FTS Street Bet - Ring 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.
This tab defines the betting amounts for each street (pre-flop, flop, turn, and river) when you are sitting at a Ring game table. Press the key or mouse button (set in the top box on this tab) and a predefined bet amount will be placed in the betting window. Checking the "Preset" checkbox below will automatically place in this bet in betting window (whenever you activate a table), and then all you have to do is click Bet or Raise (of course you can also click Fold or Call if you decide not to bet or raise).
In the box next to "Enter Keyboard or Mouse Code", enter the key or mouse code you want to use to activate this feature, as described in the User Interface section above.
In the other boxes, you can place the amount that you want to bet or raise on each street. Then when you press the key/mouse button that you chose, that amount will be placed in the betting window.
There are 2 sets of bet definitions, depending on how many players are at your table. If there are more than 2 players sitting at your table (even if they are sitting out), the top set of bet definitions will be used. If there are only two players at your table, then the lower set of definitions will be used.
Pre-Flop (if you are 1st to Raise the blind bet) - see the PreFlop* column (top row)
The number you enter here is the desired amount to raise to, in terms of the number of big blinds. If you put 4 in this box, then you will raise to 4 times the big blind. If there are limpers in front of you, then one big blind will be added for each limper. If you put 4 in this box, and you are on the button with 2 limpers before you, then a total of 6 big blinds will be entered into the betting box for you.
Note: When you are in the small blind or big blind this amount will be slightly different.
Other streets (if you are 1st to Bet) - see the Flop**, Turn** and River** columns (top row)
On the other streets, you can enter the % of the pot that you want to bet. If you put 50 in one of these boxes, then your bet on that street will be 50 % of the pots value. If there is $5 in the pot, then you will bet 2.50 on the river, then put 50 in the River** column. (The amount of the rake is considered to be in the pot).
Pre-Flop (NOT 1st to Raise the blind bet) - see the PreFlop** column (2nd row)
In this case, someone has raised before you, and in this box you can specify the amount of the pot to raise.
Let's say you place 100 in this box (meaning that you want to make a 100% pot size raise). In a 200NL game, say there are 2 limpers and then someone raises to $6. The pot now contains 2+2+6+1+2=13. It costs you $6 to call, which would make the pot total $19 if you called. Now to raise 100% of the pot, you need to raise to $19 plus the $6 to call amount, or $25. This is the amount that will be placed in the betting window for you.
Note: If pot has been re-raised, the values that the program calculates for you are approximate.
Other streets (NOT 1st to Raise/Bet) - see the Flop**, Turn** and River** columns (2nd row)
In this case, someone has bet or raised before you, and you can specify an amount of the pot to raise. Let's assume that you put 50 (%) into the box for the river amount. Say there is $50 in the pot, and someone bets $25 into you. So there is $75 in the pot + $25 to call = $100 in the pot. To make a 50% of the pot raise, you will need to raise to 50% of $100 + your $25 to call amount = $75. If you raise to $75, that would be a 50% of a pot size raise.
Note: If pot has been raised before you, the values that the program calculates are approximate.
Preset Bet Window to 1 Click Amount Above - checkbox
This a very useful feature! If you check this check box, the program will automatically place the bet amount directly in the betting window, as soon as the betting window becomes visible. This means that you can see what your predefined betting/raising amount is, and you can just click on the BET or RAISE button on the table to make this bet. Or you can adjust the amount using the Incremental betting feature (described below).
Auto Click Bet/Raise Button after Street Bet - checkbox
If this option is checked, then when you press the Street Bet key/mouse button, the Bet or Raise button on the Full Tilt Table will also be clicked for you.
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.
Your Bet/Raise amount may seem unusual:
When you are in the Small Blind or the Small Blind is missing: The software is not able to detect when you are in the small blind or if that player is missing. 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.
If you need to calibrate to the table felt colors : If the software is not calibrated to the table's felt colors, it will not be able to tell what street you are on. If you enable the Debug Tooltip (on the Misc tab) you can see if the software is detecting the street correctly. If not, calibrate the software to the felt colors on the Calib tab.
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.