The playback pane shows you every action of every hand in an entire online poker session. This is an invaluable tool if you are serious about improving your online game. Reviewing your hands is easy, fast, and essential.



Display

• Session info, player login, hand id, blind amounts, player count, button position, and total hand count
• Opponents' known hole cards, names, stacks, actions, and win/loss amounts
• Win and tie odds for all players still in the hand, whether or not their hole cards are known
• Board cards, dealer button, final table indication
• Searchable list of all sessions in the database with date, site, game type, and player name
• Searchable list of hands in the current session, with hole cards and win/loss amounts, etc.

Clickable Items on Playback

• Previous hand, previous action, play / pause, next action, and next street buttons
• Hole cards: click for a list of a player's known hole cards and their win/loss amounts
• Board cards: click to toggle between the streets
• Pot sizes: click for a list of all pots and who won the main pot on each hand
• Dealer button: click for a list of who was on the button on each hand

Control Panel Buttons

• Start of hand, previous street, play / pause, next street, and end of hand buttons
• Playback speed slider
• Drawer open / close button
• Optional previous / next session, previous / next hand, and previous / next action buttons

Main Pane Controls

• Hand, street, and action selectors
• Session and hand keyword search field
• Clickable session and hand lists
• Keyboard shortcuts for rapid playback
• Optional hand history text display drawer

Options

• Show / hide playback control panel
• Felt, Onyx, Graphite, and Leather themes

 
Automatic Playback
There are two sets of playback controls: basic controls on the playback pane itself and a more advanced floating playback control panel.

Table Playback Controls
There are controls right on the playback table, just to the left of the board cards. Click to go to the start or end of a street, to the previous or next action, or to pause and play.

If you click play and just let it run, playback will advance through all actions in the hand, to the summary, then continue through the next hand. All hands in a session can be reviewed with just one click of the play button.



The Playback Control Panel
You can control every aspect of playback by clicking buttons on the playback control panel or by using keyboard shortcuts. To show and hide the playback control panel, choose the Playback > Show / Hide Playback Controls menu item or press the the command and P keys simultaneously.

When the playback control panel is visible, clicking the middle button will play and pause automatic playback. The left side buttons skip to the start of the hand or the previous street. The right side buttons skip to the next street or the end of the hand.

Moving the slider to the left or right will decrease or increase the playback speed. The five speeds are: 4 seconds per hand, 2 seconds per hand, 1 hand per second, 2 hands per second, and 4 hands per second.

For even more playback controls, you can click the button on the right. This opens a drawer with the previous / next session buttons, previous / next hand buttons, and previous / next action buttons.



 

Manual Playback
If you prefer not to use the playback control panel, or if you want to choose a specific hand number or session, you can use the controls on the playback pane itself. Click the Preflop, Flop, Turn, and River buttons to go to the start of any street in the current hand.



Click the next or previous action buttons to move forward or backward between actions in the current hand. As you click the next button, you will advance across actions and streets all the way to the end of hand, then continue on to the start of the next hand. Likewise, as you click the previous button, you will move back across actions and streets to the start of the hand, then continue back to the summary of the previous hand.



You can open a drawer to the right of the display if you want to see the actual text of the hand history file, including player chat.

 

Keyboard shortcuts
You can quickly move between actions and streets and jump to the start or end of any hand without even clicking your mouse. Just use the following keyboard shortcuts.

	command P		show / hide the playback control panel
	left arrow		go to previous action
	right arrow		go to next action
	shift left arrow		go to previous street
	shift right arrow		go to next street
	command shift left arrow		go to start of hand
	command shift right arrow		go to end of hand
	shift up arrow		go to previous hand
	shift down arrow		go to next hand
	command shift up arrow		go to more recent session
	command shift down arrow		go to later session
	space bar		play / pause automatic playback

Note: To use the space bar to play and pause automatic playback, you must first ensure that mouse focus is on the playback control panel. Simply click on the control panel before using the space bar to play and pause playback.

Tip: Pressing or holding down the right arrow key will advance you between actions and streets all the way to the end of hand. Likewise, pressing or holding down the the left arrow key will move you backward between actions and streets to the start of the hand.

 

Choosing Hands
You can click back and forth between consecutive hands with the next/previous hand buttons, or you can type a specific hand number into the hand text window.

 

Searching for Hands
You can search for hole cards, player actions, and situations by typing keywords into the "search hands" field. The search results will appear in the hands list.


The first hand in the list will be loaded for playback. Click on any row in the hands list to play that hand. To move to the previous or next hand in the session, press the up arrow or down arrow keys.



You can search for specific hole cards, hole card ranges, player names, game situations, game types, and poker terms to find hands in the current session.

Hole card searches:

	qq	pocket queens
	9s	the nine of spades
	ac 9s	the ace of clubs and the nine of spades
	ak	any ace-king
	ax	any ace
	==	any pair
	--	any suited cards

Action searches:

	allin, all-in, ships, shoves	any player gets it all-in
	call allin, call all-in	any player calls for all his chips
	bets allin, bet all-in	any player opens all-in
	raise allin, raises all-in	any player moves in over the top
	busted, felted, eliminated	any player gets all-in and loses
	nocall, uncalled	any player raises or bets and nobody calls
	walk	nobody limps or raises the big blind

Situation searches:

	ak vs qq	ace-king versus pocket queens
	== vs ax	any pair versus any ace
	sb, small	who was in the small blind on each hand
	bb, big	who was in the big blind on each hand
	bt, button	who was on the button on each hand
	win, wins	who won the pot on each hand
	tie, split, chop	hands where the pot was split
	showdown, sd	action on the hand reached a showdown
	shows, flashes	any villain exposed his hole cards without a showdown
	holecards, cards	any villain's hole cards are known (with and without a showdown)
	side	hands where there was a side pot
	arrives, sits, new, in	any new player arrives at the table
	moves, leaves	any player changes tables
	final	first hand of the final table

Game type searches:

	lh, lhe	Limit Hold'em hands
	ph, plh	Pot Limit Hold'em hands
	nl, nlh	No-Limit Hold'em hands

You can also combine full or partial player names with keywords:

	PlayerName allin	PlayerName gets it all-in
	PlayerName button	PlayerName is on the button
	PlayerName wins	PlayerName won (partial player name match)
	PlayerName busts	PlayerName's bustout hand
	PlayerName ak	PlayerName was dealt ace-king
	PlayerName showdown	PlayerName went to a showdown
	Player1 Player2	Player1 and Player2 went to a showdown
	PlayerName shows	PlayerName exposed his cards and there was no showdown
	PlayerName cards	PlayerName exposed his cards or went to a showdown

 

Choosing Sessions
The session list shows one row for every session FlopZoom has analyzed. You can click on any row in the session list and FlopZoom will play that session. To move to the previous or next session in the list, press the up arrow or down arrow keys.

 

Searching for Sessions
You can search through all sessions in the session list by typing a keyword into the "search sessions" field. Type the first few letters of a player name, a date, a tournament type, session name, game type, or session keyword. The search results will appear in the sessions list, and the first session in the list will be loaded for playback. Click on a row in the session list to start playing the session.

The "hero player" is the login name of the player who played the sessions that FlopZoom has analyzed. If you have played under different user names in the past, or if your friends have sent you hand history files for you to analyze, you will see those hero names in the sessions list. (The "Save Current Session" menu item makes it easy to save the current session history files so you can email them to your friends.)

Player name searches:

	PlayerName	all sessions PlayerName played (any hero or villain name)
	Player1 Player2	any sessions in which both Player1 and Player2 played (four names maximum)

Session type searches:

	mtt, tourn	multi-table tournament sessions
	ring, cash	ring game sessions
	sng, sitngo	sit-and-go tournament sessions
	shootout, so	shootout tournament sessions
	play, play chip	play chip sessions

Game type searches:

	lh, lhe	Limit Hold'em sessions
	ph, plh	Pot Limit Hold'em sessions
	nl, nlh	No-Limit Hold'em sessions
	mh, mixed	Mixed Hold'em sessions

Seat count searches:

	full, max	full ring sessions
	six, six max, 6max	6 max seat sessions
	headsup, hu	heads-up sessions

Wins and final table searches:

	wins, won	tournament sessions won by currently selected player
	final	final table tournament sessions of currently selected player

Session id searches (tournaments):

	433	session number starting or ending with 433
	01433	session number starting or ending with 01433
	1001433	complete session number

Table name searches (ring games):

Table name

Ring games played at table "Table name"

Date searches:

	2010	sessions played in 2010
	2010/03	sessions played in March 2010
	2010/03/28	sessions played on March 28, 2010

You can also combine full or partial player names with keywords and dates:

	PlayerName	all sessions played by PlayerName
	PlayerName 2009	sessions played by PlayerName in 2009
	PlayerName cash	ring games played by PlayerName
	PlayerName cash 6max	6-max ring games played by PlayerName
	Name1 Name2 Name3 Name4	All sessions that up to four named players played together
	2010/01 mtt	multi-table tournaments played in January 2010 by all hero players
	ring 2010	ring games played in 2010 by all hero players
	sng 2008 PlayerName	sit-n-go tournaments in which PlayerName played in 2008
	wins six	six handed tournaments won by the hero player of the current session
	wins sng	sit-and-go tournaments won by the hero player of the current session
	PlayerName wins	tournament sessions won by PlayerName
	PlayerName wins so	shootout tournament sessions won by PlayerName
	PlayerName wins so hu	heads-up shootout tournament sessions won by PlayerName
	PlayerName wins so 2008/10	shootout tournament sessions won by PlayerName in October 2008
	PlayerName final	final table tournament sessions of a specific player
	PlayerName final 2010	final table tournament sessions for PlayerName in 2010
	PlayerName ring 2008/12	ring game sessions for PlayerName in December 2008

Note: If you search for a four digit number, FlopZoom will assume that it's a year if it's between 2000 and 2009.  

 
Playback Themes
We've created four themes so you won't get too bored with the playback table. And there are more on the way!



Integration with Session, Statistics, and Analysis panes
Any session you select in the playback pane will also become the current session in the session, statistics, and analysis panes. Whenever you select a specific session in any FlopZoom pane, it will become the current session in all the other panes. The current hand you've selected in playback will be highlighted in the session pane. Speaking of which...