| Sit down and play: < ^
Use the Poker Rooms Board to reach rooms. |
| The Poker Tables Board window can be toggled on or off any time by using the Tables button in the menu bar at the upper left corner of the main display, or by clicking the bartender in the Lounge. |
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| To sit down at a table, double-click (or single-click) a poker room listed in the Poker Rooms Board. |
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| Use the tabs along the top of the Board to view lists of rooms for all poker games offered at PokerFunClub. A single mouse click on any listed room yields a pop-up menu of relevant choices for the room in question, e.g. Go To Table, Waiting List, Whos Waiting, Create Table....
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| Where possible, new players are seated to receive the Big Blind as the next hand begins. If a game is underway, you'll be invited to join the next hand of play. If you're the second person to join a room, the game will start shortly after you sit down. You also have the option to sit down at any available seat you wish. once in a room, simply use the "sit down" above the seat you want.
To leave a table, you have three choices:
- Stand up - you stay in the room, but are not seated or playing
- Go to another room - use the Tables Board to move directly to another room or the lounge
- Exit PokerFunClub - first stand up by clicking the Stand-Up button in the upper right corner of the main display, then click the X in the upper right area of the main window to exit. You can also exit from a seated position by clicking the X.
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| Watch a game: < ^
To watch a game, SINGLE-CLICK the room you'd like to enter on the Poker Rooms Board, and then choose Go To Table from the pop-up menu (a double-click will take you to the table as a spectator.) The Tables Board window can be toggled on or off any time by using the Rooms button in the menu bar at the upper left of the main display, or by clicking the bartender in the Lounge. If you choose "auto dismiss" then once you go to a room the tables window will close automatically. |
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| Use the tabs along the top of the Board to view lists of rooms for all poker games offered at PokerFunClub.
To move from watching a game to sitting down, once at the table use the "sit down" buttons on screen to be seated at your seat of choice out of the available seats.
Note: if a table is full or nearly full, you might be positioned in an occupied seat; i.e. it may look like you're in the game, but in fact the cards, chips and hands in front of your belong to another active player - it's a bit of Being John Malkovich.
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| Play a game: < ^
Use the Poker Rooms Board to sit down at a table. You'll be invited to join the next hand of play if a game is underway. If you're the second person to join a room, the game will start shortly after you sit down.
If possible, new players are seated to receive the Big Blind as the next hand begins; if this is not possible, new players are prompted to Post to join the game.
For detailed information on playing poker, please click here to visit Poker Basics in this site. Or click for screen shots of game play.
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| Leave a table: < ^
If you're seated at a table in a poker room, you have three ways to leave the table:
- Stand up - you stay in the room, but are not seated or playing
- Go to another room - use the Poker Rooms Board to move directly to another room or the lounge
- Exit PokerFunClub - first stand up by clicking the Stand-Up button in the upper right corner of the main display, then click the X in the upper right area of the main window to exit. You can also exit from a seated position by clicking the X.
You can leave a table any time you like. If you're playing a game, you'll be warned that leaving will fold your hand.
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| Get more chips: < ^
There are 4 ways to get more chips; click once on the:
- Cashier button in the upper right of the main display
- Cash machine in the Lounge
- Dealer while at a table
- Your chips while seated at a table
Note: you cannot get more chips while playing in a hand of poker.
After using one of the methods above, the Chips window appears. Use the tabs across the top to access the Play money area.
Use the slider bar or keyboard to type in desired amounts to shift between your Cash and Chips.
For more information about Money and your account at PokerFunClub, please visit the Money page in this site.
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| Sit out: < ^
To sit out the next hand, or to sit out before the hand begins, click the Sit Out Next Hand check box in the upper region of the main display; or if you're prompted to Post, you can choose to sit out rather than post. |
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If you fail to act in time during a game, you will be sat out automatically by the system.
To sit back in, click to uncheck the Sit Out Next Hand check box in the upper area of the main display.
To learn more about sitting out, visit "Sit out" in the Poker Basics area of this site.
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| View game play history: < ^
To view game events as they unfold, enter the room in question and view the Logs Window. Toggle the Logs window display on or off by clicking the Logs button in the upper left area of the main display. Choose the Game Play tab within the Logs window.
To see events of past hands, choose Hand History from the Menu button in the upper left of the main display.
The Hand History dialog offers the choice of hand histories of specific hand numbers, or of the past 1 - 5 hands in which you played.
Hand numbers are available by clicking the Dealer while in a room.
You can record game play as it unfolds by checking the Record Play check box inside the Logs window (click the Logs button in the upper left area of the main display to show or hide the Logs window). |
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