• Login ID (private to you alone)
• Password
• Nickname (for others to know you by)
• City (as part of your identity)
• E-mail address (for administrative game information only)

You have 5 options:

1. deposit via FirePay
2. deposit via Neteller
3. deposit via PrePaidATM
4. deposit with a credit card
5. deposit by bank draft or check

All credit card and account information is transmitted via secure connections.

As an extra security precaution we do not store credit card or account numbers on our server, but simply pass information along to the credit card processors.




When your transaction is complete, you are notified of the result.
For more information on fees, see Deposit Real Money in About Money.

Cash-out lets you remove some or all of your money or winnings from True Poker.

As a security precaution, True Poker only allows cash-outs to the same card or account number as was used for the deposit.

Cash-outs are either credited back to your PayPal™ account, credit card, or mailed as a draft. See Cashing out for more information.

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Go to a Room



Clicking the Rooms button in the upper left of the main display will show or hide the Poker Rooms window, used any time to see or go to other rooms.

The Poker Rooms window lists all available rooms and games, and lets you navigate between them. Notice the 'Players' tab (far left) which lists all online users.

Double-click on a listed room to sit down, or single-click to see the pop-up menu of other available options for the selected room.

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Playing Poker

Preferences:
The Preferences window allows you to customize how True Poker looks, feels and sounds on your computer.


Preference Descriptions:

• Show bubble hints: displays text hints that help explain and illuminate each area of the game, including descriptions of game play as you watch or play.
• Show floating chat text: chat text appears next to each player, letting you chat with everyone at the table, just like in a real poker game. Chat also appears in the Log window (i.e. the window that displays game play). Click the Chat tab to see chat logs in each room.
• Player name and chip values always visible: shows each player's name and chip value. Passing your mouse over a player displays the same information. Note that players' chips are always in view and accurately represented, just as in a real poker game. (We told you it was true-to-life.)
• Ping time always visible: displays your ping time in the lower right corner of your screen. Ping time is the time, in 1/1000ths of a second, that it takes a True Poker message to travel from your machine to the server and back. In other words, a ping of 500 means it takes about 1/2 second for your Bet instruction to reach the server and come back to you. Note: when this feature is turned on, pass your mouse over other players to see their ping time. Knowing a player's ping time can tell you if a particular player has a slow connection, or is just slow to act.
• Animate view cards action: when you click on your cards, you can either see them instantly, or through a 0.3 second animation by toggling this option on. Just remember: every time you look at your cards, other players see your avatar looking at its cards. In other words, turning off the setting does not turn it off in other players' view.
• Always use green felt tables: displays the same green felt table in every poker room. There are 4 different room schemes-chosen at random-each with its own table design. Some players prefer to always see the same table center.
• Audio: controls the sounds you hear while playing. There are currently two collections of audio, voice and sound effects; e.g. the word 'Bet,' and the sound of chips dropping, respectively. You can turn each on or off independently. As an added feature of the true-to-life experience, sounds on the right or left sides of the table will favor your right or left speaker respectively. Also, sounds from the far end of the table will play at lower volumes.
• Force show processor compensation: reduces the level of animation and effects to compensate for older processors. True Poker should run fine on a Pentium II or better, but if you run several other applications at the same time, the software may struggle. Selecting this preference will help, while causing animations to play less smoothly. Note: this setting is automatically chosen (grayed out) if your machine has a CPU of 200 mhz or less.

Bubble Hints explain key functions while you stroll through True Poker the first few times. Turn them off when you're familiar with what's what.

Note: if you leave Bubble Hints turned on while watching or playing a game, you'll get a play-by-play tutorial. To turn off Bubble Hints, click on the blue question mark in the main window. 

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Notes

You now have the ability to take Notes on your opponents while playing at True Poker. We have made it very easy to track players tendencies which can give you the upper hand in making decisive decisions. Player Notes are a great feature to help you become a better poker player. 

It is very simple to take, save and review your notes!

While seated or standing in a room, click with your mouse on a player and the Notes Window will appear. You can select general terms provided (left box) or add your own term(s) by selecting  "Add New". You can delete a term by selecting and hit "Delete" key. In addition, you can enter specific details on a player in the right box (use "Enter" key to advance to next line)

Click "Menu" then select "Notes" to review, modify, delete or print your Notes. Your notes will then display every time you hover over the player!

A new added feature shows you seated player information. Click on a table from the board, then choose  "Info" tab in the Logs Window. All of the players in the room will be displayed along with chip amounts and descriptions from Notes.

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Statistics

A great way to improve your poker game is the ability to analyze your own play. Now real money players can review both long term and short term live playing statistics. 

Just click on "Menu" then choose "Statistics" and verify how often you check, check-raise, call, bet, raise, re-raise and/or fold, or what percentage of the time you see the flop and how often do you win hands after seeing the flop. 

The answers to all these question and more are now available to you at True Poker. And of course your personal statistics are confidential -- only you can view them. This is a fantastic feature to better understand your own tendencies and improve your poker skills. 

You can view either long or short term stats.  Stats can be reset at any time. You can print your stats record directly from True Poker.

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New Rooms

You can create a new room by clicking once on any room listed in the Poker Rooms window, and then choosing Create New Room from the pop-up.

Options for your own room:

• Name
• Choice of 4 games
• 4 Stakes
• Real or Play money