The Poker Lab Rat

Here’s a quick update from Doug at Full Tilt Poker on the features included in their latest poker software release.

Basically they’ve tweaked a few functions and added some nice-to-haves like auto-rebuy options for ring games, SNG rematch prompts, and a login history.

What’s new in this update?

a) Set your default buy-in: Found under Options->Set Buy-In Preferences. This just auto-fills your preferred number of big blinds (or big bets for limit) in the “Other Amount” field when you buy into a table. You can still manually change that field to another amount, but if you just hit enter after clicking on an open seat, you will have your preferred buy-in.

b) Auto-Rebuy for ring games: Also found under Options->Set Buy-In Preferences. For everyone sick of missing hands when they go broke and don’t reload in time. You can set how many BBs to auto-rebuy for. The 255 max that people were seeing is just the highest number you can set the option to, it doesn’t mean you get to buy in for 255 BBs at a 100 BB max table. You’ll just get bought in for the max.

c) Heads-up SNG rematches: When your heads-up SNG ends you’ll get prompted for a rematch. Grudge matches galore!

d) A player’s country is now displayed when you hover your mouse over their avatar. Your player notes still appear like normal when you mouse over, so don’t worry about that. We aren’t giving players the option to not to display their location. The information is general enough that I don’t see any privacy concerns, and it makes a lot of players feel better when they can see where everyone is from.

e) Login History: Found under Requests->Check my Login History. Lists the last 20 logins to your account, including IP address and country information.

f) We finally fixed the two most annoying hand history bugs of all time! The first hand of a SNG or tournament and the last hand before a table breaks are both completely written out now.

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