Update: I found it hard to distinguish which Ax or suited connector I needed at a glance, so I’ve modified the table a bit – I changed to a better font, moved the text to avoid pot & bet text, coloured the text to group in (AX, AXs)(SCs,SCo) etc. Now I’ve got to update my attitude and actually refer to the damn thing

One step forwards, two steps back! Or so it seems

Time to rediscipline myself. I’m getting too loose & playing the wrong cards at the wrong times (& calling the wrong bets as shown in the last post). So I created a Full Tilt background with my original starting range, and hopefully this time I’ll stick with it…

To those who say you should play your opponents and not use a starting hands chart, well, yes but that’s only fine when you remember why you’re playing some hands and not others – I seem to forget too easily and play the wrong ones…

Update: I figured that I ought to give away that table background in case someone wants to use it! You can download the table here (right click, Save As). BTW, it’s only for 6max and the racetrack view, but common sense should help you change FR & other views.

To use it you have to follow these steps;

1. Go to the Full Tilt installation folder where the tables are (C:\Program Files\Full Tilt Poker\Graphics\NewTable\RaceTrack\Backgrounds)
2. Rename Table.svg to something like Table_original.svg – this is the normal green baize table image. By renaming it FT won’t use it, and all you see is the background. You can always return it to it’s original name if you want it back.
3. In the Backgrounds folder create a new one with your own custom name (ie Meteoric).
4. Put my table jpg into that folder (or copy a background from one of the other folders and customise it yourself).
5. Edit Backgrounds.ini  (in the Backgrounds folder, make a copy first);
   • At the top where it says lines like Sys7=”Stainless” add one more to the list, ie Sys9=”Meteoric” (increase the Sys number and use the same name as your new table background folder)
   • At the bottom, add (using your own folder name);

   [Meteoric]
   MenuName=”Meteoric”
   Folder=”Meteoric”
   FinalOnly=0
   

6. Go up one folder level to
   C:\Program Files\Full Tilt Poker\Graphics\NewTable\RaceTrack and edit the Layout.xml (use a regular text editor like notepad) – make a copy of the file first.
7. Find a line like
   <image_object w=”794″ h=”547″ z=”0.0″ url=”Table.jpg;%1.png” urlprefix=”Graphics/NewTable/RaceTrack/Backgrounds/Stainless/” id=”Stainless Steel” />
8. Create a copy of that line immediately afterwards, but change where it says Stainless to your folder name (and the id is your foldername). So it should look like;
   <image_object w=”794″ h=”547″ z=”0.0″ url=”Table.jpg;%1.png” urlprefix=”Graphics/NewTable/RaceTrack/Backgrounds/Meteoric/” id=”Meteoric” />
9. That’s it, you’re done! Just start Full Tilt and select your table view.

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