The Description of a hall «Preference»

Clicking a tab of a hall «Preference» in the game client you see a window of the Chat and the List of players to the right and a window of a hall with game tables to the left.

ОThe hall window is displayed in the form of a table (by default) where one line corresponds to one game table.

Empty lines are free unoccupied tables. Tables where the game is running on cash are marked bold.

The following information about the game is presented in the table:

• Table number;
• The name of the game, the size of a pool and the quantity of participants;
• The stake of the running or offered game;
• The players sitting at the table.

There is a possibility of sorting on each column both ascending and descending.

If the supposed quantity of participants in the «game» is 3 (or 4) and only one – two players are sitting at the table (three for the game with four participants) then the table is considered to be no completed – players expect contenders.

If you want to observe how others play you can come up to the table. For this purpose choose a table where the game is running, double clicking a table with a mouse and choose «To observe the game» in the emerging menu.

Filters

Pay attention to the «filters» bar over game tables.

To open the filters bar it is necessary to click on a dark green strip under the tabs with names of halls. After making settings of filters it is necessary to click on this strip once again to hide the filters bar. The chosen filters are shown over the hall.

It is possible to do settings of the hall display using filters i.e. to choose:

• Currency – to show tables where the game is only on Euro, only on play money or both.
• Games – to show or hide tables with games «Sochi», «Rostov», «Razboinik», «Piterskie skachki».
• Tables – to show or hide tables where the game is for 2 players, 3 players, 4 players, occupied or expecting players.

After doing settings of all necessary filters it is possible to start to play.

To start to play it is possible to open a new table or to join the players expecting the opponents.

To open a new table

It is possible to open a table using one of the following ways:

• Pressing the button «to open a table» below or above of the hall window.
• Double clicking on the empty line with the left button of the mouse or only one time of with the right button.

Then to choose a game in an emerging window.

The window of a table with the editing of conventions & settings of the chosen game opens and the tab of the given table appears in the list of tabs.

You make game settings according to your taste and press the button «Set the convention».

After that the game type, the look and the bet size will be visible in a hall. Players who will join your table will see your convention and set their own in their turn. Unmatched options of conventions are marked in red.

The game will begin when conventions of all players will be agreed.

If to put a tick in a window «Begin the game after the conventions agreement» the game will begin right after the moment when the conventions are agreed between all players.

To join a table

Choose a table in a hall with a free seat double clicking on a table with the left button of the mouse. You sit at the table and see the conventions chosen by other player (if he has already chosen them) and also your convention which you can edit. If you agree with the convention offered by other player press the button «Agree with the offered».

The game will begin when conventions of all players will be agreed.

It is possible to play at different tables simultaneously switching from one table to another clicking with a mouse the necessary tab of the main menu of the client (all tables are collected in tabs in the main menu of the client by default).

Game course

There are the following buttons on the game field besides cards and buttons for bidding:

- for the preschedule offer of the tricks quantity in the given deal.

- for the viewing of the current results of a pool.

Clicking with the right button of the mouse in any place of a game field you can:

• To Look through the game rules;
• To see the game convention;
• To go to game settings;
• To offer to finish the game ahead of time;
• To switch off a table chat for observers;
• To show/hide the display of the first layout after the deal;
• To see the list of observers.

Kibitzers

There is a possibility of observation over the game of the concrete player in this hall.

For this purpose it is necessary:

• To come up to the table as an observer;
• To click with the right button of the mouse on the nick of the player you want to observe;
• In the emerging menu to choose «to become kibitzer».

The further depends on the settings of the player you want to observe.

If his settings are the following:

• Nobody – in observation will be refused to everybody.
• With the permission – the inquiry will be sent to the player with the indication of the player’s nick who wants to observe his game. The player chooses to confirm or refuse the observation.
• Everybody – all willing people can observe the game of the given player.