folded after the winning hand was revealed before them. The muck is the pile of folded and burned cards in front of the dealer. A player has the choice of not revealing their losing cards, or "mucking" them at the showdown if the player before them shows a winning hand they know beats theirs.
Show All Community Cards Also called "Rabbit Hunting". In a typical game, if a player wins because all other players fold, any remaining community cards are not dealt.  With this option ON, these cards are displayed so the curious can see what those cards would have been (not that it matters!).  Note:  This practice is known as "rabbit hunting" and is typically prohibited in tournaments.
Peek At Opponent's Cards In a real game you never know what your opponent is holding - that is the crux of the game.  However, with this option ON, you can view your opponent's hand by passing the mouse over the opponent's cards.  We provide this as a way to learn from the computer players.  Use it wisely!
Computer Cards Face Up If the "Peek" option isn't enough, you can simply deal all the computer player's cards face up as well. Another way to learn from the computer players.
Pause After Cards Dealt If this option is ON, the action is paused after the hold, flop, turn, and river cards are dealt. This is useful if you want to change any of the cards before any players act. You can change a players cards, chip count, player type and button position by right clicking on the player you wish to change.
Don't Move Dealer Button If this option is ON, the dealer button will not be moved between hands. This is useful if you want to place the dealer button (using the pop-up menus) and play several hands in a row from the same seat position.
Never Go Broke If this option is ON, and you lose all of your chips, you automatically get one half of the chips of the tournament leader. This "transfer" occurs after the next deal is started (so don't forget to click Deal after you bust out). Of course this never happens in the real world, but it can make for some good fun - especially if you go all-in every hand!
Time Delay
Computer Player Pause Amount of time to delay between computer player actions and after community cards are dealt, in 10ths of seconds. The range of delay is 0 to 40 (0 to 4 seconds). Use this to control the pace of the action.
Auto Deal Pause After Hand When Auto Deal is on, amount of time to delay before the next hand starts after a hand ends, in 10ths of seconds. The range of delay is 0 to 50 (0 to 5 seconds).
Auto Deal Pause After Fold When Auto Deal is on, amount of time to delay before the next hand starts after you fold, in 10ths of seconds. The range of delay is 0 to 50 (0 to 5 seconds).
Hands per Hour The number of hands per hour controls how fast each time the small and big blinds increase.  Because all of the other players are computer controlled, a round of poker can take less time than in a real game. Since the blinds are increased based on time, it is important to base the time clock on the average time of a round of cards to simulate real tournament play.  For example, at 30 hands per hour, every 30 hands played equals an hour of elapsed tournament time.  Thus, if you are playing a tournament with 30 minute levels, the level advances every 15 hands.  Change this value to increase or decrease the number of hands played per level. Range is 10-250.


Online

Time Delay
Auto Deal Pause Online During online games, auto deal is automatically on. This option specifies the amount of time to delay between hands, in 10th's of seconds. The range of delay is 0 to 50 (0 to 5 seconds).
Host Start Countdown Number of seconds to countdown after the host presses the Start button before an online tournament starts. The range is 1 to 25 seconds. This countdown is seen in the chat window of the poker lobby before the game is started and the poker table is displayed.
Note: If a guest exits the game before the countdown is started, they are removed from the game, they may rejoin as a new guest if they wish before the countdown is started. Once the countdown starts, if a guest exits the game using the exit button, they are still in the game and may rejoin using the last used Game URL and will re-enter the game sitting out so that their think bank timer is not depleted. If the countdown starts and a guest loses their connection in a situation like their computer losing power, they may rejoin the game with the last used Game URL and the game will be waiting on them with the think bank timer counting down.
Miscellaneous
Use UDP When Hosting
(beta testing) 		If this option is ON, the game will use UDP for communication between host and guests. We are beta testing this featue as a possible replacement to the current method of TCP/IP.

Note: If the host is using a router, they are required to Port Forward ports 11885 - 11889 using UDP to the IP address of their host computer. Individuals using security software will need to allow communication on the same port range for UDP.

Pause Tournament At Start (host) If this option is ON, when you begin an online tournament, it will automatically be paused at the start. This allows time for all players to view their table and get ready before the cards are dealt. (host only) Note: The host has a DD Dashboard item that allows them to pause and resume the tournament.
Auto Pause Tournament If All Players Disconnected (host) If this option is ON, the tournament will automatically be paused if all players become disconnected. This is typically a sign that the host has lost internet connectivity. The game will be un-paused when at least one player is reconnected. (host only)
Display Countdown Timer Bar With this option ON, a thin color bar is displayed just below the poker table when it is your turn to act. It displays the amount of time left to act. The green Portion represents the standard game player action timeout. The yellow portion represents the amount of think bank time you have left. The bar will turn orange from left to right as the time counds down.
Play Sound When Your Turn To Act If this option is ON, a bell will chime when it is your turn to act in an online game. This is helpful if you are multi-tasking and DD Poker is obscured or minimized.
Move Window to Front When Your Turn To Act If this option is ON, the DD Poker window will be moved to the front of other windows on your screen when it is your turn to act. This is helpful if you are multi-tasking and DD Poker is obscured or minimized. (Windows only)
Banned Players
 (host)

Add or remove players to the banned player list. These players are prohibited from joining your online games. As host, you can use this to prevent disruptive players from joining your games. Banned players are banned from all future games until deleted from the list.

You have two methods to add players to the banned player list:

Method 1: Click the Table tab to type in a single name, then click the Add button to add that player to the list. Repeat the process above until all the players you wish to ban are on the list. You may remove a player by highlighting the player name in the table with the mouse and clicking the Delete button.

Method 2: The Text (CSV) tab gives you the ability to cut and paste an entire list of players to the ban list. Note: CSV is a standard format that stands for Comma Separated, Values. The entire invite list can be typed in here, with each player name separated by a comma.

Hint: You can copy the entire ban list from the Text (CSV) tab by highlighting selected text with your mouse and pressing CTRL-C to copy on Windows, or Apple-C on mac. Once in the clipboard, you may paste the list by pressing CTRL-V on Windows, or Apple-V on mac.

Hint: The host can right click on a player's name in the poker lobby or the poker table and click ban to add them to the banned players list. This player will also be booted from the lobby but once the game once a game is underway, the ban will not take effect until the next game.

Note: At any time any player may right click another player to add them to their own ban list to ban them from future games hosted by themselves.

Note: All online profile aliases associated with a players activation number are affected in the poker lobby and the poker table when the right click ban or un-ban is used.

Muted Players Add or remove players to the muted player list. Chat from these players is not displayed in online lobbies or games. This is useful to turn text chat off for any players whose chat you find annoying or offensive. Muted players stay muted for all future chat until deleted from the list.

You have two methods to add players to the muted player list:

Method 1: Click the Table tab to type in a single name, then click the Add button to add that player to the list. Repeat the process above until all the players you wish to mute are on the list. You may remove a player by highlighting the player name in the table with the mouse and clicking the Delete button.

Method 2: The Text (CSV) tab gives you the ability to cut and paste an entire list of players to the muted players list. Note: CSV is a standard format that stands for Comma Separated, Values. The entire list can be typed in here, with each player name separated by a comma.

Hint: You can immediately mute a player or observer and add them to the muted players list by right clicking their name in the poker lobby and click Mute or during a game by clicking the desired player's cards to bring up the player pop up menu and click Mute. You may also un-mute them in the same fashion.
Chat Display
Side By Side Display dealer messages on one side and player/observer messages in the other side of a split pane.
Tabs Display dealer messages in one tab and player/observer messages in another.
Together Display dealer, player, and observer messages combined in the same area.
Chat Options
Player Chat Show chat messages from other players in online games. If you are playing an online game and do not wish to see all the other players chat messages, uncheck this box. Hint: You can still mute individual players. (online only)
Observer Chat Show chat messages from observers in online games. If you have observers that have joined to watch the online game and you do not wish to see all their chat messages, uncheck this box. Hint: You can still mute individual observers. (online only)
Timeout Chat Show Player Action timeout and Think Bank timeout chat messages in online games.

Clock

Poker Clock
Chip Color-up Notification With this option on, the Poker Clock will automatically notify you, based on future antes/blinds, when the smallest chip on the table an be colored-up to the next highest chip. You may wish to turn this off if you are using nonstandard chip denominations (DD Poker uses $1, $5, $25, $100, $500, $1000 etc.)
Pause Clock At End of Each Level With this option ON, the Poker Clock will automatically pause at the end of each level. You will have to manually start the clock in this case. Normally, the Poker Clock only pauses at the end of the rebuy level, when the add-on occurs and for Color-up Notification.

Deck

Deck Designs
Add Change the look of the card deck by picking one from the list, or add one of your own in .gif, .jpg or .png format with the Add button. Note, the image must be under 35K.
Delete Deletes an added deck back.

Table

Table Designs
New Change the look of the poker table by picking one from the list, or add a New table design.
Copy Copy the selected table to use as a blueprint to create your own.
Edit

Edit the selected poker table. Note: You can not edit a pre-defined table, instead, choose Copy to use a pre-defined table as a blueprint to create your own.

Be creative with your table design colors. By adjusting the slider controls of the primary colors red, green, and blue, you can create any table felt color you wish. Separate Top and Bottom controls allow you to create a color gradient between the top and bottom of the table. In addition, the opacity slider gives you the ability of seeing partially through the felt to reveal the metallic table below. By clicking the Swap button, you can quickly switch the colors you have set for the top and bottom. Name your new design then click OK to save your design or Cancel to return to the previous menu.

Delete Delete the selected poker table. Note: You can not delete a pre-defined table design.

 

Opponents & Hands

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Groups

Hand Groups are groupings of hole cards you can use in the Hand Group Simulations tab of the Calculator Tool to generate win, lose, and tie percentages of your hand compared to the groups of hands defined here.

Hand Groups Displays sets of hand groups to be used in comparing the odds in the simulations tab in the Info button.
Buttons
New Add a New hand group.
Copy Copy the selected hand group.
Edit Pops-up the Edit Hand Group window shown below. Note: You can not edit a pre-defined group, instead, choose Copy to use a pre-defined group as a blueprint to create your own.
Delete Delete the selected hand group. Note: You can not delete a pre-defined hand group.

Summary Summarizes the selected hand group.

 

 

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