FTS Fixed Bets tab:
Note: When using on screen displays (Display tab), be sure that your mouse is not over one of these displays when making a Fixed Bet, Street Bet, or Inc/Dec bet. Your mouse should be positioned over the the table when using any action key.
There are five fixed bet keys that can be assigned to bet/raise. If you enter F1 in the top box and put in 50 for the Bet Amount and set the units to %Pot, then when you press F1 the betting box will be changed to a 50% of the the Pot Size Bet. If you are raising, then it will be a 50% of the pot size raise.
The 1 Click column are for bet amounts if you press the key or mouse button once. The 2 Click and 3 Click columns are the bet amounts if you press the key twice or three times quickly. You can disable the 2 Click and 3 Click feature with a checkbox described below (which allows the 1 Click feature to operate more quickly). In order for the 2 Click and 3 Click to work properly, you must specify a key that does NOT have any modifiers (like Shift, Control, or Alt).
Units: You can specify your bet to be in terms of % of Pot, # or BB (big blinds), # or SB (small blinds),
Note: If the pot has been raised before you, then the amount shown will be approximate for % of Pot units.
Betting Pot (or 1/2 Pot in PL games)
For a fast way to bet the pot, assign a key or mouse button to the Pot Bet function. This operates very fast as it does not have to do any calculation. This function will bet Pot in NL games, 1/2 Pot in PL games, and Pot in Capped games.
Betting All In, Pot or Cap
You can assign a key to go ALL IN (in NL games), Pot (in PL games), or Cap (in Capped games). Use with care!
Auto Click Bet/Raise Button after Fixed Bet :
If you check this option, then the Full Tilt Bet or Raise button will also be clicked when you make any Fixed Bets defined on this tab. This saves you the extra step of having to manually click the Bet or Raise Button (or pressing the Bet or Raise key assigned in the Action Keys (discussed below). I recommend NOT using this feature until you are very comfortable with this software.
Note: If this option is checked and you press the key that you have defined for "All In" (as defined above), then the software will click the Bet/Raise or Call buttons as needed to get you All In.
Disable 2 Click and 3 Click above:
Checking this checkbox will disable the 2 Click and 3 Click feature. This allows the 1 Click keys to operate more quickly.
Round all bet sizes to be a multiple of XXX times the Small Blind:
This value will round your bets to be some multiple of the Small Blind (set to 0 to disable). This is useful if you want your bets to be rounded to whole values. Many users like a value of 1, so that every bet will be evenly divisible by the small blind amount and you will get "normal" looking bet amounts.
If you would like larger rounding increments, then try 2, which will round your bets to be an even multiple of the big blind amount.
Some users like to confuse their opponents with very unusual bet sizes. By setting this value to 0, the software will not round your bet size.
If the Bet/Raise values are not what you expect:
When you are in the Small Blind: The software is not able to detect when you are in the small blind. Consequently, on the preflop street, your bet size is off by one small blind amount. If you are set to put in a 4xBB bet, the software will put in a 3.5xBB bet instead. I recommend using you mouse wheel in increment your bet size (set up on the Inc/Dec Bet tab) and increase your bet size for this one condition.
When rake has been taken out of the pot: Full Tilt takes money out of the pot for their rake. This amount is still considered to be in the pot for all pot calculations (and all bet/raise amounts), but the amount of the rake doesn't show up on your screen when you look at the amount in the pot. So a 100% pot will be slightly higher than what appears to be in the pot, because this bet also includes the amount of the rake.
There are some rare cases where the value of the pot can not be determined accurately. This can happen when there is a bet and a raise (or re-raise) in front of your action. Shortcuts reads the value of the pot by clicking on the Pot button and calculating the value of the pot from that information. In these rare cases the actual value of the pot can not be determined from this information. Consequently, you should always evaluate the size of the bet you are making to see if it is what you desire.