HD Poker: Texas Hold'em news & patch notes

This year’s Harvest Festival brings in some stylish newcomers:

• ✨ Dapper Ox – the best-dressed ox you’ll ever meet

• 🔥 Veatrix Viper – deadly chic in red

• 🎩 Giles Montgomery – straight out of the 1930s

• 💎 Posh Lady – elegance with attitude

And two iconic new rooms:

• 🌴 Los Angeles

• 🎷 New Orleans

Open a Turkey Chest and see what you hit! 👀🔥

Fixes

• Fixed issue where MTT jumps while in 1st person view would quickly shift to 3rd person before sliding

• Fixed issue where speech bubble toggle in table chat wasn't doing anything

• Fixed issue where pending-jump particles could linger if the player got smoked before jumping

• Fixed issue where 1st person perspective could switch back to 3rd at odd times

• Fixed issue where late joiners would not be able to table chat

• Fixed issue where the top bar quickplay would fail to close after choosing a ring game

• Fixed various graphical issues with the card shuffler/dealing

• Fixed an issue with pre-registration where it could boot you from an active game when its queue opened

Tweaks

• Dark winter skin has been updated in preparation for this holiday season

• Your hole cards will now be a bit easier to see when you are folded during an all-in showdown

• Reduced the size of emotes when in 2/4up view

• Various dealer message speech bubbles are now being squelched in 9-player tables, but all messages will still appear in table chat

New

• Straight Flush Jackpot support.

• Jackpot/Tourney chip mountains have been rebuilt to both look better and support higher quantities.

• going ALL IN will now utilize the new chip mountain system to make your stack feel substantial.

• Joining any MTT/SnG/TB will now show a confirmation step, regardless of multi cost - no more accidental joins!

• New Dashboard widget now features the latest store offerings.

• New sound for room changes.

• New sound for players jumping in to MTT tables.

• Dash game music is no longer coupled to the skin you have equipped.

• A queue timeout display has been added to open MTT quickplay items and MTT lobby rows when a queue timeout exists.

• Game notification preference check-boxes added to tourney info windows.

• \ "Show Cards in Top Bar" - will toggle your hole cards between cards/backs.

• Right-clicking top bar game boxes will toggle your hole cards between cards/backs.

• Gold/platinum avatars now have a passive sparkle animation - oo shiny

• New denominations have been added to chip set --> 50, 50K, 250K, 25M, 50B, 500B.

Topbar Play Menu Refactor

• MTT/SnG/TB PLAY drop-down items have been visually refactored with bigger game art.

• You can now register for all register-able upcoming MTTs.

• All games now display both costs when applicable.

• All games will now display "You are queued here" when you are queued.

• Standard (Ring) tab now displays all PSR-Disabled Variants under their own header at the bottom.

• Standard (Ring) game variants' left-hand color bar now have a dedicated variant color.

• Standard (Ring) games that are requirements-locked are now colored red.

Tweaks

• Adding-on will now generate orange +'s instead of green (rebuys), to help differentiate between the two MTT buy-in types.

• Topping up in a cash game now uses smaller +'s in its particle effect, and finishes quicker.

• Pending table jumpers in MTTs now have a particle effect to symbolize their impending jump

• The "Buy-in and Blinds" column in the Lobby for Standard (Ring) games is now two dedicated columns: "Stakes" + "Buy-in".

• Standard game info popups now have a button to directly open jackpots related to their bigblind.

• Lobby side bar "TOP PRIZE" component will now display satellite entry as a prize when applicable.

• Home game flyout start button is now enabled only when num seated players reaches min players.

• Home Game creation options have been visually refactored.

• The space bar will now only open one chest at a time, regardless of how many chests are available.

• Satellite game entry as a reward is now shown in prize lists.

• Clicking "PLAY" from dash or "QUICKPLAY" from 2/4up mode now triggers the top bar quickplay dropdown.

• Right-clicking a top bar drop-down will now close it.

• AvatarPicker has been refactored for performance.

• AvatarPicker now has a checkbox to toggle un-owned avatars on and off.

• Nameplates will now say "ON BREAK" instead of "WAITING" when on a break.

• Tables on a break will now render avatars at full color (as if sitting in), versus the greyed out "waiting" state.

• MTT jump in/out particles are now partially colored accurately to their avatars.

• Elimination smoke particles are now colored accurately to avatars.

• Timebombs now do a shockwave effect when the bomb drops to the table.

• Registrations in sidebar will now make a distinction between satellited players and regular buy-ins.

• Short-deck game variants will now force the hand strength meter to be hidden regardless of player preference.

• Added a button to dashboard jackpot tout for spawning the jackpot window.

• Game notification preference check-boxes added back to the sidebar.

Fixes

• Fixed crash when replaying bounty hands.

• Fixed issue in tourney replays where eliminated players would fail to trigger their elimination animation/sound.

• Fixed issue on the final hand of bounty games where loser's bounty would fail to visually transfer to the winner.

• Fixed issue that could sometimes cause a jumped-in player to not properly execute the jump-in particle effect.

• Fixed some table element depth sorting so chip transfers look correct.

• Fixed issue where loading replays back to back would continue to go to the next view instead of reusing the current replayer's view

• Fixed issue where nameplate status would switch back to "WAITING" instead of "ON BREAK" if a player rebuys/adds-on during the break.

• Fixed a crash that would occur during an MTT jump due to a null room reference.

• Fixed potential crash when an incoming table rebuy offer would attempt to change the nameplate state of an unoccupied seat.

• Fixed a few scenarios where "JUMPING SOON" would be removed from a nameplate prematurely.

• Fixed issue where "next chest" and "next chest batch" buttons could be super small when hitting space bar too fast.

• Fixed issue where twitch tout would fail to render video frames until user left then returned to the dash.

• Fixed the delay when opening collection.

• Fixed table card hole card deals so second card lands on top-of, rather than under, the first.

• Fixed an issue where the first/third toggle in settings could occasionally be disabled.

• Fixed hand strength meter on the detached cards window.

• Fixed issue where sidebars would offer "join as shark" + "sit in queue and notify" check-boxes when game is in late join.

• Fixed issue where a table avatar would not be clickable when a new player sits down.

• Fixed issue where resizing the main window would result in existing table chips looking really bad.

• Fixed issue where an MTT table jump during "WAITING" period would result in your rebuy options being listed as fully available.

• Fixed issue where theme vote timeout countdown would fail to update after a voting period ended.

• Fixed avatar hand position and missing cards (when no best hand) in the "Best Hand" panel of player Profiles.

• Fixed issue where hands with antes would cause initial SB/BB chip stacks to not show.

• Fixed issue where classic MTT game start growls were failing to spawn.

• Fixed potential crash when jumping a player to a table with fewer seats than origin.

• Fixed issue where declining a rebuy after busting out could result in an infinite rebuy UI spawn loop.

• Have 100 hands played or,
• Reach level 7 or,
• Make a cash purchase

New - Outs!

Changes / Tweaks

• MTTs are now listed as being valid for decay avoidance in various places.
• Player nameplates in first person view have been scaled down to ~80% of their previous size.
• Tournaments quickplay flyout will now list ALL upcoming MTTs, but greyed out.
• Shown hole cards as a part of showdown are now full brightness.
• Shown hole cards from folded players are now smaller and greyed so as not to detract from showdown.
• Showdowns will now temporarily render all non-participating players' nameplates and avatars as semi-transparnet to bring more focus to the players involved.
• First person hole cards have been nudged closer to center of the table.
• Leaderboards "Top 100" tab label changed to "Top Players" and will now list up to 500 players.

Fixes

• Fixed a situation where "NaN% ODDS" could appear on players not a part of an all-in showdown.
• Fixed the "blip" effect in SNG/TB waiting rooms when a new player joins the queue.
• Fixed issue with store package popups failing to render their contents after the first spawn.
• Fixed crash that could occur when using the DETACH CARDS feature.
• Fixed issue where outgoing table invites were failing to show up on (and possibly crash) your target's client.
• Fixed issue in contact form where keybinds were being triggered when typing a message.
• Fixed issue where an MTT waiting room would declare "players found, creating table..." long before it was valid to do so.
• Fixed issue where promotional external links could fail to redeem the promotion.

Changes / New

• Lobby now lists all available and upcoming quickplay STTs and MTTs
• Lobby now has a "Create Home Game" button
• You can now choose to show one -or- both of your cards at the end of a hand
• You can now bind your spacebar to an action
• Clicking on a STT/MTT game's current blinds in the top left will now reveal a blind structure flyout, including breaks
• Active breaks are now displayed prominently in the bottom right of a game view
• New gameplay setting: "Show Flop/Turn/River", defaults ON
• Dealers now have a card shuffler animation on the table
• Dracula and Ragnarok rooms now have passive animations

Tweaks

• Table hole card now have a more exaggerrated perspective
• Table gifts now sit directly in front of players to avoid confusion as to who it belongs to
• Table cards and chip positions adjusted to accommodate new gift positions
• Third-person nameplate has been refactored to always show your name
• Namplates now flash when its your turn, and the countdown animation is slightly delayed before starting
• Avatars at tables and your dashboard are now thinly stroked with a semi-transparnet black line for clarity
• Hole cards on the table are now thinkly stroked and will now always fan outward despite table position/rotation
• Lobby standard game filter no longer has a blind range
• Lobby standard games will now list up to 50 rows per page
• Lobby loads are much quicker, resizing much more responsive
• Lobby now passively reloads itself on a periodic timer
• Tables you are playing at now appear with a green tint in thee Lobby
• A new seat effect has been added to symbolize an MTT jump-in / jump-out.
• Timebomb dealer no longer changes to a skeleton when the bomb explodes
• Lobby STT/MTT sidebars now show a list of players queued for that game
• Lobby STT/MTT sidebars now show the first place prize under their images
• Shootout final tables now have a dedicated blue/purple icon
• Halloween skin updated
• Now clamping outgoing gem trades to a player's max gem count when rounding errors push value above it

Changes / New

• You can now react with a Heart/Thumb/Fire/Poop during both "Tournament Winner" and "Top Gifters" announcements
• You can now send table/queue invites to offline friends if they have the mobile app
• Shootout announcements have been rebuilt and now offer buttons to queue immediately or spawn an info window

Tweaks

• Tokens will now appear larger in your collection
• Hitting ESCAPE with focus on the side bar search tab will now switch tab to friends
• "Last " changed to " days ago" to mitigate confusion
• Attempting to tip the dealer without enough chips will now present you with a standard popup to buy more chips
• Shootout announcements will no longer spawn if you are already enrolled in that specific shootout
• "INVITE" button will now be greyed out in friends list context menus when you aren't at any tables

Fixes

• Fixed a crash in the hand replayer when playing back spectator chat
• Fixed an issue where tokens or avatars could appear blank when viewing in collection, opened chests, or "Received Items" screens
• Fixed an issue where the Top Gifters announcement would fail to shift down any pre-existing growls
• Fixed an issue where logging out from the escape menu would fail to propagate your status to your online friends
• Fixed a memory leak related to the friend JOIN popup
• Fixed an issue with the numbers 11/12/13 not having the right ordinal (11st vs 11th)
• Fixed an issue where PSR trophies could replicate over and over in tourney replay end results screens
• Fixed an issue where viewing a shootout entry info window could fail to render "Advance to next table" as the prize

New / Changes

• You can now stay in queue after closing the game - use our mobile app to notify when the game starts.
• You can now queue for a SnG/TB in "Shark mode" - stay anonymous until it starts.
• Added support for future 3-player table layouts.
• Recruit-a-friend rewards are now contingent on the new recruit completing specific tasks, as listed in the recruit window.
• Quickplay flyout will now remember the last tab you had open across sessions.
• Avatar collection tab now has a basic name filter to help you search.

Tweaks

• Store feature cards are now clickable everywhere, not just the price button.
• Incoming chat pulse icon will now only trigger if a DM window does not yet exist.
• Table nameplates will now display all chipstacks in white, and all names in default skin color.
• Lobby side bar will now shrink longer table names to fit.
• Game entry values will now generate a tooltip with the name of the token/currency required.
• Store is now always loaded prior to being shown, instead of cached.

Fixes

• Fixed issue where a table's room could suddenly disappear if the same room was loaded at another table.
• Removed a few memory leaks from the MegWheel.
• Opening friends list will no longer force keyboard focus to your last-used DM window.
• DMs from a friend will no longer be squelched if you have them muted at a table.
• Fixed a fatal crash related to queueing on mobile and resuming on PC/Mac.
• Player emotes should now properly display in hand replays.
• Chat with native emoji should once again be using a san-serif system font.
• Queuing for a shootout will now disable the option to queue again.