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Poker Pro 3 version 1.1

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All Rights Reserved. The information contained in this document is for informational purposes only and is subject to change without notice. No part of this document may be copied or reproduced in any manner without the prior written permission of PokerPro3.
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PokerPro3 is a trademark of PokerPro3, Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Party Poker is a trademark of Party Poker. Empire Poker is a trademark of Empire Poker. Other product names mentioned in this manual may be trademarks of their respective companies and are hereby acknowledged.

Getting Started

Poker Pro ³ is an add-on odds calculator and provides valuable additional functionality to the online poker platform. This additional functionality advises when to perform specific actions like Raise, Call or Fold, Bluff, Slow Play, Check-Raise and statistical information like odds of winning, Pot Odds and card ranking.

Most of the advice within your profile can be customized to your preference within the profiles tab. The default profile provided with Poker Pro³ is just an example. The Cards, pot status, pot odds and other information from within the poker site is all captured automatically in close to real-time.

System requirements
To use Poker Pro³, your computer must meet the following minimum Requirements:

• Pentium 2 class or faster processor • Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0 SP4, Windows XP SP1
• 128 MB of memory, additional memory recommended
• 20 MB free disk space . Sound Card if you would like to hear the audio . Screen resolution of at least 800 X 600 pixels with minimum of 256 colors. (Best at 1024 X 768 or higher)

Installing the Poker Pro3

To install the Poker Pro³ from the CD-ROM
1.Insert the Poker Pro³ CD-ROM into your computer’s CD-Rom drive.
2. Follow the instructions on each Setup window.

To install the Poker Pro³ from a file downloaded to your computer
1. Double Click the Setup.exe file.
2. Follow the instructions on each Setup window.

Quick Start

Installation

Poker Pro 3 Setup Windows

Poker Pro 3 setup program will guide you through the installation. Depending on your computer’s configuration; You may not see all of the setup windows described in this section.

Supported Environments

Poker ProPoker Pro³ currently supports the following environments:

Features

Software Features:

• Automatically captures cards during real-time play from 1 to 4 tables
• Makes recommendations based on your hand, position, pot status
• Tracks your position, how many players are in the pot
• Makes recommendations based on how many opponents are in the pot
• Tracks playing styles of other players at the table
• Adjusts the recommendations to your style of play
• Shows real-time odds and statistics
• Makes bluffing, check-raising and slow playing recommendations
• Create a new profile or load an existing one
• Select multiple tables to capture at the same time
• Deal random cards to test profile
• Stack the deck
• Mini view window for players with lower resolution settings
• Adjust the sound setting
• Auto load profiles based on how many players are in the pot
• Select from Party Poker, Empire Poker, MultiPoker, Eurobet Poker, Intertops Poker and Poker   Now
• See and hear the recommended action
• Have multiple instances of poker tables and PokerPro3 open
• Monitor players in the pot, players at the table and pot status
• Monitor pot odds
• Track player types and action taken by players

Interface

Menu
File
Watch
Settings
Help

1. Toolbar

Create a new profile
Open an existing profile
Save current profile
Deal Random hands
Launch Mini View window

2.Screen Name
The current players screen name or user name

3. Poker Sites
Party Poker
MultiPoker
Empire Poker
Coral Eurobet Poker
Intertops Poker
Poker Now
Party Poker .Net

4. Select Table
When playing muliple tables, you can select the table for PokerPro3 to monitor.

5. Cards
The first 2 card are your hole cards
The next 5 cards are the community cards.

6. Recommended Action
The Text for the recommended action will appear as Bet, Raise, Call, Fold
When the system makes a recommendation to Bluff, Slow Play or Check-Raise it will appear above the recommended action text.

7. Start and Stop Capture
Click the start capture button to capture cards at a table you are sitting at. If multiple table are open, use the select table button to chose the correct table.

Click the stop capture button to stop capturing the table information.

8. Profile Name
The profile currently in use will be displayed here

9. Console Tab
Main overview window

10. Stats Tab
Statistics information area

11. Players  Tab
Player information area

12. Profile Tab
Profile modification area

13. Players in Pot
Indicates the number of players currenly in the pot

14. Position
Indicates your current positon at the tabl

15. Pot Status
The current pot status , no callers, called pot, raised pot , re-raised back to you

16. Pot Odds
Indicates the current pot odds

17. Statistics Section
The statistics for possible hands, current hand rank, number of outs, odds and others.

18. Players Section
The player  

Settings

Sound
Nut Hand
Raise
Bet
Call
Check
Fold
Deal

The check box indicates whether you want to have the sound playerd. If you do not want the sound, make sure the check box is empty.

The wav file within the dropdown list will be played when the specified action is recommended.You can add your own custom sounds by placing a wav file into the sound folder located on C:\Program Files\Poker Pro 3\Sound.

Auto Load Profiles

The Autoload Profiles enables you to load custom profiles based on how many people are in the pot.

The check box indicates whether you want to have the profile used. If you do not want the profile used , make sure the check box is empty. If the check box is empty, the main profile in console will be used.

The profile within the dropdown list will be used when the specified number of players are in the pot.You can add your own custom profiles by placing a .ppf file into the Profiles folder located on C:\Program Files\Poker Pro 3\Profiles.

Undefined Combinations
In an effort to continuasly improve our products we installed an undefined combinations log file called uclog.txt. This file is saved  to your local hard drive.

Console

The Main overview window incorporates stats tab and the players tab in one window. It also shows the players in the pot, your current position, pot status and pot odds. The current profile in use and the internal profile associated with the action. The information within the stats and players will be reviewed in greater detail under the stats tab and players tab section.

Stats Tab

Stats Tab

The Stats Tab shows the chances of you getting all of the possible hands at every stage – preflop, flop, turn and river.

The first section consists of your current hand rank and the current best hand possible. For the flop the hand rank will be from 1 to1082. For the Turn it will be from 1 to 1036 and for the River it will be from 1 to 991. The Possible hands and chance of getting will show you the odds and percentage of getting that hand on the turn and or by the river the outs that you have for hitting that hand.

Players Tab

Players Tab

Players Tab captures information about the players at the table. It displays position, player name, action performed by each player preflop, flop, turn and river. It also allows you to manually set the player’s type.

“i” - Icon is in the first Column,. The icons appear when a player type is selected from the dropdown list if no player type is selected you will see a question mark. You can change the icons associated with the list by going to C:\Program Files\Poker Pro 3\Icons and replacing the existing icon with your own.

Column two contains the screen names of the players at the table including your screen name. The player type column contains the dropdown list with the player types of Loos/Aggressive, Loose/Passive, tight aggressive and tight passive.

The next 4 columns show you the action performed by each player in pre-flop as well as on the flop, turn and river.

Profile Tab

Profile Tab

Pre-flop, Flop, Turn, River The information within the Profile Tab controls the recommend actions that are announced by PokerPro3. This section gives you the opportunity to modify your existing profile or create new ones .It is easily customizable – you can change the suggested action for any hand to fit your individual style and the game texture. The available sections are pre-flop, flop, turn, river, bluffing, check-raise, slow-play and profile notes.

If you want to make a recommendation modification for flop, you would need to select the flop section of the profile. Select the hand you would like to modify and select the position and pot status (Called Pot, Raised Pot, Etc.) Within each column you will find a dropdown list consisting of available recommended actions that can be performed for that hand. You can specify a specific action for example: Raise or you can choose a varied action for example: Call 10% / Raise 90%.

For example, suppose instead of raising on the flop in early position you prefer to simply call whenever you flop a non-nut flush in a called pot you prefer to call. To do so, here is how you change the profile

1. In Window 1 click on Flop in the left hand column.
2. In Window 2 locate and click the desired hand (hand #4)
3. In Window 3 select Early Position and Called Pot dropdown list and select Call.

That’s it! You can ether click the save button or click yes to save profile when you exit.

Bluffing, Check Raising, Slowplaying sections allows you to further customize your profile by specifying how frequently and in what situations you would like to bluff, check raise and slowplay.

Profile Notes

Use this section to enter comments/notes.