Poker night is Thursday

The very first Hookers & Booze Poker Night is this Thursday. I figure we’ll set the start time around 7pm Texas Time (that’d be US Central). If you want to play, but need a different time, leave a comment. If enough people want a different start time, then I’ll update.

Directions:
First you need to download and install the game client.

• Windows: PokerTH-0.8.3-windows-installer.exe
• Linux: PokerTH-0.8.3-linux-installer.bin
• OSX: PokerTH-0.8.3.dmg

Once you get your client downloaded and installed, start the program up. You should see something very similar to this:

You need to click “Settings” on the menu, then “Configure PokerTH …” which will show you the Settings panel. There’s only two ‘pages’ here you need to worry about. First is the Internet Game Settings page. To show it, click on Internet Game on the left side of the Settings panel. You should see this:

You’ll need to ‘x’ the box next to Manual Server Configuration and change Server Address to armedgeek.net. Server Port should already be 7234, if it isn’t then change it.

Next, you’ll need to set your name and avatar. To do that, click on Nicks/Avatars on the left of the Settings panel. You should see this:

At the top, you’ll need to change Human Player to your name. Please use the same name as you use here so we’ll all recognize you. Next, you can click on the box/square above where you entered your name to select your avatar. You should see this:

You can either pick on of the provided avatars or ‘x’ the box next to Load avatar from external file and upload your own avatar. Unfortunately the size requirements for a custom avatar is pretty small, only 30kb. A small version of your Gravatar should be fine.

That’s it! Click Ok to return to the start screen and click 2 Internet Game to start.

Important Note: If you create a game, do NOT check Fill up with computer opponents. It is just too much load for the server.