Poker Tweeter User Guide

Poker Tweeter has many poker-specific and general tweeting features.
Here's an index for quick reference.

Automatic card conversion	Converts ranks and suits as you type
Board card detection	Flop, turn, river cards used in odds calculation
Suit keys	Enter suit characters directly
Win odds	Add and remove win odds to tweets

Adding @Usernames	Tap a @username to add it to a tweet
Adding #Hashtags	Tap a #hashtag to add it to a tweet
Attaching a photo	Upload a photo to TwitPic and attach it to a tweet

Save on cancel	You can save a tweet when you cancel composition
One-tap resume	Tap a tweet in the "saved" list to resume composing
Auto-save if send fails	Tweets are auto-saved if they fail to be posted

Timeline view	Tweets of everyone you're following
Mentions view	Tweets that mention you
Search view	Find tweets with user names or keywords
Favorites view	Tweets and users you have marked as favorites
Settings view	Switch users and choose options

Tappable profile image	Tap the profile image to see the author's profile
Tappable author name	Tap the author's name to see the author's profile
Tappable @usernames	Tap a @username to see their profile
Tappable #hashtags	Tap a #hashtag to search for it
Tappable web links	Tap a web link to browse web content

Replying to a tweet	Tap the reply button to reply to a tweet
Retweet with changes	Tap the retweet with changes (RT) buton
Retweet unchanged	Tap the retweet unchanged button
Favorite a tweet	Tap the favorite button

Favoriting a tweet	Tap the favorite button in the action toolbar
Viewing your favorite tweets and users	Tap the favorites tab at the bottom of the screen
Unfavoriting a tweet	Tap the unfavorite button in the action toolbar

Follow a user	Tap the follow buton on the user profile view
Unfollow a user	Tap the unfollow buton on the user profile view
Send a Direct Message	Tap the message button on the user profile view
Show a user's tweets	Tap the tweets button on the user profile view
Add a user to the ★ favorites list	Tap the ★ favorite button on the user profile view
Remove a user from the ★ favorites list	Tap the ★ unfavorite button on the user profile view
Add a user to the ♠ favorites list	Tap the ♠ favorite button on the user profile view
Remove a user from the ♠ favorites list	Tap the ♠ unfavorite button on the user profile view

Switching accounts	Switch accounts if you have more than one
Change themes	Choose between the dark and light themes
Outline hearts and diamonds	Change the hearts and diamonds characters
Card separator option	Add a separator between cards

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Refresh any tweet view by pulling down and releasing

 

Tap the compose button in the upper right corner of the screen to begin composing a tweet. The keyboard will appear, with Poker Tweeter's custom keys above it.

The compose button turns into the send button, and a cancel button appears in the upper left corner of the screen. Tap the send button or cancel button when you're done composing.

 


Poker Tweeter can automatically convert ranks and suits as you compose a tweet or direct message. Just type "adkh" for example, and it is converted to "A♢K♡" automatically.

If you want to undo the conversion, for example when you type the word "as" and it is converted to "A♠", you can just backspace and re-type "as". Poker Tweeter remembers what you erased. If you erased a rank and suit combination for a card, Poker Tweeter won't auto-convert to rank and suit again when you type the same characters.

Or you can type card suits directly by tapping the suit keys. This is faster when you have the numeric keyboard up, so you don't need to switch back to the alphabetic keyboard.

 


A group of three or more hole cards is automatically handled as the "board" in Texas Hold'em. Also, any individual cards following the initial board cards are handled as post-flop cards.

Poker Tweeter includes from three to five board cards in its win odds calculation.

 


Sometimes it's faster to tap the dedicated suit keys directly. For example, when you want to type "7♢8♡" you can just tap the 7, ♢, 8, and ♡ keys from the numeric keyboard. You don't need to switch back and forth between the alphabetic and numeric keyboards to type "7s8d". The suit keys are always shown above the keyboard as you compose a tweet or direct message.

 


You can add win odds to your tweets with one tap. Just enter two or more sets of hole cards (groups of two cards) and the "%" key above the keyboard will become enabled. Tap it to add or remove win odds for each set of hole cards.

If any hand has 100% win odds, a check mark ("✓") appears next to those cards. And if any hand is drawing dead, an x ("✗") appears.

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When you're composing a tweet, you can tap the @, #, and photos buttons at the top of the screen. The @ button shows you a list of @usernames to add, the # button shows you a list of #hashtags to add, and the photos button opens the photo picker so you can upload a photo to Twitpic and add its URL to your tweet.

 


Poker Tweeter automatically remembers the @usernames you mention in tweets you send. You can go ahead and type @usernames in a tweet, or you can tap the @ button at the top of the screen to see the @usernames you've already tweeted. You will see a list of @usernames, with the most recently used @usernames at the top. Tap one or more to add them to your tweet text.

The most recently used 100 @usernames will appear in the list, with the most recently used @usernames at the top. Every time you mention @usernames in a tweet, those @usernames will be moved to the top of the list. If you want to change the capitalization of any @username, you can manually type it in a tweet and send that tweet. For example, if you want to change @username to @UserName, just send a tweet mentioning @UserName and Poker Tweeter will update the capitalization in its @username list.

 


Poker Tweeter automatically remembers the #hashtags you put in tweets you send. You can go ahead and type #hashtags in a tweet, or you can tap the # button at the top of the screen to see the #hashtags you've already tweeted. You will see a list of #hashtags, with the most recently used #hashtags at the top. Tap one or more to add them to your tweet text.

The most recently used 100 #hashtags will appear in the list, with the most recently used #hashtags at the top. Every time you mention #hashtagsin a tweet, those #hashtags will be moved to the top of the list. If you want to change the capitalization of any #hashtag, you can manually type it in a tweet and send that tweet. For example, if you want to change #hashtag to #HashTag, just send a tweet containing #HashTag and Poker Tweeter will update the capitalization in its #hashtags list.

 


You can attach photos from your Camera Roll or any Photo Album on your iPhone to your tweets. Just tap the "photos" button to the right of the # button, and a photo picker appears. You can then navigate to the photo you want to attach, the tap it to upload it to TwitPic.

Poker Tweeter shows a progress bar while the photo is being uploaded, and the send button is disabled until the upload completes. After the upload completes, you'll see an updated character count that subtracts the length of the TwitPic URL from the remaining character count. Tapping the send button automatically adds the TwitPic URL before your tweet is sent.

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Poker Tweeter can save tweets so you can resume composing them later. This is a time saver if you want to send several tweets that are similar, or if you are interrupted while composing. Poker Tweeter also automatically saves tweets if there is any problem that prevents the tweet from being posted after you tap the send button.

When you want to continue composing a saved tweet, you can view the list of all saved tweets and simply tap on the one you want to use. And if you edit a tweet after it has been saved, your changes are automatically saved. You can delete saved tweets by tapping the edit button on the tweet list view.

 


If you tap the cancel button while you are composing a tweet, Poker Tweeter asks whether or not you want to save the tweet. Tap the save button to save the tweet for later. Up to 100 tweets can be saved, with the most recently saved (or edited) tweet at the top.

 


If there are any saved tweets when you tap the compose button, Poker Tweeter will ask you whether you want to resume composing a saved tweet or start a new tweet. You'll see "saved" and "new" buttons. Tap the saved button to see a list of the full text of all saved tweets. Tap the one you want to use, and it will be loaded into the tweet composition window.

If you make any changes to the tweet after you have resumed composing it, those changes will automatically be saved even if you cancel the tweet.

 


Sometimes there's a problem with the internet connection, and sometimes Twitter's servers are overloaded. When you send a tweet and it doesn't get posted, Poker Tweeter automatically saves it. Tap the compose button, then tap the saved button, and you can try sending the tweet again.

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Tap a tab at the bottom of the screen to go to one of the five views.

 


This view shows all tweets published by the users you follow. Tap any tweet to highlight it and bring up the action toolbar. This toolbar contains buttons you can tap to reply to the tweet, retweet it with changes, or retweet it unchanged.

 


See what everyone is saying about you! Tap the "@" tab at the bottom of the screen to find all tweets mentioning you.

 


Tap the magnifying glass at the bottom of the screen and you'll see the search view. Type anything you want to search for, including hashtags and user names.

 


Tap the star tab at the bottom of the screen to show all the tweets and users you have favorited. To unfavorite a tweet, tap it to bring up the action toolbar. The favorite button has turned into an unfavorite button (a split star.) Tap the unfavorite tweet button and it will no longer be a favorite.

 


Tap the "gear" tab at the bottom of the screen to navigate to Poker Tweeter's settings view.

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When you tap on any tweet, it is highlighted and the action toolbar moves under that tweet. Usernames, hashtags, and web links are highlighted in the tweet in a slightly different color than the rest of the tweet. You can tap these items to view user profiles, search for hashtags, and view web content.

 


Tap the profile image in a tweet to see its author's profile information. In the profile view, you can follow and unfollow them, send them a direct message if they follow you, and view their tweets.

 


Tap the author's name to see their profile information. In the profile view, you can follow and unfollow them, send them a direct message if they follow you, and view their tweets.

 


Tap any @username in a tweet to see that user's profile information. In the profile view, you can follow and unfollow them, send them a direct message if they follow you, and view their tweets.

 


Tap any #hashtags in a tweet to search for it in the Twitter timeline. You will see the search view, with the #hashtag in the search field. All tweets with that #hashtag will appear in the search results.

 


Tap any #hashtags in a tweet to search for it in the Twitter timeline. You will see the search view, with the #hashtag in the search field. All tweets with that #hashtag will appear in the search results.

 

When you tap on any tweet, it is highlighted and the action toolbar moves under that tweet. The action toolbar's buttons let you reply to the highlighted tweet, retweet it with changes, or retweet it unchanged. You can also navigate to the profile page of the highlighted tweet's author.

 


Tap the reply button in the action toolbar to compose a tweet in response to the tweet you've selected.

 


Tapping the retweet with changes button creates a new tweet with "RT" and the original tweeter's account name at the start of the new tweet. You can add a comment after the tweet text or do other editing before sending the edited retweet.

 


Tap the retweet unchanged button to resend a user's tweet. You won't be given an opportunity to change it. Just tap the Retweet or Cancel buttons to confirm or cancel.

 


Tap the favorite button to favorite a user's tweet. You'll see a star next to the tweet's "age" in the timeline. It will appear in the favorites view until you unfavorite it.

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When you tap on any tweet, it is highlighted and the action toolbar moves under that tweet. The action toolbar's buttons let you reply to the highlighted tweet, retweet it with changes, or retweet it unchanged. You can also navigate to the profile page of the highlighted tweet's author.

 


Tap the favorite button in the action toolbar to favorite a tweet. You'll see a star next to the tweet's "age" in the timeline. It will appear in the favorites view until you unfavorite it.

 


You can see your favorite tweets in the favorites view.

 


In the favorites view, you can unfavorite a tweet. Just tap it to bring up the action toolbar. The favorite button has turned into an unfavorite button (a split star.) Tap the unfavorite tweet button and it will no longer be a favorite.

 

The favorite ★ and favorite ♠ users lists are for keeping track of users whose tweets you are especially interested in. The lists make it easy to quickly get to a favorite user's tweets instead of looking through the timeline for them. This can be very useful if you're following a large number of Twitter users.

For example, we added many of the World Series of Poker Main Event's final table players (the "November Nine") to our ♠ (poker) favorites list. This made it easy for us to see just their tweets while we tweeted and blogged the action from Las Vegas.

When you navigate to the profile page of a tweet's author, you will see two "favorite" buttons. Tap the ★ favorite button to add that user to your ★ (general) favorite list, or tap the ♠ favorite button to add that user to your ♠ (poker) favorite list. Now, when you navigate to the favorites view, you can see them in your favorites lists.

You can add and remove favorite users from your lists at any time. Those lists are stored only on your iPhone in Poker Tweeter's database, and users never know about them. Also, if you have multiple Twitter accounts, each account will have its own ★ favorites and ♠ favorites lists. You can add different favorite users for your different Twitter accounts.

 


Tap the star tab at the bottom of the screen to see the favorites view. Then tap the ★ button at the top of the screen to see the general favorite users list. You can scroll to any user in the list, then tap that row to view the user's profile. Then you can tap the tweets button to see that user's tweets, even if you are not following them.

 


Tap the star tab at the bottom of the screen to see the favorites view. Then tap the ♠ button at the top of the screen to see the poker-related favorite users list. You can scroll to any user in the list, then tap that row to view the user's profile. Then you can tap the tweets button to see that user's tweets, even if you are not following them.

 

Tap any tweet and you'll see a toolbar pop up under it. To see the tweeter's user profile, tap the profile image on the action toolbar. You'll see their profile text, follower / followign count, and whether you're following and whether they're following you. If you're not following them, you can tap the "Follow" button to follow them. And if they're following you, you can tap the "Messsage" button to send them a direct message.

 

On any user's profile, you can see whether or not you are already following that user. If you're not following them, you can tap the "Follow" button to follow them.

 

On any user's profile, you can see whether or not you are already following that user. If you are already following them, you can tap the "unollow" button to unfollow them.

 

On any user's user profile, you can see whether or not they are following you. If user X isn't following you, you'll see a message saying "user X is not following you." If a user is following you, you can tap the "message" button to send them a Direct Message.

Unfortunately, Twitter does not allow Twitter apps to show the direct messages that other users have sent you. Please visit Twitter.com to see your direct messages.

 


On the user profile page, you can navigate to a page with the user's tweets. Tap the tweets button and you will see a condensed list of tweets without the user's profile image.

Tap any tweet in the list to bring up an action toolbar to enable you to reply to and retweet any of the user's tweets.

 


On the user profile page, you can add or remove a user from the ★ (general) favorites list. Just tap the ★ favorite button. The next time you go to the favorites view, you can tap on the ★ button and you will see all your ★ favorite users.

After you tap the ★ favorite button, it changes into the ★ unfavorite button. Tapping the ★ unfavorite button on any user's profile view will remove them from your ★ favorites list.

You might need to refresh the page by pulling it down and releasing ("pull-to-refresh") to see changes to your favorites lists.

 


On the user profile page, you can add or remove a user from the ♠ (general) favorites list. Just tap the ♠ favorite button. The next time you go to the favorites view, you can tap on the ♠ button and you will see all your ♠ favorite users.

After you tap the ♠ favorite button, it changes into the ♠ unfavorite button. Tapping the ♠ unfavorite button on any user's profile view will remove them from your ♠ favorites list.

You might need to refresh the page by pulling it down and releasing ("pull-to-refresh") to see changes to your favorites lists.

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The settings view is where you can choose your Twitter accounts and to choose Poker Tweeter options.

 


You can easily switch between multiple Twitter accounts. Tap the "gear" tab to go to Poker Tweeter's settings view. Then tap the account button to see the accounts view. You'll see all the accounts that you have authorized Poker Tweeter to use. Then tap on the account that you would like to switch to.

If you would like to authorize Poker Tweeter to use another Twitter account, tap the "+" button. This will bring you to the Twitter.com login page. Enter the user name and password for another of your existing accounts, and Poker Tweeter will be able to send and receive tweets under that account name.

Please note that Poker Tweeter can not create new Twitter accounts. To create a new Twitter account, you must use a web browser to visit Twitter.com.

 


Poker tweeter has two different color themes. You can choose between the dark and light themes by tapping the left or right side of the control.

 


One any user's user profile, you can see whether or not they are following you. If user X isn't following you, you'll see a message saying "user X is not following you." If a user is following you, you can tap the "message" button to send them a direct message.

Unfortunately, Twitter does not allow Twitter apps to show the direct messages that other users have sent you. Please visit Twitter.com to see your direct messages.

 


Poker Tweeter can automatically insert a hyphen between hole cards and board cards. Tap the "gear" tab at the bottom of the screen and toggle this setting on and off.

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You can refresh any of the tweet timelines by "pulling down" on the timeline, then releasing. (Note: you must be at the top of the list to use the "pull to refresh" feature.)