Online Hold'em Inspector 3.0 Manual

Contents

• System Requirements
• Installation
• Quick Start
• Poker Site Setup
• Check for Update


• Stats Tab
• Players Tab
  • Poker Tracker 2
  • Poker Tracker 3
• Simulator Tab
  • Come and Go Player
• History Tab
  • History Setup


• Profile Management
  • Auto Switch Profile
  • Auto Change Gear


• Create/Edit Profiles
  • Strat Actions
  • Extended Groups
  • Bet Again
  • Define Pocket Pair
  • Define "3-card straight"
  • Opponent Respect Level
• Preflop Positions


• Show Mucked Hands
  • Mucked Hands Setup


• Should I Action Randomizer
• Traffic Lights
• Deception Icons
• Dealing Random Hands
• Deck Stacking
• Settings
• Action Sounds
• Auto Sit Out


• Tips
• Support

System Requirements

• Windows XP/Vista/7.
• 600 MHz or faster CPU with at least 256 MB of RAM.
• At least 32-bit color quality.
• At least 1024x768 screen resolution.


• If running Vista, run the program as an Administrator:
  • Right-click HoldemInspector3.exe.
  • Select Properties.
  • Click Compatibility tab.
  • Enable "Run this program as an administrator". OK.

Installation

• Run holdemsetup.exe and follow instructions.
• To uninstall, open Add or Remove Program from Control Panel and select Online Hold'em Inspector.

Quick Start

• Logon to your favorite poker site.
  (Party Poker, Empire Poker, Poker Stars, Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker, UltimateBet, Ladbrokes Poker, Crazy Poker, Intertops Poker, Unibet Poker, Poker Time, Hollywood Poker, Coral Poker, Eurobet Poker, Cake Poker, Doyles Room, Sportsbook Poker ).
• Join a Hold'em game.
• Click Start Watching button.


• If two or more tables are open, click Select Table button and select a table.
• The program can only "see" what you can see, so if the game table is behind a window it won't be able to capture cards.

Poker Site Setup

• Party Poker
  
  • Install English version of Party Poker:
    • Go to Party Poker.
    • At the top of the page, select "English".
  • Make sure the game window is default size:
    • Click on "Restore table back to default size" icon located at top-right corner of game window titlebar (2nd one from left).
    • Please note that if it's already default size, the icon is disabled.
  • Make sure to set the theme to "Classic table":
    • Close all game tables.
    • Click Preferences from Party Lobby.
    • Click Themes.
    • Click Switch Table tab.
    • Select "Classic table".
    • Click Save.
  
  
• Poker Stars
  
  • Set the Language option to English:
    • Select "English" from Stars lobby -> Language -> Play in.
  • Make sure to use default theme:
    • Click on bottom-right corner of the dealer tray.
    • Select Themes.
    • Select "PokerStars Default Theme".
    • Click Apply.
    • Select "Apply theme to all the tables". OK. Close.
  • Make sure the game window is default size:
    • Click on bottom-right corner of the dealer tray.
    • Select Reset To Default Size.
  
  
• Full Tilt
  
  • Set the Language option to English:
    • Select "English" from Full Tilt lobby -> Languages menu -> Open Language Options.
  • Make sure to use default table view:
    • Select Table View from Full Tilt lobby -> Options menu.
    • Select Classic view. OK.
  • Make sure the game window is either default or minimum size:
    • Default size
      • Click on Layout button (located at top-right corner of game window).
      • Select "Back to Default Size".
    • Minitable
      • Resize the game table as small as possible.
      • Select "Standard cards at all sizes" from Full Tilt Options -> Layout tab.
    • Note: If you change table size from default to minitable (or vice versa), click Stop Watching and then click Start Watching button again.
  
  
• Absolute Poker
  
  • Make sure to set the table view to Top View:
    • If using Classic View, click on dealer tray to bring up Options dialog.
    • If using Quarter View, click on Options button located at top-center.
    • Click Change Table View button.
    • Click Top View.
    • Click "Apply this view to all tables". OK.
  • Make sure the game window is default size:
    • Click on "D" button located at top-right corner of the game window.
  • Set the Dealer Message to Everything from Options dialog.
  • Save hand history to your computer:
    • Click Hand History (located at bottom-left corner of game window).
    • Click Options (at top-left).
    • Enable "Save My Hands History". OK.
  • Play at least one hand with Mucked Hands window open:
    • Select Mucked Hands Setup from Setup menu.
    • Make sure to set correct path to Absolute Poker. If not, click the Browse button and locate correct path to Absolute mainclient.exe. OK.
    • Select Show Mucked Hands from Setup menu.
    • Play at least one hand on Absolute Poker.
    • You only have to do this one time, unless you remove ohi2.dat.
  • If running Vista, set the Windows Themes to "Windows Classic":
    • Right-click desktop.
    • Select Personalization.
    • Click Theme.
    • Select "Windows Classic". OK.
  
  
• UltimateBet
  
  • Make sure to set the table view to Classic View:
    • Right-click game window.
    • Select Options.
    • Click Change Table View button.
    • Select "Classic View".
    • Click "Apply this view to all tables". OK.
  • Make sure to set the table skin to Default, Classic, Aruba, or Las Vegas:
    • Right-click game window.
    • Select Change Skin.
    • Select Default, Classic, Aruba or Las Vegas.
  • Make sure the game window is default size:
    • Click on "D" button located at top-right corner of the game window.
  • Set the Dealer Message to Everything from Options dialog.
  • Save hand history to your computer:
    • Click History button (located at bottom-right corner of game window).
    • Click Options (at top-left).
    • Enable "Save My Hands History". OK.
  • Play at least one hand with Mucked Hands window open:
    • Select Mucked Hands Setup from Setup menu.
    • Make sure to set correct path to UltimateBet. If not, click the Browse button and locate correct path to UB mainclient.exe. OK.
    • Select Show Mucked Hands from Setup menu.
    • Play at least one hand on UltimateBet.
    • You only have to do this one time, unless you remove ohi2.dat.
  • If running Vista, set the Windows Themes to "Windows Classic":
    • Right-click desktop.
    • Select Personalization.
    • Click Theme.
    • Select "Windows Classic". OK.
  
  
• Microgaming/Prima sites
  
  • Make sure to disable "Four Color Deck":
    • Click Menu located at top-right corner of the game window.
    • Select Options.
    • Disable "Four Color Deck".
  • Make sure to disable "Flashing Cards":
    • Click Menu located at top-right corner of the game window.
    • Select Options.
    • Click Animation Options tab.
    • Disable "Flashing Cards".
  • Make sure the chat option is set to Full Detail (enabled by default).
  • Make sure Sit Out option is visible by clicking the Options tab.
  
  
• Cake Poker, Doyles Room, Sportsbook Poker
  
  • Make sure the game window is default size:
    • Click on Resize Table button (located above the chat box).
    • Select "Default Size".
  • If running Vista, set the Windows Themes to "Windows Classic":
    • Right-click desktop.
    • Select Personalization.
    • Click Theme.
    • Select "Windows Classic". OK.
  
  
• Coral, Eurobet, Hollywood Poker
  
  • Make sure the game window is default size:
    • Resize the game table until it "snaps" into default size.
  
  

Check for Update

• By default, the program checks for a newer version on startup.
• You can enable/disable "Check for Update on Startup" in About dialog.
• To manually check for an update, select "Check for Update" in Setup menu.
• You must be connected to the Internet to check for an update.
• Please make sure to close the program before installing new updates.

Stats Tab

• Your Expected Win Rate, based on number of active players, is shown for all betting rounds.
  The win percentage is obtained by running showdown simulation; it shows how often you will win if all active players go all-in and no more betting takes place.
• Preflop, Flop, Turn
  • Your hand ranking is shown for flop and turn betting rounds.
    The percent of hands that are better than yours is shown under "%" column.
    The current best possible hand is shown.
  • The Hand Ranking is based on possible playable hands. By default, the hand ranking is drawn from all possible hands. You can select which profile's playable hands to use from Setup dialog.
  • There are total 51 odds categories in Online Hold'em Inspector.
    If an odds category is impossible for a given situation it's not shown.
    The obvious (like straight, flush,...) and self-explanatory categories are not listed below.
  • Playable Hands - top pair or better + good draws - threatening boards (2 pairs, trips, 4-card flush, or 4-card straight on board)
  • Top Pair or Better - top pair or better; includes pair, two pairs, or trips on board
  • Good Draws (6+ outs) - flush draw with 2 cards, 1 card nut flush draw, 2nd nut flush draw, straight draws w/ 6 or 8 outs, 2 "safe overcards".
    The "safe overcards" are defined as overcards w/ no pair on board, no 4-card straight, and no 2, 3, or 4 flush cards on board
  • Bust (Ace High) - no pair with an ace on the river; includes pair, two pairs, or trips on board
  • Bust Hand - no pair without an ace on the river; includes pair, two pairs, and trips on board
  • No Pair, No Draw - no pair, no flush draw, no straight draw, no overcard or 1 overcard; includes pair, two pairs, and trips on board
  • Flush (w/ 1 small card) - any 1 card flush with 3rd nut flush or worse
  • Overpair (no pair or trips on board) - the rank of a pocket pair is higher than max board rank
  • Midpair (no pair or trips on board) - the rank of a pocket pair is higher than min board rank but less than max board rank
  • Underpair (no pair or trips on board) - the rank of a pocket pair is less than min board rank
  • Straight Draw 6 Outs (not bottom-end) - open-ended straight draw w/ flush draw; bottom-end straight draw w/ 1 card not counted
  • Straight Draw 3 Outs (not bottom-end) - gut shot straight draw w/ flush draw; bottom-end straight draw w/ 1 card not counted
  • Two Overcards - includes pair on board
  • One Overcard - includes pair on board
• River
  • On the river, your relative hand ranking from 991 possible total hands is shown.
  • The percent of hands that are better than yours is shown.
  • Displays all those hands that are better than yours.
• Simulations
  • There are eight types of heads-up simulations
    Big Pairs -- AA to JJ
    Medium Pairs -- TT to 77
    Small Pairs -- 66 to 22
    AK-AKs -- AK offsuit or AK suited
    Broadways -- any two cards ten or higher, pairs are not included
    Suited Connectors -- T9 suited to 54 suited
    Playable Hands -- all of the above hands plus A9-A2, K9, K8-K2 suited, and 1 gappers from T8 to 53
    Random Hands -- any two cards
  • The simulation results for Win %, Lose %, and Tie % are shown.
  • You can enable/disable the simulation by selecting Simulations On/Off from Setup menu.

Players Tab

• Poker Tracker 2
  • If you have Poker Tracker 2, select Poker Tracker 2 radio button to access its database.
  • If Poker Tracker database doesn't reside on default location, "C:\Program Files\Poker Tracker V2\ptrack.mdb", click the Browse button and locate its database.
  • To improve performance, try creating new PT database before it gets too big (over 200MB). After creating new database, make sure to click Browse button and select the new *.mdb file.
  
  
• Poker Tracker 3
  • If you have Poker Tracker 3, select Poker Tracker 3 radio button to access its database.
  • If you haven't already, make sure to install PostgreSQL ODBC from http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/odbc/versions/msi/
    • Add PostgreSQL to System DSN:
      • Open Data Sources (ODBC) from Control Panel -> Administrative Tools.
        • Please note that if running 64-bit version of Windows, you must open 32-bit version of Administrative Tools from C:\Windows\SysWoW64\odbcad32.exe
      • Click System DSN tab.
      • Click Add button.
      • Select PostgreSQL ANSI and click Finish.
      • In ODBC Driver Setup dialog (see screenshot):
        • Enter "PostgreSQL" as Data Source.
        • Enter "PT3 DB" as Database.
        • Enter "localhost" as Server.
        • Enter "5432" as Port.
        • Enter "postgres" as User Name.
        • Enter "dbpass" as Password.
        • Click Save.
    • If not already, make sure to add "127.0.0.1 localhost" to end of file located at C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts (on most computers, it should be already there).
  • Click Setup button to bring up Poker Tracker 3 Setup dialog:
    • Click Browse button to show available databases and select one from the list.
    • Leave all other settings as is unless you know what you're doing.
  
  
• None
  • If you don't have Poker Tracker, select None radio button and select basic player types from player combo box. (there are five basic player types -- Fish, Maniac, Typical, Rock, and Solid).
  • If basic player type is selected, only the default Flop % and PFR% (preflop raise %) are shown.
  • If no player is selected, the profile assumes the player is a Typical player.
  
  
• To automatically update player stats from Poker Tracker, select one of the time values from Auto Update combo box.
• If you're watching a game and the auto update is on, the program automatically updates player names and stats from Poker Tracker.
• The program auto updates PT player data only when your hand is folded. Otherwise, if you have a huge mdb file, it could take awhile to access player data and the program may not have enough time to recommend what to do when it's your turn to act.
• The table names for your last 20 games are listed in Table List combo box.
• You can manually select table name from the list and click Update Now button to update the stats for that table. However, if you are watching a game, you need to first disable Auto Select Table.
• To enable/disable Auto Select Table, right-click on any part of the grid to bring up popup menu.
• To select how you would like the Table Average to be calculated (Simple or Weighted), right-click on grid and select Table Average Setup.
• The profile uses Flop % and PFR % to determine player types for current hold'em game.

Simulator Tab

• You can use the simulator to perform various hold'em research or to test profiles.
• Click Options button to set various simulation options.
  Random -- deals random hands
  Replay Seed -- if selected, the simulator deals same hands for each seed number (1-9999)
  Real-Time Chart -- select how frequently to update the real-time chart
  No Flop, No Drop -- if selected, there's no rake if everyone folds before the flop (no flop)
  Always Chop blinds -- if everyone folds to the blinds, the small blind and big blind can take their blinds back
  Freeze Dealer Button -- if selected, the dealer button does not move
• Click Stack Captured Cards button to quickly stack the captured cards (at the top).
  The first two cards are always stacked to sim player 1 (top-right player).
• Right-click on sim player to stack the deck.
• Sim Players dialog
• To setup sim players, right-click on sim player and select Sim Players.
  There are five predefined table types -- Loose Table, Typical Table, Tight Table, Showdown, and Random.
• You can set Showdown profile to all sim players to simulate showdown hold'em.
• Click Load Lineup button to load saved lineup.
• Click Save Lineup button to save current lineup.
• Click Fill Down button to fill down Seat 1's profile.
• Click Undo button to undo last fill.
• Click Come and Go Setup button to setup <come and go> players (see below).
• Select Real-Time Chart check box to see the stats (bb/hr) while simulation is running.
• Select how many times to run from # Runs combo box (500 to 10 million).
• Click Run to start the simulation.
• It takes about 90 seconds to run 1 million hands on P4 2.53 GHz.
• The simulation runs on a separate thread, so you can still "watch" the game while it's running.
• You cannot create/edit profiles while simulation is running.
• The simulator generates three types of reports:
  Starting Hands -- shows stats for all 169 starting hands (Green = Pair, Blue = Suited, Red = Offsuit)
  Winning Hands -- shows stats for winning hands (summary and details)
  Players -- shows stats and line chart for sim players
• Click the Copy Stats button to copy all stats to system clipboard. You can then paste it into Excel or any text program in tab-delimited format.

"Come and Go" Player

• Comandgo = "Come and Go".
• You can use comandgo players to simulate a live game where different types of players "come and go" at random times.
• In Sim Players dialog, select <come and go> from Seat combo box.
• To setup comandgo player, click Come and Go Setup button.
• Click Add or Add All button to add comandgo profiles.
• Click Remove or Remove All button to remove comandgo profiles.
• Comandgo profiles are limited to 100 profiles max.
• Comandgo players "come and go" at random times between # hands selected in Plays at least and But no more than combo boxes.
• Comandgo players' profiles are randomly selected from Come and Go Profiles.
• To give more weight to a particular profile, clone that profile and add it to Come and Go Profiles.
• If Unknown checkbox is selected, the comandgo players are unknown to other players until it plays "Min hands required to define a player" (in Profiles->Special page).
• Unknown comandgo players are assumed to be a "Typical" player.
• In Simulation tab, the comandgo players are displayed in yellow; others in white.

History Tab

• The history page automatically keeps track of hands you've played.
• Time -- date and time the hand was saved to history file (history.dat).
• Site
  • PT = Party Poker
  • EP = Empire Poker
  • PS = Poker Stars
  • FT = Full Tilt Poker
  • AP = Absolute Poker
  • UB = UltimateBet
  • LB = Ladbrokes Poker
  • CP = Crazy Poker
  • IT = Intertops Poker
  • UN = Unibet Poker
  • PM = Poker Time
  • CP = Cake Poker
  • DR = Doyles Room
  • SB = Sportsbook Poker
  • HW = Hollywood Poker
  • CO = Coral Poker
  • EB = Eurobet Poker
• BBlind -- big blind amount in fixed limit ring game, PL = Pot Limit, NL = No Limit, Tour = Tournament, Play = Play Money
• Hand -- your first two cards
• Flop -- flop cards
• Turn -- turn card
• River -- river card
• The bold text indicates that you saw the card (you did not fold)
  The plain text indicates that you did not see the card (you folded before the card was dealt).
• "??" indicates that the board card wasn't dealt (everyone folded). It can also mean that the Inspector failed to capture the card.
• To delete history, select an item and press <Backspace> or <Delete> key.
• Double-click on history item to stack the deck (to card boxes at the top).
• Click the Copy Stats button to copy histories to system clipboard.

History Setup

• Use History Setup dialog to auto-prune history file.
• If the history file gets too big (about 5000 hands or so), it will start to slow down the program. To improve program performance, we recommend that you setup the program to only keep last n number of hands. The default is to keep last 500 hands.
• Clear after each session -- all your hand history is removed after each session (when you exit the program).
• Keep last 100 hands -- the program only keeps last 100 hands.
• Keep last 500 hands -- the program only keeps last 500 hands
• Keep last 1000 hands -- the program only keeps last 1000 hands
• Keep last 3000 hands -- the program only keeps last 3000 hands
• Keep all hands -- the program keeps all your hand history. This option is not recommended because it will eventually effect the program performance. If so, you can select any of the options above or click the Clear History Now button.
• Click Clear History Now button to remove all your history hands.
• # of hands shows number history hands you currently have.
• If you'd like to retain all your hand history, you can click the Copy Stats button and the paste your history to Excel or any text programs. You can then click Clear History Now button to clear the history file.
• Alternatively, you can rename "history.dat" to something like "history (8-9-05).dat", and the program will create new empty history.dat file.

Profile Management

• New Profile
• Select New Profile from Setup menu (or right-click on traffic light) to bring up the dialog.
• If None radio button is selected, the new profile starts with 0 starting hand and always folds.
• If Cloned Profile is selected, the new profile starts with exact copy of the selected profile.
• If Hybrid Profile is selected, the new profile starts with strategies copied from multiple profiles.
• Click Fill Down button to quickly fill down hybrid sections.
• Click Undo button to undo last fill down.
• The profile names are limited to 15 chars max.
• The profile name cannot contain any of the following invalid chars:   \ / : * ? " < > | "
• All profile names starting with a single quote are reserved by Poker Inspector, Inc.
• Edit Profile
• To delete a profile, click on Delete button and confirm.
• To rename a profile, click on Rename button.
• You cannot Rename or Delete seven default profiles included in the program (Fish, Maniac, Typical, Rock, Solid, Random, Showdown).
• Load Profile
• Use Load Profile dialog to set current profile.
• The names of all available profiles are listed including their Flop % and PFR %.
• Select the profile you would like to use in a typical full game (9-10 players).
• Auto Switch Profile (to Primary profile) -- see next section below.
• Auto Change Gear (to Secondary profile) -- see next section below.
• Please note the difference between Auto Switch and Auto Change Gear.
  • Auto Switch occurs when there's a change in # of players (hands dealt) or game type (Loose/Passive, Loose/Aggressive, etc).
  • Auto Change Gear occurs after the current profile has played n number of hands or minutes.
• Please regularly backup your profiles.

Auto Switch Profile

• To automatically switch profiles based on current game condition, select Auto Switch Profile check box in Load Profile dialog.
• In Auto Switch Profile Setup dialog, select which profile to switch to based on game type and number of players (hands dealt preflop).
• To quickly fill down/right, click on column/row header. Press <Shift> for button headers.
• Click Undo button to undo your last fill down/right.
• To define game types, click on column button headers -- Loose/Passive, Loose/Aggressive, Tight/Passive, Tight/Aggressive.
• In Define Game Type dialog, enter average Flop% and PFR% to define game types based on number of players.
• Click on Default button to set all primary profiles to a default profile.
• <Default> profile refers to the profile you've selected in Load Profile dialog.
• <Default n> profile refers to the profile you've selected for n-handed Typical game.
• Click Secondary Profiles button to setup profiles for Auto Change Gear.

Auto Change Gear

• To automatically change gear (switch to Secondary profile), select Auto Change Gear check box in Load Profile dialog.
• You can change gear based on number of hands you've played, or by number of minutes you've played.
• You can then select for how many hands, or for how many minutes to change gear.
• Select Change Gear Frequency to set how often to change gear once it's triggered.
• If the change gear has occurred, the changed-gear-icon is shown next to the traffic light.
• To manually switch back to Primary profile, click on change-gear-icon.
• To manually switch back to Secondary profile, click on change-gear-icon area.

Create/Edit Profiles

• Starting Hands
  • Use Starting Hands page to setup up to 169 hand groups.
  • Green = Pair, Blue = Suited, Red = Offsuit
  • To include a hand to a group, click or drag inside the box.
  • Right-click on a hand to see which group it belong to.
  • To move hand groups up or down, press <Ctrl-Up> or <Ctrl-Down>, respectively.
  • To insert/delete groups, right-click on group item.
  • The starting hands column header displays total # of starting hands.
  • The last column shows how often a given hand group will be dealt.
    For each hand in a group, pair = 6/1326 = 0.45%, suited = 4/1326 = 0.30%, offsuit = 12/1326 = 0.90%
  • The header for the last column displays sum of all group percentages.
• Preflop, Flop, Turn, River
  • The individual strategies (or combo boxes) is defined as "strats".
  • There are 29 total # of preflop strats.
  • There are 25 total # of postflop strats (please see below for complete list of Strat Actions).
  • The Fold % column displays (total fold strats + total check-fold strats) / # total strats.
  • The Call % column displays (total call strats + total check-call strats) / # total strats.
  • The BR % column displays (total bet strats + total raise strats + total reraise strats) / # total strats.
  • The percentage actions, such as "Call 50%, Fold 50%", are proportionally added to fold strats and call strats.
  • At this time, there are 161 flop groups, 266 turn groups, and 140 river groups (or 567 total postflop groups).
  • Some postflop groups are extendable and contain 2 or more subgroups (please see Extended Groups below)
  • To open Define Pocket Pair dialog, right-click any part of the grid for menu (please see Define Pocket Pair below).
  • For each group, select a strat action based on your Position and Pot Status.
  • Pot Status is based on how many bets you have to call in order to stay in:
    No Callers -- no callers or blinds only (on preflop).
    No Action -- 0 bet to call (on postflop).
    Called Pot -- 1 bet to call.
    Raised Back -- 1 more bet to call because someone behind you raised after you've already bet/called/raised.
    Raised Pot -- 2 bets to call.
    Reraised Pot -- 3+ bets to call.
    Note: On preflop, if you haven't acted yet in BB and someone raises, it's a Raised Pot (not Raised Back) since you haven't yet bet/called/raised.
  • To quickly copy strat actions from adjacent groups, right-click on group item and select Copy Previous or Copy Next from menu.
  • Use the Quick Fill Buttons to quickly fill predefined strategies.
  • There are nine Quick Fill Buttons -- Fold, Call, Raise, Weak, Okay, Good, Strong, User1, User2.
  • To edit Quick Fill buttons, click on Setup button to bring up Quick Fill Button Setup dialog.
  • To quickly fill down top most strat, click on Pot Status column header.
  • To Undo your last quick fill or copy, right-click any part of the grid and select Undo Last Fill from menu.
  • Select Auto Select Group On/Off from the popup menu to allow program to auto-select current profile group when you're watching the game.
  • Click Copy From button to copy a group strategy from current or another profile.
  • To copy ALL group strategies from existing profile, type "all" into Copy From dialog.
  • The hand examples are shown on Flop, Turn, and River pages.
• Bluffing
  • The Opponent Bluffing Frequency (OBF) is used to determine how often to bluff against different player types.
  • The profile can be setup to apply OBF in various bluffing situations.
  • On flop, bluff bet from blind position w/ rags on the board.
    The rags are defined as rainbow flops with all cards below nine or less.
  • On flop, bluff bet from blind position w/ small pair (nine or less) on the board.
  • On turn, bluff bet from last position if no bet on the flop AND no bet on the turn.
  • On river, bluff bet from any position with missed draw unless holding an Ace.
  • On any betting round, bluff bet from late position if everyone checks.
  • Select maximum # of opponents the profile should try to bluff.
• Check-Raise
  • Use Check-Raise page to setup how often to check-raise with good/strong hands.
  • The profile first checks for slowplay deception; if not slow play, it then checks for check-raise.
  • The profile checks for check-raise only if you're on First or Early position and there's no bet.
  • There are various check-raise situations:
  • On flop, check-raise if no one raised preflop.
  • On flop and turn, check-raise with good draws such as 2-card open-enders or 2-card nut flush draw.
  • If heads-up, check-raise with any two cards.
  • Check-raise when late or last player raised on previous betting round.
  • Select "Don't check-raise Fish or Rock" check box to disallow profile to check-raise fish or rock player types.
  • Select "Never check-raise" check box to never check-raise.
• Slowplay
  • Use Slowplay page to setup how often to slowplay good/strong hands against different player types.
  • There are two groups of player types -- "Fish, Maniac, Typical" and "Rock, Solid".
  • Select "Don't slowplay big pots" check box to disallow profile to slowplay if the pot size is 10 small bets or more on the flop.
  • Select "Never slowplay" check box to never slowplay.
• Special
• Select which starting hand groups should be used to protect or resteal from small blind or big blind.
• Select which starting hand groups should be used to steal blinds from late/button position.
• Bet Again (please see below).
• If "Check pot odds before folding" is selected and the profile decides to "Fold", it will check if the pot odds is favorable to draw to a good/strong hand. If so, it will change the final action to "Call".
• The pot odds are increased by various amounts (0.00 to 2.00) to adjust for implied odds, player types, and betting rounds (flop or turn).
• Define "3-card straight" (please see below).
• Player Types
  • Use Player Types page to define player types for this profile
  • You can define Fish, Maniac, Rock, and Solid player types. If a player does not belong to any of the four types, the player is assumed to be a Typical player.
  • Opponent Respect Level (please see below).
  • Select minimum # of hands required to define a player (the profile checks for this value only if using Poker Tracker).
• About
  • The About page displays various stats for the profile by running quick simulation (5000 hands).
  • The action stats (Fold, Check, Call, Bet/Raise) for all betting rounds are shown.
  • The profile Type is determined by Flop % and Bet/Raise %
  • Please see Preflop Positions for short-handed options.
• A complete well thought out profile can take several hours or more (it's a tedious process and you'll need lots of patience). For this reason, we highly recommend that you backup your profiles regularly.
• You cannot Edit/Save seven default profiles included in the program.

Strat Actions

• Always Actions
  • Fold -- always Folds.
  • Check -- always Checks.
  • Call -- always Calls.
  • Bet -- always Bets.
  • Raise -- always Raises.


• Percentage Actions
  • C25%, F75% -- Calls 25% and Folds 75% of the time.
  • C50%, F50% -- Calls 50% and Folds 50% of the time.
  • C75%, F25% -- Calls 75% and Folds 25% of the time.
  • B25%, C75% -- Bets 25% and Calls 75% of the time.
  • B50%, C50% -- Bets 50% and Calls 50% of the time.
  • B75%, C25% -- Bets 75% and Calls 25% of the time.
  • R25%, F75% -- Raises 25% and Fold 75% of the time.
  • R50%, F50% -- Raises 50% and Fold 50% of the time.
  • R75%, F25% -- Raises 75% and Fold 25% of the time.
  • R25%, C75% -- If Action Pot, Raises 25% and Calls 75% of the time.
    If Big Blind Called Pot, Raises 25% and Checks 75% of the time.
  • R50%, C50% -- If Action Pot, Raises 50% and Calls 50% of the time.
    If Big Blind Called Pot, Raises 50% and Checks 50% of the time.
  • R75%, C25% -- If Action Pot, Raises 75% and Calls 25% of the time.
    If Big Blind Called Pot, Raises 75% and Checks 25% of the time.
  • Random -- If No Action Pot, Checks 50% and Bets 50% of the time.
    If Big Blind Called Pot, Checks 50% and Raises 50% of the time.
    If Action Pot, Fold 33%, Calls 33%, and Raises 34% of the time.


• N Player Actions
  • On preflop, if you haven't acted yet, N = number of callers.
  • On preflop, if there's a raise and action goes past big blind, N = number of active players - yourself.
  • On postflop, N = number of active players - yourself.
  • C1!, Fold -- Calls if and only if N = 1, else Folds.
  • C2-, Fold -- Calls if N <= 2, else Folds.
  • C3-, Fold -- Calls if N <= 3, else Folds.
  • C2+, Fold -- Calls if N >= 2, else Folds.
  • C3+, Fold -- Calls if N >= 3, else Folds.
  • C4+, Fold -- Calls if N >= 4, else Folds.
  • C5+, Fold -- Calls if N >= 5, else Folds.
  • B1!, Check -- Bets if and only if N = 1, else Checks.
  • B2-, Check -- Bets if N <= 2, else Checks.
  • B3-, Check -- Bets if N <= 3, else Checks.
  • B4-, Check -- Bets if N <= 4, else Checks.
  • B5-, Check -- Bets if N <= 5, else Checks.
  • B2+, Check -- Bets if N >= 2, else Checks.
  • B3+, Check -- Bets if N >= 3, else Checks.
  • B4+, Check -- Bets if N >= 4, else Checks.
  • B5+, Check -- Bets if N >= 5, else Checks.
  • R1!, Check -- Raises if and only if N = 1, else Checks.
  • R2-, Check -- Raises if N <= 2, else Checks.
  • R3-, Check -- Raises if N <= 3, else Checks.
  • R2+, Check -- Raises if N >= 2, else Checks.
  • R3+, Check -- Raises if N >= 3, else Checks.
  • R4+, Check -- Raises if N >= 4, else Checks.
  • R5+, Check -- Raises if N >= 5, else Checks.
  • R1!, Call -- Raises if and only if N = 1, else Calls.
  • R2-, Call -- Raises if N <= 2, else Calls.
  • R3-, Call -- Raises if N <= 3, else Calls.
  • R2+, Call -- Raises if N >= 2, else Calls.
  • R3+, Call -- Raises if N >= 3, else Calls.
  • R4+, Call -- Raises if N >= 4, else Calls.
  • R5+, Call -- Raises if N >= 5, else Calls.
  • R1!, Fold -- Raises if and only if N = 1, else Folds.
  • R2-, Fold -- Raises if N <= 2, else Folds.
  • R3-, Fold -- Raises if N <= 3, else Folds.
  • R2+, Fold -- Raises if N >= 2, else Folds.
  • R3+, Fold -- Raises if N >= 3, else Folds.
  • R4+, Fold -- Raises if N >= 4, else Folds.
  • R5+, Fold -- Raises if N >= 5, else Folds.

Extended Groups

• At this time, there are 40 flop groups which are extended to include 212 subgroups.
• At this time, there are 66 turn groups which are extended to include 406 subgroups.
• At this time, there are 38 river groups which are extended to include 250 subgroups.
• Ext column shows which of the groups are extendable and how many extended subgroups it contains. If there's "*" next to the number it means at least one of the subgroup strat action is specialized (not Default).
• To open Extend Group dialog, right-click one of the extendable groups and select Extend This Group from menu. You can also double-click any part of the grid.
• In Extend Group dialog, if the subgroup strat action is Default, its action is inherited from parent group.
• In Extend Group dialog, Ext column shows "Def" if all of the subgroup strat actions are Default. Otherwise a number between 1 to 25 is shown to indicate how many of them are specialized.
• To quickly copy strat actions from adjacent groups, right-click on group item and select Copy Previous or Copy Next from menu.
• To copy Default strat action, right-click on group item and select Copy Default from menu. Or select Copy Default All to copy them to all subgroups. You can also click Quick Fill button, Default..
• To copy parent strat actions, right-click on group item and select Copy Parent from menu. Or select Copy Parent All to copy them to all subgroups.
• To Undo your last copy or quick fill, right-click any part of the grid and select Undo Last Fill from menu.

Bet Again

• BAF = Bet Again Frequency.
• In Profile Special page, you can setup various Bet Again options to allow profile to bet again if you've bet/raised on previous betting round.
• Click on Setup buttons to setup Bet Again options for flop, turn, and river.
• Bet Again Frequencies are based on position and number of opponents (# OPP).
• Use Don't Bet Again If options to prevent profile from betting again in special situations:
• On preflop raised with Group N hands or worse -- flop only.
• [A-2] or higher card on board
• 3-card straight on board
• 3-card flush on board
• 4-card straight on board -- turn and river only.
• 4-card flush on board -- turn and river only.
• Always apply BAF if # OPP is [1-9] or less -- if enabled and triggered, ignores all of the above Don't Bet Again options.
• Always apply BAF if position is [First-Last] or later -- if enabled and triggered, ignores all of the above Don't Bet Again options.
• Bet Again Avg is displayed in Special page for your reference; it doesn't directly effect profile decisions.
• You can choose which of the BAF to include in the average by selecting # OPP and Position.
• To see BAF area included in the average, go across selected position and then go down from selected # OPP.
• Click Copy From button to copy Bet Again option from current or other existing profiles.
• Click on col/row header to quickly fill down/right BAF.
• Click Undo button to undo last fill, including fills by Copy From and Default buttons.
• Please note that on river, the program does not trigger Bet Again if you have a calling hand; it does not bluff bet with a calling hand on the river. It will however apply BAF with missed draws (folding hands).

Define Pocket Pair

• To open Define Pocket Pair dialog, in Profile/Flop, Turn, or River page, right-click any part of the grid to bring up menu.
• There are six Define Pocket Pair dialogs:
• Flop - Define Pocket Pair - No Pair on Board
• Flop - Define Pocket Pair - Pair on Board
• Turn - Define Pocket Pair - No Pair on Board
• Turn - Define Pocket Pair - Pair on Board
• River - Define Pocket Pair - No Pair on Board
• River - Define Pocket Pair - Pair on Board
• Some definitions:
• x -- 3rd min (or max) odd card on board on river; not used in defining pocket pairs.
• y -- 2nd min odd card on board; not used in defining pocket pairs.
• z -- min odd card on board.
• xx -- any pair on board.
• n/a -- not applicable because it's impossible.
• At most three cards on board is used to define a pocket pair:
• Max odd card on board -- always used.
• 2nd max odd card on board -- all, except pair on board on flop.
• Min odd card on board -- all, except pair on board on flop and turn.
• To define pocket pairs, select a Pocket Pair Tool and click-drag inside pocket pair area.
• "low" midpair is automatically defined as "under"pair if the pocket pair rank is lower than min odd card on board.
• Note that when defining pocket pairs, it doesn't matter which pair is on board. To adjust strategies based on which pair is on board, do so from Profile/Flop, Turn, and River pages (ex. Extend Flop-131, 132, 133).

Define "3-card straight"

• In Profile/Special page, click Define "3-card straight" button to select which of the 64 possible 3-card board cards should be matched as "3-card straight".
• There are four types of 3-card board cards:
  • Red -- Possible straight with any two broadways (A-T).
  • Yellow -- Possible straight with no gap connectors.
  • Blue -- Possible straight with one gap connectors.
  • Green -- Possible straight with two gap connectors.
• Click Copy From button to copy "3-card straight" definition from another profile.
• You can enable following two options to match all 64 board cards when no one raised preflop and blinds are active::
  • Match all if no raise preflop and SB is still active
  • Match all if no raise preflop and BB is still active

Opponent Respect Level

• In Profile Players page, select Opponent Respect Level to allow profile to adjust strategies when your opponent (Lead Bettor) shows strength on current or previous betting round.
  None -- ignores lead bettor and plays the hand according to current profile.
  Very Low -- does not bet or raise into lead bettor with trash hands (no pure bluffing, semi-bluffing allowed).
  Low -- does not bet or raise into lead bettor unless you have a Weak hand or better.
  Medium -- does not bet or raise into lead bettor unless you have an Okay hand or better.
  High -- does not bet or raise into lead bettor unless you have a Good hand or better.
  Very High -- does not bet or raise into lead bettor unless you have a Strong hand or better.
  Full -- does not bet or raise into lead bettor unless you have the Nuts.
• The program determines your hand strength based on your position, matched group, and strat actions.
• Note: If a lead bettor Check to you, you no longer have a respect for that player and the hand is played according to current profile.

Preflop Positions

• The preflop positions are based on # of seats off dealer button.
• Late = 1 to 2 seats off dealer button.
• Middle = 3 to 4 seats off dealer button.
• Early = 5 to 7 seats off dealer button.

• *For profiles designed specifically for short-handed games, you can select following options from Profile/About page:
  • Include preflop Middle position in 5 handed games -- (SB, BB, Middle, Late, Button)
  • Include preflop Early position in 6 handed games -- (SB, BB, Early, Middle, Late, Button)
  • Include preflop Early position in 7 handed games -- (SB, BB, Early, Middle, Middle, Late, Button)
  • Note: These options are not recommended for full game profiles. It's mainly because if a full game becomes short-handed, those profiles would play too tight and too passive from Early and Middle positions.
• For Postflop Positions, please see Bet Again Setup dialog in Profile/Special page.

Show Mucked Hands

• Select Show Mucked Hand from Setup menu to bring up Mucked Hands window.
• Mucked Hands window displays showdown hands that were shown, as well as hands that were not shown.
• The mucked hands that were not shown are enclosed by parenthesis.
• The winning hands are selected and hilighted.
• The total number of players at showdown is shown on Seat column header.
• The Game# and board cards are displayed on the titlebar.
• At this time, Show Mucked Hands feature is only available for Party Poker, Empire Poker, Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker, UltimateBet.

Mucked Hands Setup

• Use Mucked Hands Setup dialog to setup various options for Mucked Hands window.
  • Show my hand -- select to see your hand at showdown.
  • Show winning hand -- select to show winning hand at showdown.
  • Show hands that were shown -- select to show mucked hands at showdown that were shown.
  • Show hands that were not shown -- select to show mucked hands at showdown that were not shown.
  • Open at startup -- select to automatically open Mucked Hands window when you start the program.
• Click Browse button to locate HandHistory folder for each poker site.

Should I Action Randomizer

• If you play same way all the time, you'll become too predictable and your profit will suffer. You can use Should I Action Randomizer to vary your play.
• If you're in a tough situation and not sure what to do, you might want to use Should I Action Randomizer to randomize your actions.
• Select the appropriate action pairs from "Should I" combo box.
• There are four types of action pairs -- Call or Fold, Check or Bet, Call or Raise, and Raise or Fold.
• Each of those paired actions have three types of paired percentages -- 25% or 75%, 50% or 50%, and 75% or 25%.
• For example, if you select "Call (25%) or Fold(75%)?", the program displays "Call" 25% of the time and "Fold" 75% of the time.
• Selecting "Random (no action/action)" item generates evenly distributed actions for both no action and action pot.
  The first action is for no action pot and the second action is for the action pot.
• The Random Action text box displays a number and the random action.
  The number represents the random number generated by the program from 1 to 100.
• You can click on the Random Action text box for next random action.

Traffic Lights

• The traffic light is used to indicate profile's final decision (fold, check, call, bet, raise).
• The Red light means you have a weak hand and you should Fold in most situations.
• The Yellow light means you have an okay hand and you should Check and Call in most situations.
• The Blue light means you have a good hand and you should Bet or Raise in most situations.
• The Green light means you have a strong hand and you should Bet or Reraise in most situations.
• The name of the current profile is shown below the traffic light.
• The default profile name has white text color, and auto-switched profile name has yellow text color.

Deception Icons

• The deception icons (poker faces) are displayed above the traffic light.
• The deception icons are activated when current profile decides to bluff, check-raise, slowplay, protect small/big blind, steal raise, resteal, and follow-through.
• The Yellow deception icon indicates that you have a good/strong hand but should play it weak.
  If the traffic light is Blue, the profile is suggesting that you should check-raise.
  If the traffic light is Green, the profile is suggesting that you should slowplay.
• The Blue deception icon indicates that the profile suspects a steal raise from late/button player and you should protect your blind by calling.
• The Green deception icon indicates that you have a weak hand but should play it strong. These types of deception plays include pure bluff, steal raise, resteal, and follow-through bets
• To simplify, if you see a deception icon the profile is suggesting that you should play your weak hands strong, and your strong hands weak.

Dealing Random Hands

• In offline mode (click Stop Watching, if not already), click Deal Random button to deal random hands.
• Click the Deal Random button again to cycle thru each betting round.
• You can also press the <Spacebar> to deal next card (if the button has the focus).
• To deal random cards continuously, enable Auto Random Deal option from Settings dialog. To stop dealing, click the Stop Dealing button.
• When dealing random hands, the program uses random # of players, position, and pot odds.

Deck Stacking

• In offline mode (click Stop Watching, if not already), right-click on card boxes at the top to stack the deck.
• Select a rank and a suit from popup menu.
• The stacked cards have yellow background.
• To cycle thru each betting round, click Deal Random button.
• To unstack a stacked card, right-click the card and select Clear.
• To unstack all stacked card, right-click any card and select Clear All.
• All stacked cards are cleared when you Start Watching a game table.

Settings

• Use Settings dialog to customize various options for the program.
• 4-Color Deck -- Uncheck for normal deck, and check for 4-color deck.
• Manual Capture Mode -- This option makes it easier to play on unsupported sites. On this mode, the stats are automatically calculated as you enter (or stack) the cards on each betting round. After the hand, select Clear All to unstack all cards (or press <Ctrl-Shift-A>).
• Auto Random Deal -- Uncheck to deal random cards one at a time; otherwise, the program will continue to deal the cards until Stop Deal button is pressed.
• Show Stats After Folding
• Bluffing Frequency -- Used by Should I Action Randomizer. You would normally set this high for tight games (players) and low for loose games (players).
• # Hands per Simulation -- How many hands to simulate for each of eight heads-up simulations and for expected win rate.
• Time Delay Between Deals -- How many seconds to pause before dealing next random card (in offline mode).
• Time Delay Between Captures -- How many seconds to pause before "watching" for the next new card.
• Hand Ranking Profile -- Select which profile's playable hands should be used in determining hand ranking.

Action Sounds

• The program plays an action sound when it's your turn to act.
• To enable/disable the sound, select Sound On/Off from Setup menu. It's enabled by default.
• Use Sound Setup dialog to customize action sounds.
• There are six action sounds:
• Fold
• Check
• Call
• Bet
• Raise
• Nut Hand
• Select the check box next to the action name to enable/disable that sound.
• Select your preferred sound from combo boxes.
• Click the Play button next to the combo box to sample the sound.
• You can add your own sounds by adding .wav files into "snd" folder inside HoldemInspector2 folder.
• The action sounds are based on current profile's final action.
• You can minimize the Inspector window and still hear the sounds.
• The recommended final action is also displayed on Should I text box.
• Note: Since you have much more information available than Inspector, such as betting history, who's on tilt, etc., you should use the recommended action only as a general guideline. You make the final decision.

Auto Sit Out

• To enable/disable Auto Sit Out option, right-click action box (next to About button) and select Auto Sit Out On/Off.
• Select Auto Sit Out Setup to setup sit out options:
  • Players
    • Sit out if # of players is n or less
      • If enabled, sit out is triggered when # of players (hands dealt) is n or less.
    • Sit back in if # of players is n or more
      • If enabled, sit in is triggered when # of players (hands dealt) is n or more.
      • Please note that Sit In is not triggered if you sit out by Time Limit, Loss Limit, or Win Limit; it's only active if you sit out by # players.
    • Sit out # must be less than sit in #.
  • Time Limit
    • Sit out at
      • If enabled, sit out is triggered at the time you specify.
    • Default time limit
      • When you click Start Watching button, default time limit is used to initialize the sit out time.
  • Loss Limit
    • Sit out if I lose n bb or more
      • If enabled, sit out is triggered if you lose n big blinds or more.
        • For example, you buy-in $100 to a NL $1/$2 game and your loss limit is set at 30 bb. The sit out is triggered when your chip <= $40 ($100 - $2*30).
      • Auto adjust when winning by n bb
        • If enabled and your chip > buy-in, the loss limit is adjusted up by n big blinds.
          • For example, let's say you're winning $20 and have $120 in the example above. If your auto adjust is set at 30 bb, the sit out is triggered when your chip <= $60 ($120 - $2*30).
      • Once the loss limit is set, it never goes down until you:
        • Click Stop/Start Watching button.
        • Or change any of the settings from Auto Sit Out Setup dialog.
  • Win Limit
    • Sit out if I win n bb or more
      • If enabled, sit out is triggered if you win n big blinds or more.
        • For example, you buy-in $100 to a NL $1/$2 game and your win limit is set at 30 bb. The sit out is triggered when your chip >= $160 ($100 + $2*30).
      • Auto adjust when winning by n bb
        • If enabled and your chip > buy-in, the win limit is adjusted up by n big blinds.
          • For example, let's say you're winning $20 and have $120 in the example above. If your auto adjust is set at 30 bb, the sit out is triggered when your chip >= $180 ($120 + $2*30).
      • Don't adjust if winning more than n bb
        • If enabled, the win limit is not adjusted when your chip reaches n big blinds or more.
          • For example, let's say you're winning $220 and have $320 in the example above. If your "don't adjust" is set at 100 bb, the win limit remains at $360 ($100 + $2*100 + $2*30) as long as you are winning $200 (100 bb) or more.
      • Once the win limit is set, it never goes down until you:
        • Click Stop/Start Watching button.
        • Or change any of the settings from Auto Sit Out Setup dialog.
  • Sound
    • If sitting out play
      • Select the sound to play when auto sit out is triggered.
    • If sitting in play
      • Select the sound to play when auto sit in is triggered.
• Please note that the program checks whether or not to sit out after it advices you to Fold.
  • So it's possible that, even if a sit out condition is met, if you're keep getting good hands and keep winning, auto sit out may not occur for several hands or more.
• If Auto Sit Out is enabled, the bottom background color is dark gray.
• To see current sit out options, hover the mouse over the action box to bring up tooltip.
• Auto sit out options are disabled in tournament games.

Tips

• To Copy current stats in tab-delimited format to system clipboard select Copy Stats from Setup menu. You can then Paste it into Excel or any text programs.
• You can use the number displayed on the Random Action text box to randomize your actions. For example, if you want to bluff 10% of the time you would bluff when the number is 10 or less.
• If you click the Start Button, it will automatically "watch" the first Hold'em table found on your desktop.
• To watch two or more tables at the same time, open another instance of Hold'em Inspector.
  • You can then click the Select Table button and choose which game to watch.
  • You might also want to change the sound for each instance so you don't get confused. You can do that via Setup menu -> Sound Setup.
  • We recommend that you install the 2nd copy of the program to another folder so you can keep the hand history and other settings separate (ex. action sounds, window position, etc.)
• To change height of the window, drag top/bottom edge of the window. The width of the window is preset and cannot be changed.
• To see the matched group for your current hand, double-click the traffic light.
• To allow program to automatically select matched groups while you're playing, press <Shift> and double-click the traffic light. You can also right-click any part of the grid and select Auto Select Group (in Profile/Preflop, Flop, Turn, or River page).
• Although we recommend at least 1024x768 screen resolution, the bigger the better; ideally you want to see both the game window and Inspector window.
  • Here are some tips for small screens:
    • If your computer allows, increase the screen resolution via Control Panel->Display->Settings.
    • Re-arrange the windows so at least your seat area and board cards are fully visible. (you can drag the top/bottom edge of Inspector window to make it smaller)
    • You can Minimize Inspector window and you'll be able to hear the recommended action...but obviously you won't be able to see stats, etc.
    • You can just get a bigger monitor, or have a dual monitor setup by attaching second monitor to your computer.
• Please regularly backup your profiles. There's nothing we can do once you lose those files.

Support

• Please email your questions or comments to support@pokerinspector.com.
• You may also visit our forum and post your questions there.
• If you think you've found a bug in our program:
• Please send a screenshot of the problem along w/ brief description to support@pokerinspector.com.
  Here's how to get a screenshot:
1. Press <Print Screen>
   (located at top-right corner of keyboard, on some computers it's labeled as "PrtSc", "PrtScr", or similar).
2. Open any paint program.
   (one included with Windows is at Start->All Programs->Accessories->Paint)
3. Press <Ctrl-V> to paste the screenshot.
4. Save the document as jpg or gif.
   (if sending bmp file, please zip the file first since bmp files are quite large)
5. Attach it to email and send.
• Otherwise, please provide detailed description of the problem so we can reproduce it on our computer.
• If you don't get a reply within 12 hours, please check your Spam/Junk/Bulk folder.