Texas Calculatem™ Tutorial

1. Getting Started
2. How to Use Texas Calculatem™
3. Customizing Your Version of Texas Calculatem™

Getting Started

Downloading and Installing

1. Click the Get Texas Calculatem™ button or download link at this link to start the Texas Calculatem™ poker tool download process.
2. A window will open asking you to run (or open) or save.
3. If you choose run or open, continue to step 6.
4. If you choose save, next choose desktop to download the file to your desktop.
5. Once the file has completed downloading, go to your desktop and double click on the file. You are now ready to continue to the Texas Calculatem™ poker tool installation process.
6. Follow the installation instructions.
7. Once Texas Calculatem™ has finished installing; you can launch Texas Calculatem™ for the first time.

Running Program for the first time

1. In order to use Texas Calculatem™, you will need a license key. If you've already purchased your Texas Calculatem™ license or signed up with one of our casino partners to obtain a free license of Texas Calculatem™, you will have already received your registration key and registration name by email. If you do not have a free Texas Calculatem™ license, please visit our free page.
2. When you run the program for the first time, the pop-up window below will open.

1. Click on "Click here" after "Already have a license Key" at the bottom of the Texas Calculatem™ interface.
2. Copy the registration key and registration name from the email you received from Texas Calculatem™ and paste it into the space provided.

To purchase a license, please follow this link. To obtain a free license, please follow this link. Please note a free license is locked to the poker room you signed up with for the first 1000 real money hands(tournaments excluded). A purchased license is immediately usable in all supported poker rooms.

How to Use Texas Calculatem™

Setting up Texas Calculatem™ to Autoread as you Play

1. Launch Texas Calculatem™ and select the poker room you would like to play at. You must close the poker room, re-launch the calculator and select the poker room through the calculator interface. If you already have the poker room you would like to use Texas Calculatem™ on open, you must close it and launch the poker room through the Texas Calculatem™ interface.
2. If your license is locked you can only play at the poker room you signed up with initially. Once you have played 1000 real money hands there using the calculator ( tournaments excluded) then the software will be unlocked and you can use it in all supported rooms.

1. Be sure that you are at a Texas Holdem poker site supported by Texas Calculatem™. Click here for a list of supported Texas Holdem poker sites. Is your favorite poker site not on our list? Email us at support@calculatem.com. We are continually adding new Texas Holdem poker sites, and are committed to respond to all customer queries.
2. Once you are seated at a poker table, drag the Texas Calculatem™ poker tool attach box over the poker room table and click the attach button. Once you drag the attach box over the poker table you are sitting at, the Attach to Game button will turn red. Click on the "Attach" button.

1. After Texas Calculatem™ attaches to your poker room; it will now start autoreading the Texas Holdem hands dealt at this table.
2. At this point you may choose between Full mode and Mini Mode (if your screen resolution is set to less than 1024x768, mini mode will automatically appear. It is recommended that you use 1024x768 for optimal display. Full mode can be placed to the right or left of the game window, while mini mode can be placed above or below. Be sure that Texas Calculatem™ does not overlap the game window.
3. Texas Calculatem™ will show you the cards dealt, your Texas Holdem hand odds, as well as a betting spectrum that will recommend the preferred betting strategy based on the strength of your hand. In some cases, it may be necessary to move the poker room window and the dashboard window so they are not covering one another. Simply click and drag the windows using your mouse until they are in positioned the way you want them. The screenshots below shows examples of where Texas Calculatem™ can sit next to the Texas Holdem poker room window.

FullMode :

Mini Mode :

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Customizing Your Version of Texas Calculatem™

You're now ready to go out there and play some games with the Texas Calculatem™ advantage. We encourage you to try it out a bit with its default settings to get a feel for it. Once you feel comfortable with the basic setup, you'll be ready to customize your Calculatem. If, however, something doesn't seem to be working correctly, please visit our support page for assistance in getting Calculatem running smoothly.

Switching Texas Calculatem™ to "full mode" and using game options

Each time you attach Texas Calculatem™ to a Texas Holdem poker room, it automatically opens up the dashboard window in a minimized mode (mini-mode) in order to fit better on your computer screen. In order to view a dashboard screen that has more poker odds information, as well as to access the Texas Calculatem™ options menu, you can click on the "full mode" button. In "full mode" you can see more Texas Holdem hand information and access the Texas Calculatem™ options menu. Simply click on the "mini mode" button to return dashboard to its minimized size.

The Full Mode Screen

Full mode shows a larger representation of the poker table, your position, as well as the positions of your opponents that are still in the hand, or folded. On the top right is a "Hand at the River" table. This table tells you what Texas Holdem hands are and are not possible for you and your opponents. For hands that are possible, a % chance of hitting them (by the river) is given. The percentages will be colored red if highly likely. You can use this data to see, at a glance, if there are any straight draws, flush draws, etc, and the likelihood of hitting them.

Attach to Texas Holdem Game

Use the Attach to Game button to detach or reattach to a poker window.

Mini Mode

Use the Mini Mode button to switch the dashboard back to mini mode.

Options

Select this button to change game options. The following game options can be adjusted from this window:

Playing Style (Pre and Post Flop Advice): Texas Calculatem™ will give different advice based on your preferred playing style. Do you want to be an aggressive Texas Holdem player or a cautious player? Are there certain hand rank preferences you have based on your existing experience? To change the advice you receive from Texas Calculatem™ based on your personal playing style, choose this option on the dashboard.

Set your preferences for play before and after the flop using the Tight, Average, and Loose options, with Loose being more aggressive and Tight being more cautious.

You may also force Texas Calculatem™ to never advise you to play Texas Holdem hands in certain positions, unless they are in a certain top percentage. For example, if you never want to call in the small blind unless your hand is in the top 5% of all starting hands, simply check "Also force these minimum starting hands" under the "Playing Style" menu. Next, move the "Small Blind" slider to "95", and the rest of the sliders to zero (disabling them).

Calculation Speed: Depending on your CPU speed, choose the appropriate option. It is recommended that you start at Accurate. If Texas Calculatem™ is too slow in giving advice, try the normal option, and finally the fast option.

Full mode always on top: Select this if you want the full mode screen to always remain on top of other windows.

Mini mode always on top: Select this if you want the mini mode screen to always remain on top of other windows.

Never show deck window: Select this option to hide the deck window. The deck window shows the known cards that have been dealt from the deck, as well as highlighting your outs (cards you need to improve your hand).

Show Cards After Fold: Checking this option will cause Texas Calculatem™ to pretend you are still in the hand after you fold. Your hand will remain shown in the data bar, and advice, odds, etc will all act as if you had not folded.

Four Color Deck: This options shows each suit as a different color, to match the four-color option in most Texas Holdem online poker rooms.

Dealer is Big Blind when heads up: Texas Calculatem™ normally assumes that the player on the button is the small blind, when playing heads-up. A few Texas Holdem poker rooms do not use this rule in certain games, however. If the game you're playing is like this, check this option.

Odds Display: You can choose to have Texas Calculatem™ display your Texas Holdem odds a percentage, ratio, or straight chances.

Now you're ready to start playing Texas Holdem with an edge because you know the odds. Good Luck!

If you have any questions, please make sure to visit our Support page here

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