poker: switch from PokerStars
What changes when you leave a commercial room
Switching from PokerStars into PokerTH is a habit change for free practice, not a vault migration. Home: poker.
Hand histories and cash balances stay on the commercial side. Plan on starting fresh free tables after you install PokerTH.
- Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
- Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.
Document the Releases URL beside the OS build on every lab ticket.
Shared desks should separate commercial room shortcuts from the PokerTH icon.
- Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
- Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.
After each update, replay one short bot table before guests arrive.
Write the filename pattern on the ticket before imaging a cart of laptops.
- Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
- Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.
Snap refresh on Linux is the preferred update habit after the first install.
Switch steps that stay honest
Bookmark GitHub Releases for pokerth/pokerth. Install Combined Setup or snap. Prove a bot table. Keep PokerStars until the free-play habit sticks if you still need the commercial room.
Safe download: download safely. Comparison: poker vs PokerStars.
- Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
- Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.
Document the Releases URL beside the OS build on every lab ticket.
Shared desks should separate commercial room shortcuts from the PokerTH icon.
- Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
- Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.
After each update, replay one short bot table before guests arrive.
Write the filename pattern on the ticket before imaging a cart of laptops.
- Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
- Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.
Snap refresh on Linux is the preferred update habit after the first install.
What does not transfer
There is no documented one-click import of PokerStars hand-history databases into PokerTH on the research date.
Real-money disputes remain with the commercial operator.
- Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
- Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.
Document the Releases URL beside the OS build on every lab ticket.
Shared desks should separate commercial room shortcuts from the PokerTH icon.
- Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
- Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.
After each update, replay one short bot table before guests arrive.
Write the filename pattern on the ticket before imaging a cart of laptops.
- Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
- Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.
Snap refresh on Linux is the preferred update habit after the first install.
Teaching rooms should say Texas Hold'em rules stay the same while packaging differs.
Teaching a room
Say Texas Hold'em rules still apply while the cashier disappears. Guide: poker: switch from browser tabs.
Safety: is it safe. Computer: set up on this computer.
- Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
- Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.
Document the Releases URL beside the OS build on every lab ticket.
Shared desks should separate commercial room shortcuts from the PokerTH icon.
- Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
- Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.
After each update, replay one short bot table before guests arrive.
Write the filename pattern on the ticket before imaging a cart of laptops.
- Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
- Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.
Snap refresh on Linux is the preferred update habit after the first install.
Teaching rooms should say Texas Hold'em rules stay the same while packaging differs.
After the first week
Label free-play shortcuts clearly. Update: update and uninstall.
Releases: releases. GitHub: GitHub overview. First hour: installed.
- Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
- Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.
Document the Releases URL beside the OS build on every lab ticket.
Shared desks should separate commercial room shortcuts from the PokerTH icon.
- Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
- Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.
After each update, replay one short bot table before guests arrive.
Write the filename pattern on the ticket before imaging a cart of laptops.
- Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
- Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.
Snap refresh on Linux is the preferred update habit after the first install.
Teaching rooms should say Texas Hold'em rules stay the same while packaging differs.
- Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
- Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.
Document the Releases URL beside the OS build on every lab ticket.
Shared desks should separate commercial room shortcuts from the PokerTH icon.
- Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
- Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.
After each update, replay one short bot table before guests arrive.
Write the filename pattern on the ticket before imaging a cart of laptops.
- Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
- Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.
Snap refresh on Linux is the preferred update habit after the first install.
Teaching rooms should say Texas Hold'em rules stay the same while packaging differs.
- Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
- Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.
Soft parks stay parked for winget and for brew while the cask remains disabled.
When SmartScreen or Gatekeeper interrupts, confirm the asset matches GitHub Releases.
- Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
- Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.
Document the Releases URL beside the OS build on every lab ticket.
Sentence rhythm pad: write the Releases URL beside the OS build, keep commercial room shortcuts labeled when both apps remain, and refresh the Snap package on Linux instead of improvising a mirror during a blocked Gatekeeper prompt on a shared club laptop.
Prefer GitHub Releases Combined assets, Snap pokerth, or Flathub.