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NEW FEATURES AT 32Red POKER

32Red Poker is proud to announce the arrival of our new and improved poker tables with enhanced features, colour schemes and much more!

Below are some of the exciting features you will find when you logon to 32Red Poker like "Create your own Avatar", "Tile and Resize your Poker table" and our new "Instant Hand History"...


FUNCTIONS AND OPTIONS

Timers

The following options are available to indicate the active Player:

• An arrow points to the Player.
• A white border is displayed around the Player’s Avatar.
• A pie-clock timer is displayed next to all Players, indicating the time they have available to act.
• The active Player’s cards flash.
• A five second countdown is displayed on top of a Player’s Avatar, indicating to them that their time is running out.

Skeleton Cards

A Player has the option to see their cards after they have folded.  Their Hole cards are displayed on the table as skeleton cards. 
In addition, the Player’s Best Hand is displayed as skeleton cards with the Player’s Pocket cards surrounded by a gold border.  Players are provided with the option to disable this functionality.

Winning Hand Display

The new table design includes a new Winning Hand Display.  At the end of a hand, a description of each Player’s hand is displayed on the table. 
Note:
Only those Players, who were active at the end of a hand, have descriptions.

The winning five-card hand is displayed with the Community cards slightly raised.  All other cards are grayed out on the table.  A Winner banner is displayed on top of the winning Player’s Avatar.  The chips in the pot are transferred from the table to the winner.

Menu Button

A Player can click the Menu button on the table, and the following options are displayed, as shown in Figure 1 – Menu Options:

• Options
• Change Table Size
• View Stats
• My Account
• Help
• Exit Table


Figure 1 - Menu Options

Options

You are provided with a variety of configurable options.  For more information about these please click here. 

Change Table Size

A Player can select from the following options:

• Tile and Resize Tables

A Player can now tile and resize Poker tables.

Tiling Tables
With multiple tables, the software now has functionality to determine the number of tables that are tiled at one time, according to a Player’s screen resolution.

Resizing Tables
A Player can now resize all Poker tables from a maximum of 800 x 600 pixels to a minimum of 480 by 360 pixels.

Note:
A Player cannot resize large and mini view tables.


• Restore Default Mode

• Large Table View
A large chat view is displayed on the right of the table.  A second tab, Tables, is now included.  A Player can select and open new tables on the Table tab.  A third tab, MTT Info, is displayed for Multi-Table Tournaments.  This tab displays information that is usually found in the tournament Lobby. 

• Normal View

• Mini View with Chat
This table shows almost the same items as on the normal sized table but is a lot smaller.

• Mini View without Chat 
 Same as above but without the Chat option.


View Stats

When a Player clicks View Stats, all the statistics that are available on the Stats tab in the new Poker frame are displayed in one view. A Player can also reset the calculations.

Note:
Statistics are only available for Texas Hold’em.


Figure 2 - Game Statistics


My Account
This option opens a Player’s My Account web page.

Help
This opens the our Help section.

Exit Table
This closes the Poker table.


Poker Table Options

When a Player clicks the Menu button and then the Options item on the Poker table, the Poker Table Options dialog box is displayed.  A number of configurable options are available that are displayed on the following tabs:

• General Options
• Animation Options
• Sound
• Table Appearance
• Seating 

General Options

The following options are configurable by a Player:

• Show Hand Description
This describes the strength of a Player’s current hand on the table. This option is defaulted to off.

• Bring Window to Top
This automatically makes the Table window the top level window on the desktop when it is a Player’s turn.  If this is not selected, the Table window flashes in the task bar to alert the Player.  This option is defaulted to on.

• Keep Folded Cards Visible
When this option is selected, a Player’s cards are displayed as skeleton cards after they fold.  This option is defaulted to on.

• Show Rabbit Cam Cards
When this option is selected, a Player’s next card is displayed if the hand ends when three or four cards are on the table.  This option is defaulted to on.

• Show Bad Beat Ticker
When this option is selected, the Bad Beat ticker is displayed when a Player plays on Bad Beat tables.  This option is defaulted to on, when applicable.

• Four Color Deck
This option is defaulted to off.

• Hide Casino Links
This option is defaulted to off.
 
• Show Speech Bubbles
When this option is selected, any chat typed by a Player is displayed in a speech bubble next to the Player’s Avatar.  This option is defaulted to off.

• Enable Fold and Show
This option is defaulted to on.

• Show Player Avatars
This option is defaulted to on.

• Player Action Plaque:

- Color Coded
Color-coded action plaques that visually represent a Players’ aggression level are displayed on top of the Players’ Avatars.  Different colors represent different actions, as shown in Figure 3 – Color Coded Action Plaques.


Figure 3 - Color Coded Action Plaques

Other color codes include:

 Red – All-in
 Dark Green – Big Blind
 Light Green – Small Blind
 Light Grey – Sitting Out

  This option is defaulted to on.

- All-in always ON
A red All-in action plaque remains on a Player’s Avatar.  This option is defaulted to on.

- Remove After 1 Second
The Players’ action plaques fade after one second.  If this option is deselected then the action plaques remain visible on top of the Players’ Avatar images.  This option is defaulted to on.

Animation Options

Here you can choose different options for several Animations.
Like Table Animations and Card Animations. And how you would like to recieve your chips, hopping, sliding or perhaps just appearing?

If you prefer no animations at all just tick the box "Disable All Animations".

Sound Options

On the Sound tab, a Player can:

• Mute all sounds.
• Select to only play alert sounds.
• Select to only play the win sound.
• Set their sound volume and test it.

Table Appearance

The Table Appearance tab is shown in Figure 4 – Table Appearance. 

A Player can customize the table appearance by selecting from six carpet colors and six felt colors.  A preview is displayed in the Preview window.

Note:
One carpet color and one felt color are customized.


Figure 4 - Table Appearance

Seating Preferences

On the Seating tab, you can:

• Disable the seat rotation animation on the table.
• Select your preferred seating position according to the table size.

Note:
By default, the seat rotation is on, and you are placed in the bottom centre seat.

Avatar Menu

When a Player right clicks another Player’s Avatar, a menu is displayed with the following options, as shown in Figure 20 – Player Avatar Menu:

• Player Profile
This opens the Player’s profile, if one is available.
 
• Edit Notes
This opens an Edit Player Notes dialog box where a Player can rate their opponent using colored pins and by making notes.

If a Player has rated and made notes on an opponent, a colored pin and note paper    icon is displayed on the respective Avatar on the table.

• Player History
This displays a color-coded history of a Player’s actions for the current hand.

• Add Buddy
 This enables a Player to quickly add an opponent as a buddy.

• Block Image
This enables a Player to block an opponent’s Avatar image from their view if they find the Avatar image offensive.

Note:
A Player can hide all Players’ Avatar images by selecting this option on the Poker Table Options dialog box.


Create your own Avatar

Personal Avatar images are introduced with the new table design.  You can upload an Avatar image in two ways:

• You can right-click their Avatar and select Upload Image.
• You can navigate to the My Account page and click the Upload Image link.

Once you click the Upload Image link, you will be taken through a simple three step procedure to upload your Avatar image. 

Notes:
• You can upload .jpg, .png, or .gif images with a maximum file size of 3MB.
• All Players’ uploaded images are reviewed within 48 hours of the submission.  If the image is accepted, it is displayed on the table.  If the image is rejected, you will be informed and you can upload another image.
• Images are rejected if these are considered offensive, or contain prohibited content, for example:

- Offensive or pornographic images
- Advertising
- Hyperlinks
- Animations
- Images of celebrities
- Copyrighted images
- Any text that includes or refers to any of the above items.

• There is no restriction on the number of times that you can change your image.


HAND HISTORY

The Instant Hand History and Game History are updated. The Hand History is recorded in a local folder on a Player’s computer.  The Poker software controls this folder.

Note:
The functionality enhancements described in this section refer to the download Poker client.

Instant Hand History from the Poker Table

Instant Hand History is available on a per table, per session basis.  The Hand History information is available from the first complete hand that a Player observes or participates in, until the table is closed.
Instant Hand History enables a Player to view previous hands for tables that are currently open.  They can scroll back and forth through the hands. 

Hand History from the Lobby

A Player can access the Hand History functionality from the Preferences menu in the Poker Lobby.  When the Player clicks Hand History in the Preferences menu, the Game History Exporter dialog box is displayed, as shown in Figure 5 – Game History Exporter.
This dialog box has two tabs:

• View Hand History
• Configuration


Figure 5 - Game History Exporter

The View Hand History tab enables a Player to search for specific hands, using either the basic or advanced search criteria.  The basic search criteria enable a Player to search for either the hands that they played in the last specified number of days, or their last specified number of hands. These options are mutually exclusive.  In addition, a Player can select to view only the games that they played in, or all games including those they played in and those they observed. 

Note:
A Player can only export the information displayed in the Detailed History pane.

The Configuration tab enables a Player to specify what hand history records are saved to their computer.  A Player can:

• Specify whether or not they want to save hand history records.
• Select the maximum number of days they want to store the records for.
• Specify the maximum number of hands they want to save.
• Select whether they want to store Dealer chat only. The default is Dealer chat and Player chat.