Hand Configurations

No Limit Fold'em can be setup to alert or muck any possible hand using a hand configuration file. Each file can contain any number of unique settings based on the type of table you want to use if for. Hand configurations are separated into three categories.
  • Cash Game
  • Single Table Tourney
  • Multi-Table Tourney

When No Limit Fold'em is first installed, a default hand configuration file is created for each of the three categories listed above. The hands selected as playable are intentionally set very loose so you will be alerted very often that a hand is playable. You will want to adjust these settings to your style of play. There are some very minor differences in the default configurations for each category:

Cash Game
If you are found sitting out, you won't be put back in, just alerted you are sitting out
If your table closes, No Limit Fold'em won't attempt to find you at a different table
Will not muck a hand if in Check Down Mode

Single Table Tourney
If you are found sitting out, you will be put back in
If your table closes, No Limit Fold'em won't attempt to find you at a different table
Will muck your hand if in Check Down Mode and the option to check is no longer available

Multi-Table Tourney
If you are found sitting out, you will be put back in
If you switch tables, No Limit Fold'em will search for you at your new table
Will muck your hand if in Check Down Mode and the option to check is no longer available

The categories are provided as a convenient way to quickly load settings based on the type of game you are playing. When adding a table, you'll selected the game type of that table.

Hand Configuration Window

Check Down Mode

During the course of playing, there will be times when No Limit Fold'em will find you with a hand that would normally be mucked but you have the option to check. To compensate for this, there are special settings in each hand configuration file to handle a Check Down situation.

  • Alert Me** : No Limit Fold'em will sound the alert but take no action
  • Alert me, Check Down if possible when the check delay timer expires** : No Limit Fold'em will sound the alert and "check" for you when the Check Delay timer expires
  • Alert me,Check Down if possible, muck when the option to check is no longer available using the Check Delay Timer to delay action : No Alert. Check Down the hand if possible, muck it when the option to Check is no longer available using the Muck Delay timer to delay action

**If you select either of these first two options for a playable hand or a hand that No Limit Fold'em would muck, you are alerted until you get back to decide on what to do or the poker site times you out and either checks or mucks for you. In most situations when that happens, the poker site will sit you out of the game. Be sure to either turn on the "Alert me of sitting out" or "Put me back in if I am found sitting out".

Other Settings

Muck Delay Timer
Set this to the amount of time you want No Limit Fold'em to delay action when mucking a hand. The default setting is 3 seconds. You may want increase this timer for use as a "stall" technique if you are trying to limp your way into the money when you're short stacked in a multi-table tourney.

Check Delay Timer
Set this to the amout of time you want No Limit Fold'em to delay action when in Check Down mode. Be certain to set this timer large enough that you can get back in time, but not to large that the poker site times you out and acts for you

Always alert me if I am in the blinds
Check this option if you want No Limit Fold'em to sound the alert when you are in the blinds regardless of the cards you are dealt.

Alert me if I am sitting out Check this option to alert you if you are found to be sitting out of the game. Although No Limit Fold'em is extremely reliable, there are times when your hand fails to fold, or you have the Check Down mode option set to only alert or alert and check down. In this situation, the poker site will time you out and possibly sit you out of the game. This setting is there to make sure you know you aren't being dealt in. We recommend this option to be set for both cash games and tournaments.

Put me back in if I am found sitting out Check this option to have No Limit Fold'em click you back in if you are found sitting out. This option is recommended for Single & Multi-Table tournaments but not for cash games.