Deep Water Holdem

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Basic Texas Holdem Poker Rules. Texas Hold'em Poker is the most popular poker variation in the world and the one you've most likely seen played on TV. Holdem is a community card game that can be played with anywhere from 2-10 players and most often you'll find in No-Limit format - meaning any player can put all of his or her chips in at any time. I’m about to go play for my second time at the casino and was thinking about how I messed up last time. Last time, the board flopped 888 and i raised from middle position with pocket pair, getting two callers (one in front and one behind me.) my mistake was thinking that they have called while still trying to make a hand and that i could fold them on the turn.

  • Added filter for one card backdoor flush draws
  • Better handling of filter values when invalid comma or pipe symbols is used
  • Board Texture Flop filters will now stay remembered when reopening filter editor
  • Do not display autocomplete suggestions for invalid filter values
  • Effective stack size filter now will include IsPlayable filter to ignore hands folded to BB
  • Improved Omaha wrap filtering
  • Increased time before tool tips on quick filters disappear
  • Prevent an error when using Ctrl+Backspace and certain filtering combinations
  • Prevent bad filters from automatically being saved with reports, causing them to stop working on restart
  • Resolved an issue when nesting and combining multiple filters
  • Resolved an issue where Non-Ace Suited Omaha hand filter did not return hands that included off suited Ace
  • Resolved an issue with Flop Made Hand Value: Two Card Straight no working correctly
  • Resolved an issue with Omaha double suited filters not showing all expected results
  • Resolved an issue with StackToPotRationFlop causing an error for some users
  • Resolved an issue with total buy-in filter not working correctly for tournaments above 1000 buy-in
  • Resolved reported issues with Omaha wrap filters

General

  • Added a warning when database upgrade is required and an option to create a backup or to cancel it
  • Added an option to create a copy of the database (backup) before upgrading it
  • Avoid an error when database is located on a network drive
  • Dark theme - Adjusted filter bar border color
  • Give user an option to login again if local license was corrupted instead of showing invalid login warning
  • Improvements to database upgrade process
  • Improvements to HM2 Database import feature to better handle bigger databases
  • Open Login window centered to HM3 window
  • Resolved an issue in Startup wizard where login would not work for some users
  • Resolved an issue with previous beta where memory usage was higher than usually when loading databases on startup
  • Resolved an issue with startup on Windows machines where WMI is not working correctly

Graphical HUD

  • PokerStars - Resolved an issue with HUD not working play money Turbo and Hyper Turbo tournament tables

HUD

  • Resolved an issue where HUD did not always work if launched too quickly after HM3 start up
  • Resolved an issue where HUD didn't work if manually launched before HM3 startup sequence completed
  • Resolved an issue where HUD would crash sometimes when trying to draw the table note icon

Live Play

  • Resized live play sessions drop down size to better match reports header elements

Localization

  • Updated translations for all languages

Opponents

  • Improved resizing when switching from a player with more to a player with less stakes displayed in the graph
  • Opponents list will now remember hidden stats through restart
  • Resolved Bet Sizing filter issues in Single Opponent Line Analysis view

Poker Sites

  • 888Poker - Added HUD support for EUR Snap tables
  • 888Poker - Added Snap HUD support for updated client
  • 888Poker - Read re-buy and add-on cost from summary files
  • 888Poker - Update Snap HUD support
  • GGPoker - Added support for rake amounts specified in hand histories
  • GGPoker - Added support to read buy-in information from tournament names
  • GGPoker - Resolved an issue with invalid date import errors
  • GGPoker - Update rake calculations for lower stakes games
  • IPoker - Added HUD support for new beta client
  • PartyPoker - Prevent import of bad hand histories with multiple antes posted by same player
  • Peoples Poker - Added 3max preferred seat configuration
  • PokerKingAsia - Resolved an issue with stats in straddle hands
  • PokerStars Added support for 5-Max STTs
  • PokerStars - Add re-buy and add-on detection for Pokerstars Home Games
  • PokerStars - Reentry tournament detection improvements
  • PokerStars - Resolved an error when importing hands for players with 'unknown' in their names
  • PokerStars - Resolved an issue where free-roll bounty amounts were too high
  • PokerStars - Resolved an issue where tournament was incorrectly tagged as Deep
  • PokerStars - Resolved an issue with 45/90 players MTT SNGs results no being detected
  • PokerStars - Resolved an issue with PokerStars hero hud at Zoom tournament tables
  • PokerStars.FR - Added HUD support for new client changes
  • PokerStars.IN - Resolved an issue with some hands incorrectly importing as playmoney and no stack size information
  • PokerStars.IN - Resolved an issue with valid hands were not importing and showing as errors
  • Revolution - Resolved an issue where preferred seat settings were not working correctly on fresh installs
  • Run It Once - Detect Cub3d SNGs as Lottery type
  • Run It Once - Prevent import of tournaments with invalid blind levels that were causing issues
  • RunItOnce - Added detection for SNG buy-in information from hand histories
  • Winamax - Improved HUD scaling for classic and new clients to better match HUD size on other poker sites
  • WPN - Added import support for new hand history version (Jan 2021 update)

Replayer

  • 888Poker Blast tournaments - All players HUDs will now show in replayer
  • Options drop down menu will now open in front of turn and river board cards
  • Player stack size will now be correct when rewinding actions
  • Prevent replayer from appearing out of visible area when using higher DPI settings
  • Resolved an issue where chips would sometime appear to come from the edge of the replayer
  • Resolved an issue where some users couldnt change theme and deck options
  • Resolved issues with table size detection when replaying 888Poker 3-max tournaments

Reports

  • Added Date and Time category for tournament reports
  • Added new cash game Multi Table Report that shows results broken down by number of tables played at the same time
  • Hole Cards window will now correctly display window title
  • Prevent removing of required report stats
  • Resolved a theming issue with Tournaments Finish Distributions graph options
  • Resolved an ishue with Finish distribution graph options not working on some cultures (RU)
  • Updated Tournaments by Poker Site report to show Player name and Poker site in first column

Situational Views

  • Display previously applied filters when switching between Situational Views and reports
  • Resolved filtering issues in River Bet Efficiency view
  • Updated views for the light theme

Stats

  • Corrected Turn Call Delayed CBet SRP/3Bet stat names to Turn Call Delayed CBet and Fold River IP/OOP to correctly reflect the formula they are using
  • Resolved an issue where VPIP in Opponents section was including hands folded to big blind as opportunities (Requires database upgrade and re-import)

Tournaments

  • Added an option to change tournament currency in the editor

Filters

  • Prevent an error when only . is entered into filter bar
  • Resolved an issue with tournament filter for buy-ins did not work when using Russian language

General

  • Resolved an issue with HUD Only mode Start menu shortcut not working after last update
  • Updated certificates that prevented previous releases from starting correctly

HUD

  • Increased player notes window size when Notecaddy or another app is active
  • Resolved an issue where hand counts were not updated during session when max number of hands was not set at heads up tables

Poker Sites

  • 888Poker - Updated Snap HUD support
  • FullTilt - Resolved an issue where facing steal was not counted correctly in some situations
  • GGPoker - Allow import of split hands where split pots sum is 1cent off compared to pot size
  • GGPoker - Exclude jackpot rake from regular rake
  • GGPoker - Resolved an issue with incorrect date detected for Bounty Hunters Specials
  • Ignition - Resolved an issue where sometimes NL25 hands stake was detected as 0.12/0.25
  • Ipoker - Added DST support for EST timezone
  • Ipoker - Added support for new beta client
  • Ipoker - Allow HUD to work when tables include commas in the window title that dont match hand histories
  • PartyPoker - Added detection for KO Series Championship Pre-May 2018
  • PartyPoker - Rebuy tournament detection
  • Peoples Poker - Improved HUD table size (number of players) detection
  • PokerStars - GrandTour SNG detection improvements
  • PokerStars - Improve detection of Zoom tournaments
  • PokerStars - Resolved an issue with progressive bounty tournament buy-in amounts
  • PokerStars - Resolved an issue with re-buy/reentry tournament detection
  • PokerStars - Resolved an issue with Zoom HUD on play money 1,000/2,000 tables
  • RedDragon - Resolved import errors
  • Winamax - Added support for tables opened in the playground in new client
  • WPN - Added detection for 0.50+0.05 On Demand tournaments
  • PokerStars - Resolved an issue with satellite prize not detected for some tournaments

Replayer

  • Improved table size detection for sites where table size is not specified
  • Resolved an issue where opponents cards were not always shown on showdown if option to hide hand results was enabled
  • Ignition - Shorten anonymous players names
  • PokerStars - Added replay support for Spin & Go Max all-in hands


Reports

  • Cash Results Graph will now display bonuses when using date filters correctly
  • Prevent side results graph from being sized too big

Stats

  • Added new 'Blinded all-in' option for preflop action facing player stats in hands grid and reports for Spin and go Max and similar tournaments
  • Avg Pot SIze will now include rake amount
  • Minraise stats will now correctly count opportunities for hands where player faces a three bet and then calls or raises
  • RFI stats will not count Limp-Reraises as opportunities anymore

Filter

  • Filter editor drop down menus now allow clicking anywhere not only directly on the text

General

  • Prevent an error when opening databases with invalid bounty values
  • Adding new sites through the Site settings wizard will not deactivate previously activated sites anymore
  • Better handling of import errors for system restricted folders
  • Bonuses can now be saved with decimals
  • Prevent an error when canceling download of the installer on exit

Graphical HUD

  • Added support for multiple SNAP entries on same stake level
  • Prevent attaching HUD to PokerStars replayer
  • Resolved an issue with HUD not showing on Spin & Go tables

Hand Viewer

  • Added Run it twice support
  • All-in hands will now display correct player count

HM Apps

  • Added HM Apps menu to find new apps

HUD

  • Added more logging for an issue where HUD Editor sometimes opens behind HM3 window
  • Resolved an issue with session stats resetting during session for some users

Opponents

  • Resolved an issue with Street action sizing filters not returning any results

Poker Sites

  • 888Poker - Updated Snap poker HUD support
  • Chico - Added auto import folder detection for the converter
  • GGpoker - Rake detection improvements
  • IGN - Shorten player names for anonymous players in hand viewer drop down menu
  • IGN - Tournament results can now be edited
  • Ipoker - Resolved issues when importing third party hands converted to Ipoker format
  • PartyPoker - Display poker names
  • PartyPoker - Resolved an issue with hand viewer not displaying opponents hole cards for some hands
  • PokerStars.IN - Resolved an issue where currency for some tournaments was not detected as INR
  • Red Dragon - Resolved import errors when importing hands in OHH format

Replayer

  • Added run it twice support
  • Improved table size detection

Reports

  • Column headers can now display in 2 lines when resized
  • Resolved an issue with Number of players report when adding stats
  • Save as .csv export will now write percentages with 2 decimals
  • Save filter button will now correctly display in all reports
  • Tournament graph will now correctly display tournament results in EUR currency

Situational Views

  • River play quick filters will now show highlighted when applied with an X to remove them
  • Three Bet Success view totals row will now show correct values

Stats

  • Added support for hands that include straddle
  • Changed Game type for tournaments to display Holdem/Omaha type instead of duplicating Description stat
  • Resolved an issue with Avg Pot Size calculation in reports
  • Resolved an issue with Steal stats not counting hands correctly in SB when facing BB re-raise
  • StatsUOPFR and Minraise stats now exclude hands where raise was not possible due to stack sizes
  • Updated Steal stats definitions to prevent limp-re-raises counting as opportunities
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Tournaments

  • Resolved an issue with Tournament ROI graph not working with some settings

Filters

  • Filter bar text detection improvements
  • Resolved an issue when combining HandTags and HandDateTime filters in certain order
  • Updated Float quick filters definitions to be more accurate

General

  • Added warning for corrupt databases
  • Added warning on startup if additional logging is enabled
  • Beta updates are now not enabled by default anymore. Opt-in available in the settings.
  • Database backup will now correctly back up all configuration files in addition to the database
  • Improved compatibility with Windows where some services are disabled that caused an error on startup
  • Prevent an error some users got when continuing trial in My Licenses window
  • Prevent archive folder to be set to program files HM3 folder
  • Resolved an error with the tournament results graph after creating a new database
  • Resolved an issue with sending error reports where error would sometimes not be sent if client was restarted while sending the report
  • Resolved an issue with shortcut creations for Windows 10 with OneDrive desktop synchronization
  • Resolved an issue with totals row in situational views for the dark theme
  • Show an alert when viewing a report that is restricted by the license (Alert icon in top right)
  • Updated dependencies for HM3 and added them to the automatic downloader (.Net 4.8, VC++ 2013 and 2015-2019)
  • Updated translations for all languages

Graphical HUD

  • PokerStars - Resolved an issue with HUD orientation on 3-max tables when using None option for Preferred seat
  • PokerStars - default positions improvements
  • Prevent unintentional switching of stats when new player joins the table
  • Stability improvements addressing error reports from users
  • WPN - Change shape of graphical hud to square to better match the theme
  • WPN - Improved positioning of player panels for different table sizes

HUD

  • Added logging for issue where stats unexpectedly switch to session stats for a hand (Please submit log files if experiencing this issue)
  • Added more logging for an issue where stats reset in the middle of the session (Please submit feedback if experiencing this issue)
  • HUD menu should now enable correctly if opened to quickly on startup
  • Resetting session stats will now reset stats to count from current hand instead of previous hand
  • Resolved an issue with popups where tool tips didn't appear until moving mouse cursor

Import

  • Improvements for table size detection
  • Resolved an issue with auto importing backlogged summary files
  • Resolved issues with importing standardized hand history files (OHH format)

NoteCaddy

  • Process stat requests from the HUD more efficiently, greatly improving popup loading performance

Opponents

  • Resolved an issue where opponents list view would not display correctly after switching active player

Poker Sites

  • 888Poker - Added Snap poker HUD support
  • 888Poker - Blast tournaments report and filters support
  • 888Poker - Resolved an issue with HUD not working on cash tables in previous beta
  • 888Poker - Snap HUD support improvements
  • 9Stacks - Added auto import support
  • 9stacks - Added hand history folder detection
  • Added detection for Betsson UK and Sweden
  • GGPoker - Added Omaha rake detection
  • GGPoker - Added tournament detection for Spin and Gold tournaments
  • GGPoker - Calculate rake based on available rake schedules (since rake is not in the hand history)
  • GGPoker - Hands will now adjust correctly to users local time
  • GGPoker - Improved rake detection for known issues (Please submit hand histories if you notice incorrect rake calculations)
  • GGPoker - Rush and Cash hands are now grouped correctly in sessions by table report
  • GGPoker - Rush and Cash hands are now tagged as Fast hands
  • Ipoker - Added winnings detection for HU SNGS
  • Ipoker - Resolved an issue when importing hands exported from HM2 in Ipoker format
  • Ipoker - Updated timezone for Red Star Poker to EST
  • Microgaming - Resolved an issue with importing GBP hands on some Windows culture settings
  • PartyPoker - Added support for Bwin Spain
  • PartyPoker - Resolved import errors for hands without posted big blind
  • PokerMaster/HHPoker - Updated default HUD positions for 8-max tables
  • PokerStars - Added winnings detection for Satellite Spin & Gos
  • PokerStars - Spin and Go Max tournaments report and filters support
  • PokerStars - Spin tournaments that reward tickets will now be detected as satellite lottery tournaments
  • PokerStars.ES - Added reentry detection for EUR tournaments
  • Revolution/Cake - Added auto import and HUD support
  • Winamax - Resolved an issue with bad hand in Flipper tournaments stopping tournament detection
  • WPN - Added support for Cyclone tournaments
  • WPN - Added support for new tournament summaries (Please ensure the summaries folder is correctly configured under Tools > Site Settings > WPN)
  • WPN - Resolved an issue where import would get stuck on some WPN Bomb pots
  • WPN - Resolved an issue where results were not correctly updated when auto importing summary files
  • WPN - Resolved an issue with importing summary files that existed in WPN Summaries folder before starting auto import

Replayer

  • Resolved an issue where HUD was missing for some players when tables were not full
  • Shows straddle in replayer for .OHH standardized hand histories

Reports

  • Added game type breakdown to Tournaments by Buy-in report
  • Added Tournaments by Sessions and Months reports

Situational Views

  • Added translations for situational views menu
  • Resolved a number of issues with various views
  • Resolved filtering issues in situational views

Stats

  • Changed Minraise stats to show percentage based on all preflop hands, and not only relative to preflop raises (now matches HM2)
  • Resolved an issue with Limp-Reraise counting hands facing all-in as opportunities for a raise
  • Resolved an issue with PFRUnopenedPot26to40bbStack stat being incorrectly filtered to SB position

Tournaments

  • Added Timed All-In tournament type for reports and filters

Filters

  • Improved quick filters definitions
  • More accurate results for Flop Straight Draw filters
  • Resolved an issue where Clear filters button would not show as enabled after restart if filtered report returned no hands
  • Resolved an issue where Today/Yesterday filters were not working when using custom Start of the day time
  • Resolved an issue where Vs Player filter didn't work for players with apostrophe in their name
  • When opening filter editor, filters that dont exist in filter editor will not be removed

General

  • Added an option to automatically use dark theme when dark mode is used in Windows
  • Added Dark theme for HM3
  • Adjusted text size and colors for Live Play Key stats for both themes
  • Improved stability of the program when attempting to start a trial
  • Resolved an issue where HM Apps could not automatically download and install for some Windows regional settings (pt-eq, en-sl, and similar newer regional settings). This also affected Send Feedback, Database Backup and Restore features.
  • Resolved an issue where My licenses window would sometimes not display

Graphical HUD

  • Resolved an issue with Lock panels option not working and allignment issues on WPN and IGN
  • Resolved layout issue on Pokerstars 3max tables hen using Auto and Specific seat preferred seat options

HM Apps

  • Resolved an issue where HUD profile would sometimes not import through NoteCaddy
  • Resolved an issue where Notecaddy color coding would not work correctly for the tournaments

HUD

  • HUD will now display all hands when max hands are set to 0 instead of only showing 20000 hands
  • Resolved an issue where default HUD profile was not set when selecting it in startup wizard.
  • Resolved an issue where HUD would sometimes not update if multiple hands imported at once for the same table. This also affected fast fold tables
  • Resolved an issue where HUD would sometimes not work if started with tables already open
  • Resolved an issue with Stats from Current Cash Stake filter was not working for some currencies
  • Resolved an issues with Reset All session stats option not working

Poker Sites

  • Added import support for standardized hand history format
  • Asian Hand Converters -. Resolved an issue where some hands were not importing
  • GGPoker - Added straddle support
  • GGPoker - Added straddle support for GG poker hands to hand viewer
  • GGPoker - Added straddle support for GG poker hands to replayer
  • GGPoker - Resolved an issue where some tournaments couldn't import because of an invalid date error
  • Ignition - Added Lottery and SNG tournament detection support
  • Ignition - Resolved an issue with importing hands with antes that put players all-inn
  • Ignition - Resolved an issue with importing multi-table SNGs
  • Ipoker - Add buy-in detection for Twister tournaments when not correctly specified in the hand history
  • Ipoker - Added Red Star Poker, Betsafe UK and Poker Guts skin support
  • Ipoker - Better detection of stakes for hands where small or big blind are all-in
  • PartyPoker - Flag players as anonymous also for downloaded hand histories
  • PokerStars - Improved Rake detection for micro stakes where 1 cent rake was not always detected
  • PokerStars - Improvements for re-buy and add-on detection
  • PokerStars - Improvements to bounty detection for tournaments
  • PokerStars - Resolved an issue where Cashout results were incorrect for a hand with dead small blind
  • Winamax - Added anonymous table support, automatically reset players stats on new tables
  • Winamax - Improved re-buy detection for tournaments
  • WPN - Added Bomb pots support, hands are considered checked preflop to allow them to import
  • WPN - All-In equity will now display for CAP hands
  • WPN - Bomb pots can now be replayed and viewer in hand viewer
  • WPN - Resolved an issue where All-in Adj Diff was incorrect for hands with Jackpot Fee
  • WPN - Resolved an issue with importing emailed hand histories

Replayer

  • 888Poker Blast SNG hands will now correctly display HUD while replaying them
  • Added an option to hide Hands graph when replaying multiple hands (Hide Hands Graph)

Reports

  • Added new Tournament by tag report
  • Export location will now be remembered

Situational Views

  • Resolved an issue where Situational View occasionally wouldn't load for some users
  • Updated loading indicator

Tournaments

  • Improved detection of bounties, resolves reported issues
  • Improved ICM calculations in some situations when they were not working correctly
  • Resolved an issue with chip counts in graphs when using non-USD preferred currency

General

  • Attempt to resolve an error some users experienced related to saving settings to config file

Graphical HUD

  • Resolved an error where graphical HUD stopped working

HUD

  • Added cap for max number of weeks HUD filter to 520
  • HM2 HUD Import - Improved importing of HUD profiles with NC stats

Localization

  • Updated translations for supported languages

Poker Sites

  • 888Poker - Added detection for 888poker.ro
  • 888Poker - Resolved an error when the stake was formatted with a dot as a thousands separator
  • Asian Poker clubs - Added better HUD scaling for bigger tables
  • Ignition - Added full Ignition tournament support. Includes HUD, real-time hand import and importing of downloaded tournament hands. Requires the use of Ignition Hand Grabber
  • Ipoker - Resolved an issue where raises in hands were incorrectly showing as all-ins

General

  • Display progress in bytes when downloading Cefsharp dependency after first time HM3 installation

HUD

  • Resolved an issue where too high Max number of weeks HUD filter could cause HUD to stop working

Licensing

  • Additional logging for an issue where license sometimes wouldn't load correctly
  • Display a spinning circle while waiting for My licenses window to load
  • Resolved an issue where Login window could be open more than once
  • Resolved an issue where sometimes HM3 could freeze when completing startup wizard

Poker Sites

  • Ipoker - Resolved an issue that some users had with auto-importing tournaments
  • Partypoker - Jaqkpot rake was adjusted to 6.5% for 50 and 100EUR buy-ins
  • Partypoker - Resolved an issue where showdown hole cards were not showing for Run-it-twice hands
  • Pokerstars - Resolved an issue where STT SNG could be detected as 2-Table SNG in the reports
  • WPN - Added support for downloaded tournament hands
Note: This update includes database upgrade (when updating from 3.1.7.0 or earlier), that can take a few minutes to complete for large databases (more than million hands). For any critical data it is recommended to create a backup of your database before updating and do not close HM3 using Task Manager while database upgrade is in progress.

Database

  • Database upgrade to prevent duplicate hands
  • Resolved an issue where database upgrade failed on first try for some users and required a restart

Filters

  • Filter bar reliability improvements when combining different filters
  • Filter bar will now avoid using parenthesis when combining quick filters if not necessary
  • Resolved an issue when combining Hole Cards, Board texture and other filters
  • Resolved an issue where applied Saved and Quick filters weren't added to Recent filters
  • Resolved an issue where filter didn't apply if user pressed Enter before applying the filter
  • Resolved error related to selecting game types in Opponents view
  • All Dates option will now correctly clear other applied date filters
  • Gametype and Date range filters will now be automatically applied when selected from the filter menu
  • Prevent applying same quick filter multiple times
  • Resolved an issue where setting date filter to All Dates filter would also clear other applied filters

General

  • Prevent login prompt from appearing in case of internet connectivity issues
  • Resolved an issue where Copy Logs utility did not work for Windows machines with Desktop in OneDrive folder

HUD

  • Resolved an issue with HUD not showing stat values when stack size filter was enabled
  • Updated translations for all languages
  • Improved loading speed of stats in HUDs and popups when using max number of hands limit
  • Improvements for some cases after table changes on Ipoker and Ignition
  • HM2 HUD Import - Better detection of NC stats when importing HM2 HUDs

Import

  • Resolved an issue where import status could get stuck when importing from folders with files without hand histories
  • Resolved an issue where import buttons disappeared if import was paused for too long

Localization

  • Updated translations for all languages

Opponents

  • Single Opponent Analysis - Resolved an issue where data did not update when changing filters

Poker Sites

  • Chico - Resolved an issue where autoimport did not work for some users
  • Elite HUD converters - Adjusted HUD positions so that hero is always positioned in bottom center seat
  • Ignition - Added import support for Jackpot tournaments
  • Ignition - Added support for new Ignition Hand Grabber
  • Ignition - Improvements to table size detection when new players join
  • Ignition - Resolved import issue for hands with posted dead blinds where everyone folds to the BB
  • Ignition - Resolved import issue with hands where dead blinds go all-in
  • Ignition - Resolved issues related to importing exported cash hand histories
  • Ipoker - Added Twister tournament buy-in detection
  • Ipoker - Resolved an import issue with recent hand histories
  • Ipoker - Added Stanleybet.it support
  • Microgaming - Resolved an issue with hands not importing introduced in previous beta release
  • PartyPoker - Added initial support for Run It Twice downloaded hand histories (Known issue with hole cards not appearing for the opponents for these hand histories)
  • PartyPoker - Attempt to import partial hand histories if we can ascertain enough data for a full hand. Otherwise, they are rejected.
  • partypoker - Added support for fastforward table Vélocit
  • PartyPoker - Resolved an issue with anonymous all-in hand histories
  • PartyPoker/PMU.fr - Resolved an issue with HUD on tournament tables on
  • PokerStars - Resolved an issue with HUD attaching to the wrong table when playing a tournament at multiple tables
  • PokerKingAsia - Resolved an issue where autoimport did not work from manually assigned handhistory folders
  • WPN - Added import support for hand histories sent by support
  • WPN - Resolved an issue with dealt cards not importing for downloaded hand histories
  • WPN - Resolved an issue with incorrect positions for hands with missing small blind in tournaments
  • WPN - Resolved an issue with Jackpot buy-in detection
  • WPN - Resolved an issue where SNGs could be detected incorrectly for older hand histories

Reports

  • Changing preferred currency and exchange rates is now reflected in reports without a restart
  • Display correct bounties when an alias is selected

Stats

  • Added Avg All-in Adj Game and Avg Net Won Game stats ( Chip EV and Chips per tournament)
  • Resolved an issue with PFR stat not working correctly in some all-in situations

Tournaments

  • Resolved an issue where tournament detection kept repeating for tournaments with bad data

Filters

  • Position filter will now work when combined with other filters regardless of its position in the filter string
  • Resolved an issue where date filter would not work correctly after opening a filter editor and reapplying the same filter
  • Resolved an issue where filter bar would keep switching between two filters when applying multiple quick filters
  • Resolved an issue where gametype filter got removed when combining it with quick filters and filter editor filters
  • Resolved an issue where hands grid under reports would not show filtered hands when using OR filter
  • When combining quick filters using OR, added filter will automatically use paranthesis when necessary

General

  • Both Stable and Beta updates will now appear when opted into Beta updates
  • Minor UI changes in dialog when no updates are found
  • Prevent login prompts from appearing when double clicking to purchase or upgrade HM3
  • Resolved an issue where My Licenses window sometimes didnt reload correctly
  • Resolved an issue where some databases couldn't load up after updating from older versions of HM3
  • Resolved reported issue with sending error reports
  • Site Settings - Improved handling of a longer list of sites

HUD

  • HM2 HUD Import - Add a space after prefixes when importing HM2 HUDs
  • HM2 HUD Import - Only add colon to prefixes if used in HM2 HUD too
  • HM2 HUD Import - Resolved an issue where background colors for some cells were wrong
  • HM2 HUD Import - Transfer & character correctly
  • HM2 HUD Import - Transfer empty cells when importing HM2 HUDs
  • HM2 HUD Import - Transfer text color for prefixes when importing HM2 HUDs
  • Resolved an issue where arrange in grid option caused last column to not display in some cases

Import

  • Added more logging to help identify HM2 database import related issues
  • Allow manual import of temporary files exported during HM2 DB Import (.hm2hh)
  • Resolved an issue if first autoimported hand in the database is a tournament hand
  • Resolved an issue where Import would stop working when encountering import errors in some cases and an error window would appear

Live Play

  • Key stats showed stats from a previously opened report if report stats were changed

Poker Sites

  • 888Poker - Added support for new table design option
  • Added support for the following sites using hand converters from the Elite HUD: PPPoker, RedDragon, PokerKingAsia, WePoker, UPoker, PokerTime, PokerCommunity, FishPoker, Bingo, RealPoker, Allin, IDN, PokerBros
  • Ipoker.it - Resolved an issue with HUD not attaching correctly
  • Peoples Poker - HUD was not correctly attaching on tables that have no break spaces in their names
  • Pokermaster - Renamed Asian Poker Clubs site to Pokermaster
  • Run It Once - Resolved an issue in replayer where incorrect hand appeared in hand selector for some hands
  • Winamax - Allow autoimport to work when multiple folders are added
  • WPN - Added HUD support for Blitz tables
  • WPN - Resolved an issue with table matching on Windows in Hebrew

Replayer

  • Resolved an issue where tagging of hands did not work correctly after deleting some tagging categories

Reports

  • Additional improvements to prevent duplicate hands from appearing in the reports
  • Prevent removing of last stat in reports to avoid an error
  • Resolved an issue where Hole Cards grid in reports didn't show results if Net won in bb was not added to the hands grid
  • Resolved an issue where reports didnt update list of hands correctly after a purge
  • Resolved an issue where table sessions were always broken into 30 minute sessions
  • Resolved an issue with progressive bounties not appearing after restart for Small Stakes users

Stats

  • Added a new 'Random 100' stat that will display a random value between 1-100
  • Added hourly stats: Net Won, All-In Adj, bb and hands per hour. See FAQ for more details on how these stats work.
  • Renamed stats that included When Saw Flop/Turn/River stats to WSF/WST/WSR
  • Resolved an issue with Average,Preflop,Flop and Turn All-In EQ stats where values appeared incorrectly
  • Updated descriptions for Flop CBet-Fold OOP stats that said In Position in the description
  • Winrate stats did not include winnings from hands that were folded to the big blind

Filters

  • Flop high card filter will now display all flops with highest card of that rank even if its a paired board

General

  • Added more logging and error report when user encounters login prompts while using HM3
  • Attempted to resolve reported issue where HM3 couldn't start up properly after logging in sometimes
  • Automatically create Holdem Manager 3 folder during install when installing to non default location
  • Improved import performance in bigger databases
  • Performance improvement for tournament queries that caused HUD timeouts
  • Reports not always working correctly when resized for Norway culture
  • Resolved an issue where opening a report before hands were completely loaded would cause duplicate hands to appear
  • Resolved the issue where login prompts appeared while HM3 was in use for some users. When necessary, login prompts will now only appear after 24 hours or on restart.
  • Session duration not showing correctly when alias is selected
  • Startup improvement for big databases, new database required

Graphical HUD

  • Hidden stat and ring lines will now be remembered between hands
  • Option from table HUD right click menu to hide Ring HUD now works correctly
Holdem

HUD

  • Improve HUD handling of timeouts to attempt to avoid errors after longer timeouts (15-17sec)
  • Recent Winner Pot stat will now correctly display pot size instead of net won
  • Resolved an issue where HUD would show 0 hands for sessions played after UTC midnight for some poker sites

Poker Sites

  • 888Poker - Updated default HUD positions for 3-max tables
  • 9Stacks - Added support for downloadable hands
  • Asian Poker Clubs - Added default HUD positions for vertical tables for PokerMaster HH format
  • Asian Poker Clubs - Added HH folder detection for Elite HUD converters
  • Asian Poker Clubs - Resolved a stat issue with playable hands count
  • Asian Poker Clubs - Resolved an issue where auto import folder would disappear after restart
  • Asian Poker Clubs - Resolved an issue where HUD didn't work at the tables (Requires latest EliteHUD converter version)
  • Boss - Resolved import errors for ante tournaments hands
  • Chico - Added site support for the site with the use of converter for TigerGaming, BetOnline and SportsBetting
  • GGPoker - Added import for downloadable hands
  • GGPoker - Opponents should be considered anonymous players in player select
  • PartyPoker - Added import support for downloadable hand histories
  • PartyPoker - Added support for buy-ins for downloaded hand histories (only for new hand histories from PartyPoker)
  • PartyPoker - Prevent import of bad hand histories with no chip amounts, blinds or antes
  • PartyPoker - Resolved an issue when importing cash hands related to rake values
  • PartyPoker - Resolved an issue where imported tournament hand histories with an invalid tournament number would cause HM3 server to shut down unexpectedly
  • PartyPoker - Resolved reported issues with import of downloadable hands
  • People's Poker - Resolved an issue where some hands did not import correctly
  • PokerStars - Prevent import of unsupported Deep Water and Tempest hands(temporary games)
  • PokerStars - Resolved an issue with cashouts not showing in hand viewer and replayer
  • PokerStars Asia - Added preferred seat detection
  • PokerStars.USPA added preferred seat detection
  • Run It Once - Improved support for hand histories with all hole cards showing (Reimport required)
  • Winamax - Added GoFast tables support (English client only)
  • Winamax - Added support for Nitro Expresso games
  • Winamax - Resolved an issue with HUD stakes filter on GoFast tables
  • WPN - Resolved an issue with Net Won for hands with uncalled bets not shown as returned in HH (Reimport required)
  • WPN - Updated default HUD positions for 8-max tables

Reports

  • Better status messages when loading reports
  • Resolved an issue where recent reports links sometimes didn't work

Stats

  • Rake bb/100 should now show average value in report totals
  • Resolved an issue with WTSD (No Allin) stats

Tournaments

  • Added tournament tag option to filter editor
  • Added Ultra-turbo tournament speed type
  • Improved handling of Tournament Detection when switching databases
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Coming Soon

  • Dark theme for hand viewer
  • Filter and report for tagged tournaments

Known Issues

  • Import speed is slower in bigger databases
  • Users who customized reports using prerelease HM3 version can run into an issue where HM3 will not display customized reports correctly. Open report's Stats picker and confirm stats choice for report to update.

Filters

  • Quick Filters improvement - Added a tooltip and hotkeys for quick filters, now you can Ctrl or Alt + Left-click a filter to combine it using and/or or completely replace an existing filter
  • Resolved an issue where Today/Yesterday and similar filters didn't work correctly when playing between midnight and time set for Start of the day

Deep Water Holdem Machine

General

  • Clean up Temp folder after importing hands to reduce disk space usage

Handviewer

  • Cards will now resize together with text when adjusting size in handviewer
  • Handviewer now uses same 4 color deck of cards as reports. More options coming soon.

Poker Sites

  • Run It Once Poker - Added support for downloaded handhistories

Reports

  • All-in graph was incorrectly converting currencies for handhistories played in EUR
  • Resolved an issue where ICM adjusted winnings were sometimes incorrect until restart
  • Warning when selecting 10k or 100k hands in hands grid can now be disabled
  • Resolved an issue where changed preferred currency was not correctly reflected in reports for all stats until restart
  • Find out about discounts for HM2 users here.

Coming Soon

  • Run It Once import support
  • Hand viewer improvements based on users feedback
  • Dark theme for hand viewer
  • Filter and report for tagged tournaments

Filters

  • Resolved an issue when applying Out Of Position filter through filter editor
  • Resolved an issue with applying 3Bet position filter through filter editor
  • Resolved an issue where Date would appear incorrectly in filter editor when using 'Clear filters does not clear date filter' option

General

  • Add ability to tag tournaments with custom tags
  • Allow users to receive beta updates (on by default)
  • Increase the size of HM Advisory to allow for more text to be displayed and automatically rotate between multiple advisories
  • Increased scroll bar size when viewing hands grid with a 1000+ hands
  • Resolved an issue where HM3 startup wizard would suddenly shut down if you pressed Finish before confirming cloud folder warning
  • Updated translations

Live Play

  • Resolved an issue where sometimes lifetime hands showed when refreshing the view

Poker Sites

  • Svenska Spel - Resolved import errors for hands with posted blinds
  • Lottomatica - Resolved import errors with new hand_history.db file
  • Microgaming - Resolved import errors for reported hands
  • PartyPoker.FR - Hands with filenames that started with dot were not autoimporting correctly
  • PokerStars - Improved handling of sites that have session timers in window titles
  • PokerStars - Resolved an issue with All-In Adj and Net won values for cashout hands (Reimport required)
  • PokerStars - Resolved an issue with buy in detection for reported Total KO tournament

Replayer

  • Add hover state and gray out replayer when opening replayer options
  • Display short player names for anonymous players

Reports

  • Added two new tournament reports: Results by Day of the week and Hour of the day
  • Resolved an issue with filter not applying correctly in tournament reports
  • Automatically update favorite reports list if report gets updated

Situational views

  • Added tooltips and a legend for pie charts to improve readability

Stats

  • Added new stat Rake bb/100
  • Added new stats Net won at SD and Net won w/o SD
  • Corrected names for Turn Bet vs Missed delayed Cbet stats
  • Resolved an issue with Hands since last VPIP/PFR stats not working correctly
  • Search improvements in reports Stats Picker, added search results categories (by name, description, keywords...)
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Reports

  • Resolved an issue with shared reports in cash and tournament modes (e.g. Overall, Position) (Note: Affected reports have to be re-added to the favorites menu)

General

  • Added FAQ and Forums links to the Help menu
  • Express Install option in startup wizard will now rename existing database first when creating a new database
  • Resolved an error when logging into HM account with Graphical HUD active

Filters

  • Resolved an error when opening filter editor with Last x Hands/Days/Weeks/Months filter applied

General

  • Resolved reported issues with Postgres configuration for HM2 database import

Reports

  • Resolved an issue with saved graphs from previous versions not working anymore

Database upgrade and Importing Cashout hand histories

  • Holdem Manager 3 Poker stars Cashout support requires a database upgrade that will be automatically done when opening a database. After that is done, cashout hand histories can be imported and results tracked in the reports.
  • If you would like to import the missing cashout hand histories, you can import them from your HM3 or HM2 Archive folders. (Default location: C:HM3ArchivePokerStars201909 for hands from September 2019)
  • PokerStars Cashout support FAQ:
    https://support.holdemmanager.com/support/faqView/Holdem-Manager-3/261/Pokerstars-Cashout-support

Poker Sites

  • PokerStars - Initial support for cashout hand histories
  • PokerStars - Added hand viewer support for cashout hand histories
  • PokerStars - Added import support for cashout hand histories
  • PokerStars - Added replayer support for cashout hand histories
  • PokerStars - Improvements to preferred seat auto detection

Filters

  • Added new isCashout filter to filter bar to find cashout hand histories
  • Resolved an issue when applying filter to CBet success report
  • Resolved an issue with clearing Common date and Preflop pot size filters in filter editor
  • Resolved reported errors with Omaha hole cards filters

General

  • Automatically stop and restart auto import in case of a HUD or third party app error
  • Double clicking an HM3 database should now open it in H3
  • Updated translations for all languages
  • Warn user if overwriting an existing database in startup wizard

Handviewer

  • Improve loading times for hand viewer

Live Play

  • Updated Net won in live play view to include cashout winnings

Opponents

Water
  • Added new Net Won Hand stats to Opponents list that exclude cashout amounts

Reports

  • Added new hand columns related to cashout hand histories
  • Resolved an issue with repositioning hand view columns in reports
  • Updated net won in graphs to include cashout winnings

Stats

  • Added new Cashout % stat that shows frequency of cashouts when going all in
  • Added new Net Won Hand stats that exclude cashouts and show results if hands were played out
  • Updated Net won stats to include cashout winnings

General

  • Attempted to resolve reported issue when upgrading databases from older versions
  • Improvements to hand history purge
  • More logging for issue reported when using .NET Framework 4.8
  • Resolved an issue when purging Stars cash-out hand histories

Graphical HUD

  • Unlocking of panels now works when using table HUD icon

HM2 Database Import

  • Resolved an error when importing alias from HM2 that included unsupported poker sites
  • Resolved an issue when importing HM2 DB with hand notes to an existing database that included hand notes already

Replayer

  • Added an option to Skip end of hand when using Next button for faster switching between hands
  • Antes will now correctly display for all sites
  • Hand converter will now show all formats
  • Restrict hands sent to replayer at once to 2000

Situational Views

  • Filters will now immediately apply when using Apply filter auto-complete option in filter bar
  • Updated situational view list, updated icon for River play view

Stats

  • Improved Flop/Turn/River stat formulas accuracy for stats where player acts after facing a bet

General

  • Database changes that are not compatible with previous HM3 versions
  • Resolved an issue where antes were not correctly showing in stakes for some sites
  • Resolved an issue where HM3 couldn't start if Documents were in OneDrive folder
  • Resolved an issue with Video guides not loading up correctly
  • Show progress when deleting hands using right click Delete in hands grid

Graphical HUD

  • Resolved an issue with table HUD icon jumping when while waiting for hands to import

Opponents

  • Improved performance when loading more than 100 hands in single opponent analysis

Poker Sites

  • WPN - Improvements for HUD tournament table detection
  • WPN - Resoled an issue where some tournaments would get repeatedly detected

Replayer

  • Improved performance when viewing up to 2000 hands
  • Resolved an issue where options button sometimes stopped responding

Reports

  • Dont display rebuy description for re-entry tournaments

Situational views

  • Resolved issues related to heads up hands when viewing relative position related views

Stats

  • Improved relative detection position for heads up hands
  • Resolved an issue with Flop bet in limped pot stat

Filters

  • Resolved an error when opening filter editor with an invalid filter
  • Resolved an issue when applying multiple gametype filters
  • Some tournament filters were previously not remembered when opening filter editor

General

  • Resolved a startup issue if Documents were in OneDrive folder

Handviewer

  • Resolved an issue with hand viewer showing blank window for some windows culture, settings

HM2 DB Import

  • Allow user to configure postgres settings for HM2 DB and Tournament results import

HUD

  • Resolved an issue with switching between Standard and Graphical HUD
  • Resolved reported issue with table stats

Import

  • Improved tournament detection performance

Poker Sites

  • Ignition - Add graphical HUD Support
  • PokerStars - Prevent incorrect import of Cashout hand histories with incorrect winnings
  • Run It Once - Prevent incorrect import as PokerStars
  • Winamax - Prevent import of unsupported Omaha5 hands that caused issues

Reports

Deep Water Holes

  • Resolved an issue with switching game modes on Opponent list view

Situational Views

  • Views that include '+' in names will now load correctly
  • Views will now work correctly when changing game modes

General

  • Improved startup speed after installing an update
  • Improvements to hand history import performance
  • Improvements to stats calculations performance
  • Resolved an error when creating a database with same name as current
  • Resolved issue when using View menu to navigate HM3
  • Resolved reported issue related to upgrading databases from older builds
  • Resolved reported issue with downloading automatic updates

HUD

  • Improvements to PokerStars preferred seat auto detection
  • Recent winners list will now display hands in correct order
  • Resolved reported issue with graphical HUD suddenly stopped working
  • Resolved reported issue with table stats

Import

  • Resolved reported internal error related to importing

Reports

  • Removed extra filter text from opponents and situational views
  • All-In situational view should now be working again
  • Resolved an error when changing game modes after opening situational views
  • Resolved an issue when filtering for players with ' in their names
  • Resolved reported issue when switching graphical and textual cards display
  • Resolved reported issue with moving report columns during refresh
  • Resolved reported issues with results graph

Filters

  • Flop/Turn/River was bet into/was Check Raised filters will now be remembered when reopening Filter editor
  • Resolved an issue when combining HandDateTime and other filters in certain order
  • Show a warning when using invalid operator in filter bar

General

  • Better handling of duplicate hand histories, allow purge and replayer to work with them
  • Prevent database loading from CloudStation folder to avoid corrupt databases
  • Prevent reported issue when HM3 starts while server was shutting down
  • Resolved an issue related to high tournament pot size values

HUD

  • Current stake only filter should now work for play money games too

Import

  • Attempted to resolve an issue when deleting temporary import files

Poker Sites

  • Ignition - Added initial support for Ignition HandGrabber HM3 App (Beta)

Filters

  • Removed obsolete playername filters from filter bar

General

  • Resolved reported issue with purging hand histories
  • Resolved reported issues related to HM3 running when computer returns from sleep

HUD

  • Resolved reported error when editing notes when using graphical HUD
  • Resolved reported issue where Graphical HUD suddenly stopped working

Import

  • Prevent internal errors when trying to import non-handhistory files

Poker Sites

  • PokerStars - Resolved reported issues related to preferred seat automatic detection

Reports

  • Hands grid links in situational views should be working now

General

  • Prevent loading databases from OneDrive cloud based folder
  • Resolved an issue where purge operation didnt cancel when closing the dialog
  • Resolved reported issue when computer resumes from sleep
  • Resolved reported issues related to importing hands through startup wizard

Graphical HUD

  • Resolved an issue with HUD not working for players with ' in their names
  • Resolved reported issue with HUD not working correctly for some users

HM2 DB Import

  • Resolved an issue with importing HM2 Tournament results

HUD

  • Improvments to reliability of PokerStars preferred seat auto detection

Poker Sites

  • 888Poker - Added support for 888.pt
  • MPN - Added support for .dat handhistories send by support
  • MPN - Remove date restriction when importing handhistories
  • MPN - Skip incomplete hands with a warning
  • PartyPoker - Added support for regional sites that are still storing hand histories locally

Reports

  • Prevent an error when switching game modes while graphs are visible
  • Resolved an error when viewing reports for some culture settings
  • Resolved an issue with Opponents section for Turkish culture settings
  • Resolved issues related to opening hands grid from situational views
  • Resolved reported issue with stats picker in reports
  • Resolved reported issues with saving hole cards filters

Deep Water Holdem Tips

Filters

  • Converted all remaining filters into a readable format
  • Flop high card filter will now correctly work with paired boards
  • Resolved an issue with date filter not working correctly after midnight
  • Resolved an issue with VS Player filter

General

  • Added better handling of failed database upgrades
  • Added iCloud to list of cloud drives and add a warning when detected
  • Attempted to resolve reported issues related to the navigation
  • Improvements to handling of corrupt databases
  • Prevent internal error when computer goes to sleep and resumes
  • Resolved reported internal error related to saving settings
  • Stats engine improvements for reported issues

Graphical HUD

  • Added graphical HUD support for Aurora theme
  • Resolved an issue when editing player notes outside the HUD while playing
  • Resolved issues when switching between graphical and standard HUD

HUD

  • Resolved an error when setting default HUD profile through startup wizard
  • Resolved an issue with HUD not starting correctly sometimes in HUD only mode

Import

  • Resolve reported issue related to importing hand history files

Opponents views

  • Resolved an issue related to players with single quotes in names

Poker Sites

  • PartyPoker - Removed from Site Settings and disabled folder detection
  • PokerStars - Resolved reported errors related to reading of preferred seat settings

Replayer

  • Resolved an issue where options stop working after replaying hands and switching streets

Reports

  • Resolve reported issue with Tournament results graph
  • Resolved reported issue with Opponents Comparison view

Tournaments

  • Added HM2 tournament results import feature (in Tools menu)

Filters

  • Resolved an error when combining stakes with other filters
  • Resolved an error when filtering for tournaments with decimals in buyin
  • Resolved an error when trying to apply saved HandDateTime filter when one is already applied
  • Resolved an issue when opening Filter editor using Chinese language

General

  • Better logging for occasional internal errors reported by users
  • Improved warning when opening a database from cloud synced folder
  • Option to not start HM3 after installation did not work correrctly
  • Resolved an issue where sometimes Replayer didnt load up correctly
  • Resolved an issue with Site

Table Of Contents

There's a new game in town and its name is Deep Water Hold'em

It's the latest non-traditional poker variant created by the world's biggest online poker site PokerStars.

And this is the only Deep Water Holdem Poker guide you will ever need.

Before you go clambering for your mouse and firing up the PokerStars client, let us talk you through what to expect from the newest game on the block.

What is Deep Water Hold'em?

When we first heard the name Deep Water Hold'em we immediately thought of players wearing scuba gear and playing poker from the ocean floor.

While there is a water theme to Deep Water Hold'em, you're not going to get wet, nor does it require breathing apparatus to play.

What is Deep Water Hold'Em?

Deep Water Hold'em is a six-handed cash game that follows the same rules as a traditional hold'em game.

But with a couple of major differences, of course.

The first thing you'll notice is that there is a third blind in play dubbed the Giant Blind.

Think of this as a forced straddle bet.

There are also antes in play to help drive the action and those antes increase or decrease in size based on previous actions.

Antes increase each time a hand does not go to showdown before resetting back to the original value after a showdown.

Water

For example, at the $0.25.$0.50/$1 stakes the ante starts at $0.10. This ante increase to $0.20 if the hand does not go to showdown.

Should the next hand be settled without a showdown the ante increases to $0.30. The antes then reset back to $0.10 the next time a showdown occurs.

Currently, the maximum ante is four-times its original value.

Try your first game of Deep Water Hold'Em!

Get more action and bigger pots with the mandatory straddle bet aka. the Giant Blind!

Remember: Deep Water Hold'Em is available only on PokerStars.

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Buy-ins and Stakes

PokerStars has made Deep Water Hold'em available across eight different buy-in levels start at only $15 and increasing to $3,000.

This means stakes range from $0.02/$0.05/$0.10 all the way up to $5/$10/$20.

The minimum buy-in is 100 big blinds with the maximum set to 300 big blinds.

Maximum Buy-inBlindsAnte
$15$0.02/$0.05/$0.10$0.01 to $0.04
$30$0.05/$0.10/$0.20$0.02 to $0.08
$75$0.10/$0.25/$0.50$0.05 to $0.20
$150$0.25/$0.50/$1$0.10 to $0.40
$300$0.50/$1/$2$0.20 to $0.80
$750$1/$2.50/$5$0.50 to $2
$1,500$2.50/$5/$10$1 to $4
$3,000$5/$10/$20$2 to $8

Deep Water Hold'em Pros

The biggest advantage Deep Water Hold'em has over a traditional cash game looks to be the pots grow larger far faster.

It should be obvious that the introduction of the Giant Blind and antes would do this because there is physically more money in the pot preflop.

Need any examples?

  • Standard Poker Game: in a standard $0.50/$1 game there is only $1.50 in pot before anyone raises.
  • Deep Water Hold'Em: In the equivalent Deep Water Hold'em game with $0.50/$1/$2 and a $0.20 ante in play, there is $4.70 in the middle, more than three-time the size.

Deep Water Holdem Game

Everyone loves the feeling of dragging in a large pot and it appears Deep Water Hold'em is making it easier to do exactly that.

Another major difference, as pointed out by Team PokerStars' James “OP-Poker James” Mackenzie is players are still in the process of figuring out the optimal strategy for Deep Water Hold'em.

The perfect strategy changes depending on the size of the antes at the time.

As pointed out by Mackenzie in a public YouTube video, the introduction of the Giant Ante creates an interesting dynamic on the button.

Ideally, you should be playing tighter on the button than usual because there are now three players left to act, but the extra money in the pot means you should play more pots to try and win this additional money.

These nuances result in players making more mistakes, particularly with their preflop bet sizing, so the games are considered to be soft right now.

How long that stays the case, however, remains to be seen.

Read also: 7 Poker Tips to Take Your Game From 'Meh' to Amazing

Deep Water Hold'em Cons

It's not really a major negative but the name Deep Water Hold'em is bad.

Aside from the table theme, when using the Aurora engine, looking like you are underwater, complete with angler fish and jellyfish floating around, what does the name have to do with the actual game.

It just makes it feel gimmicky.

A personal worry stems from Mackenzie's comments about recreational players making a lot of mistakes with bet sizing and liberally calling three-bets.

The silly name and graphics are going to attract recreational players like fish to a baited hook, but continual mistakes could increase their risk of ruin.

Larger pots and, for now, plenty of amateur players are going to attract professional players in droves.

Again, this is purely speculative, but Deep Water Hold'em could end up being quite shark-infested, which in turn could see it run dry before it is pulled (as these gimmick games tend to be) or even make it unbeatable in the long run.

Deep Water Holdem

Should You Play?

Deep Water Movie

On the whole, Deep Water Hold'em looks to be a good idea but Ante games are not as popular as they have been in the past.

[There are only four $0.01/$0.02, a $0.05/$0.10 and $0.1/$0.25 table were running at 8:30 p.m. CET on Nov. 27]

So it beggars the question as to why it was launched.

Perhaps the game could be pathway for straddle games in the future if it proves to be a hit with PokerStars' players?

Try it for yourself and see what you think because you may find you love it. The big pots are certainly fun to pull in.

Try your first game of Deep Water Hold'Em!

Get more action and bigger pots with the mandatory straddle bet aka. the Giant Blind!

Remember: Deep Water Hold'Em is available only on PokerStars.

Play Now

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