The Most Important Step

Setting up your Hand History locations for each poker site is the most important step in setting up Tilt Breaker. If you do not set this up properly the majority of Tilt Breaker's features will not work .

1. Use Auto Detect

Click "Auto Detect" to have Tilt Breaker automatically find where your Hand History files are located for each poker site. Simply check the checkbox next to each screen name you want Tilt Breaker to monitor for and hit "OK". Voila! You are now ready to start creating Auto Break rules.

2. Adding Sites Manually

If for some reason your screen name for a particular poker site was not detected by Auto Detect, you will have to add it manually. Select "Add" from the main Hand History options window. You will see this window come up:

1. Choose a poker site from the drop down box.
2. Input your screen name EXACTLY as it appears in a Hand History file. Even a missed space or incorrect capitalization will cause TB to miss your screen name.
3. Input the file path of the Hand History folder for the poker site you selected. The easiest way of finding this path is by opening your Instant Hand History options in your poker site and copying/pasting that path into here.

3. Active Screen Names

The active screen names that Tilt Breaker monitors for during a session

Understanding the Session Info Tool

The Session Info Tool displays all of your relevant session stats as they pertain to Tilt Breaker. To access your Session Info Tool left click the TB icon in your System Tray.

Session Info Tool Stats:

Session Stats

• Current - Win/loss total of current session for all currencies combined (no currency conversions) and total big blinds won/lost
• Peak - Highest point of current session for all currencies and big blinds.
• Low - Lowest point of current session for all currencies and big blinds.
• Hands - Number of hands played in current session.
• Time - Duration of time for current session
• Session Discriminator - Time remaining before your Single Session Stats refresh back to 0. This time starts back over every time you record a new hand. The setting for this time can be found under New Session in Auto Break.

Daily Stats

• Current - Win/loss total of all sessions for the Day for all currencies combined (no currency conversions) and total big blinds won/lost
• Peak - Highest winning point of the Day for all currencies and big blinds
• Low - Lowest point of the Day for all currencies and big blinds
• Hands - Number of hands played in the Day
• Time - Duration of time played in the Day
• Daily Discriminator - Time remaining before your Daily Stats refresh back to 0. This time starts back over every time you record a new hand. The setting for this time can be found under New Session in Auto Break.

Configuration



1. Turn Off Session Info Tool

You can choose to turn off the Session Info Tool completely from the General Options tab if you don't want to have access to the results of your Session.

2. Customize Session Info Tool

You can customize the Session Info Tool to only show what you want it to show. Just uncheck the stats you don't want shown.

System Tray Icon Shortcut Menu

Right clicking the TB icon in the system tray displays a useful shortcut menu.

Menu Options

• Configure - Opens the Tilt Breaker configuration panel.
• Show Button - Displays the desktop Rage Quit button.
• Open Log Directory - opens the location of your log files.
• About - Displays your current version number.

Creating Single Session Rules

The following tutorial will explain how to create Single Session rules. These rules will be active for each and every individual session that you play. To see how Tilt Breaker determines when a Single Session starts and ends, please see the New Session tutorial.

1. Create the Rule

A. Session Limit

To create a Single Session rule, you want to select "Single" for your Session Limit

B. Rule Type

Select a Rule Type:

• Stop Loss - The point in a session where you want to take a break if you lose a certain amount.
• Stop Win - The point in a session where you want to take a break if you win a certain amount.
• Stop Time - The maximum amount of time you want a session to last.
• Stop Hands - The maximum amount of hands you want a session to last.

C. Cash Delay Action

This is the action you want Tilt Breaker to take immediately after reaching an Auto Break rule:

• Sit Out Next Hand - Sit Out Next Hand is checked on all cash tables; Lockdown engages.
• Sit Out Next Big Blind - Sit Out Next Big Blind is checked on all cash tables; Lockdown engages.
• Alarm Only - No Lockdown, a notification windows appears showing which Alarms were reached. You can set multiple Alarms for the same rule type.

D. Set a Limit

This is where you set the Limit for your rule type; if you exceed the limit for a rule Tilt Breaker will end your session. These are the variety of limit options that are associated with each Rule Type:

• Currency ($, €, £) - Set Stop Loss and Stop Win rules by monetary values.
• Big Blinds (bbs) - Set Stop Loss and Stop Win rules by big blinds; ideal for players playing multiple stake levels.
• Percentage (%) - Set Stop Loss rules by % of money or bbs lost from your Session Peak. This gives your Stop Loss more flexibility since your Stop Loss increases the more you win. The concept here is the more you win the more you're willing to give back before quitting.
• Time - Set Stop Time rules by the amount of time played
• Hands - Set Stop Hands rules by the amount of hands played

2. Choose Options

A. Tables

Choose if you want your Single Session rule to apply to all cash tables or if you want the rule to apply at the individual table level

All Tables - If you select All Tables, the rule will apply to the total stats for all tables. For example, if you have a Stop Hands Played rule set at 1,000 hands, once you play 1,000 hands in your session all your cash tables will be closed

Single Table - If you select Single Table, the rule will apply for each individual table. For example, if you have a Stop Loss rule set for 100bbs at the single table level if you lose -100bbs at any individual table that lone table will be closed. There is no Lockdown time associated with Single table rules; Tilt Breaker just closes any table that reaches a Single table rule and prevents it from opening for the rest of the session.

B. Calculated From Session Start or Session Peak

(Stop Loss Rules Only)

Choose if you want your rule calculated from the start of your session, i.e. "0", or if you want the rule calculated from the peak of your session, i.e. the highest winning point of the session.

• Session Start calculates your session from $0. If you set your Stop Loss to $100 from Session Start, you will not be put into a Break until you lose at least $100
• Session Peak calculates your Stop Loss from the highest point of your session. If you set your Stop Loss to $100 from Session Peak, and you win $200 off the bat, but later lose $100 back; you will be put into a Lockdown, because you lost $100 from your peak of $200.

C. Qualifying Peak

The Qualifying Peak is the minimum amount you must win before a Stop Loss rule using Session Peak will be applied. In the example above, if your Qualifying Peak was set to $201 you would not have hit your Stop Loss, because your Session Peak is only $200; therefore you would not have reached the Qualifying Peak of $201.

3. Customize Your Lockdown

A. Delay Timer for Active Hands

The Delay Timer is the amount of time you have to finish any current hands, before Tilt Breaker closes your table(s). Please make sure to use a worst case scenario time here. Once the Delay Timer expires your table(s) will be closed, regardless of if you are in a hand or not.

Note - Active tournaments are never interrupted.

B. Lockdown Time

This is the amount of time you want to take a break for if you reach this rule. Once you hit an Auto-Break you will be prevented from playing until your lockdown time expires. If you selected "Alarm Only" or "Per Table" you will not input a lockdown time for that respective rule.

4. Add New Rule

Add/Edit/Delete

Once you have all of your Single Session rule variables selected you must click "Add" to put the rule into effect. If you want to make a change to a rule, select the rule, click "edit", make the change then click "Add". If you no longer want to use a rule, simply click on the rule and then press "Delete".

Note - you can only delete Single Session rules when you are not in a session.

Active Rules Display

Your active rules will show here. If you want to disable a particular rule before a session just uncheck the box next to the rule.

Here is a list of the acronyms we use in the Rule Display:

• SONH = Sit Out Next Hand
• SONBB = Sit Out Next Big Blind
• [T] = a Single Table Rule
• ≥ = Greater Than or Equal To
• (Daily Discriminator) = Your lockdown will be the same as your Daily Session Stats discriminator time under New Session

Confirmation

You must hit "OK" after making any changes in order to confirm that you want to keep your changes

Creating Daily Limit Rules

The following tutorial will explain how to create rules that apply to your overall stats for a "Day". These rules will apply across all of your sessions in a "Day". We refer to a day as "day", because it does not go by a traditional 24 hour period.  To see how Tilt Breaker determines when a "Day" starts and ends, please see the New Session tutorial.

1. Create the Rule

A. Session Limit

To create a Daily rule, you want to select "Daily" for your Session Limit

B. Rule Type

Select a Rule Type:

• Stop Loss - The point in a "Day" where you want to take a break if you lose a certain amount.
• Stop Win - The point in a "Day" where you want to take a break if you win a certain amount.
• Stop Time - The maximum amount of time you want to play in a "Day".
• Stop Hands - The maximum amount of hands you want to play in a "Day".

C. Cash Delay Action

This is the action you want Tilt Breaker to take immediately after reaching an Auto Break rule:

• Sit Out Next Hand - Sit Out Next Hand is checked on all cash tables; Lockdown engages.
• Sit Out Next Big Blind - Sit Out Next Big Blind is checked on all cash tables; Lockdown engages.
• Alarm Only - No Lockdown, a notification windows appears showing which Alarms were reached. You can set multiple Alarms for the same rule type.

D. Set a Limit

This is where you set the Limit for your rule type; if you exceed the limit for a rule, Tilt Breaker will end your session for you. There are the variety of limit options that are associated with each Rule Type:

• Currency ($, €, £) - Set Stop Loss and Stop Win rules by monetary values.
• Big Blinds (bbs) - Set Stop Loss and Stop Win rules by big blinds; ideal for players playing multiple stake levels.
• Percentage (%) - Set Stop Loss rules by % of money or bbs lost from the peak of your day. This gives your Stop Loss more flexibility since your Stop Loss increases the more you win. The concept here is the more you win the more you're willing to give back before quitting.
• Time - Set Stop Time rules by the amount of time played in a day.
• Hands - Set Stop Hands rules by the number of hands played in a day.

2. Choose Options

A. Calculated From Session Start or Session Peak

(Stop Loss Rules Only)

Choose if you want your rule calculated from the start of your "Day", i.e. "0", or if you want the rule calculated from the peak of your "Day", i.e. the highest winning point of your "Day".

• Session Start calculates your session from $0. If you set your Stop Loss to $100 from Session Start, you will not be put into a Break until you lose at least $100
• Session Peak calculates your Stop Loss from the highest point of your session. If you set your Stop Loss to $100 from Session Peak, and you win $200 off the bat, but later lose $100 back; you will be put into a Lockdown, because you lost $100 from your peak of $200.

C. Qualifying Peak

The Qualifying Peak is the minimum amount you must win before a Stop Loss rule using Session Peak will be applied. In the example above, if your Qualifying Peak was set to $201 you would not have hit your Stop Loss, because your Session Peak is only $200; therefore you would not have reached the Qualifying Peak of $201.

3. Customize Your Lockdown

A. Delay Timer for Active Hands

The Delay Timer is the amount of time you have to finish any current hands, before Tilt Breaker closes your table(s). Please make sure to use a worst case scenario time here. Once the Delay Timer expires your table(s) will be closed, regardless of if you are in a hand or not.

Note - Active tournaments are never interrupted.

B. Lockdown Time

This is the amount of time you want to take a break for if you reach this rule. Once you hit an Auto-Break you will be prevented from playing until your lockdown time expires. If you selected "Alarm Only"  you will not input a lockdown time for that respective rule.

C. Hitting This Rule Will End My Day

Select this option when you want to stop playing for the "Day" if you reach this rule. As you can see, when you select this option the Lockdown time setting is hidden. This is because using this option automatically sets your lockdown time to equal the time you have set for your Daily Stats session discriminator time found under the New Session options.

4. Add New Rule

Add/Edit/Delete

Once you have all of your Single Session rule variables selected you must click "Add" to put the rule into effect. If you want to make a change to a rule, select the rule, click "edit", make the change then click "Add". If you no longer want to use a rule, simply click on the rule and then press "Delete".

Note - you can only delete Single Session rules when you are not in a session.

Active Rules Display

Your active rules will show here. If you want to disable a particular rule before a session just uncheck the box next to the rule.

Here is a list of the acronyms we use in the Rule Display:

• SONH = Sit Out Next Hand
• SONBB = Sit Out Next Big Blind
• [T] = a Single Table Rule
• ≥ = Greater Than or Equal To
• (Daily Discriminator) = Your lockdown will be the same as your Daily Session Stats discriminator time under New Session

Confirmation

You must hit "OK" after making any changes in order to confirm that you want to keep your changes

Determining New Sessions and Days

This is the mechanism that Tilt Breaker uses to determine when your sessions and days begin and end.

A. Single Session Stats

Single Sessions can end in one of two ways:

1. No new hands are played for the length of your Single Session discriminator time; your discriminator time is the time set under "A" in the image above. Using the example above, if you did not play a new hand for 45 minutes from your last hand, Tilt Breaker would consider you in a new session and your single session stats would refresh back to zero. However, if you played a new hand 44 minutes from your last hand played, Tilt Breaker would consider that new hand to still be apart of your last session. You would then need to wait another 45 minutes, with no hands played, before Tilt Breaker would consider it to be a new session.
2. You hit an Auto Break rule and complete your lockdown time. If you reach an Auto Break rule Tilt Breaker assumes you will be refreshed after your break, and thus sets your Single Session stats back to zero.

B. Daily Stats

Your "Days" can only end one way. Your "Day" will refresh after no new hands are played for the length of your Daily discriminator time; your discriminator time is the time set above "B" in the image above. Using the example above, if you did not play a new hand for 6 hours from your last hand, Tilt Breaker would consider you in a new "Day" and all stats would refresh back to zero. However, if you played a new hand 5 hours and 59 minutes from your last hand played, Tilt Breaker would consider that new hand to still be apart of your last "Day". You would then need to wait another 6 hours, with no hands played, before Tilt Breaker would consider it to be a new session.

Tilt Breaker doesn't refresh your Daily stats after coming out of a lockdown, unless your lockdown was longer than your Daily discriminator. This allows you to set multiple Daily Limit rules, rather than only being able to set one.

This system may seem harsh, but when you think about it it works rather well. There was no way for us to use the 24hr format of a traditional day given all of the different time zones Tilt Breaker is used in. So we asked ourselves - What really causes us to feel like it is a new Day? - the answer was obvious, after you sleep/wake up. Therefore as a rule of thumb you should set your Daily discriminator time to your average length of sleep.

Easy Fixes for Common Issues

"I reached an Auto Break rule but Tilt Breaker didn't do anything"

This is most commonly caused by an error in the Hand History setting. An easy way to identify the root of the problem is to check the Session Info Tool after you've played a few hands in a session:

• If a tool tip doesn't display showing your session stats, either your Hand History location settings in Tilt Breaker is incorrect or you do not have Hand Histories turned on for your poker site(s). The easiest way to find the correct Hand History location is to open your poker site's Instant Hand History options and copy/paste the path from there.
• If the tool tip displays, but only shows stats for hands played and time played, your screen name was not input EXACTLY as it appears in a Hand History. Even a wrong capitalization or space will cause an error.

Limiting Games and Stakes

This tutorial will explain how to limit or block specific games and stakes.

1. Choose "Games"

Choose the Games option.

2. Select Options

A. Select Game Type

Choose the type of game that you want to limit or block.

B. Choose the Betting Type

Choose the betting type for the game you want to limit or block. You can choose All, or select a specific betting type. Betting types include:

• No Limit
• Pot Limit
• Fixed Limit

C. Choose the Max Big Blind or Block All Stakes

Input the max Big Blind of the highest stake you want to be able to play at for your selected Game and Betting type; for example if you input "6", you can play up to 3/6. Limit players should note that they too should input the big blind, not the big bet, for the max stake they wish to be able to play.

If you want to block a Game and Betting type altogether, just check the "Block all stakes" option.

3. Set the Expiration Date

Click on the calendar drop down box and choose the date that you want your rule to stay in effect till.

4. Add Your Rule

Once you have chosen the variables you want for your rule, you need to hit the "Add" button to make the rule active.

5. Rules Bin

Once you add your rule, it will become active and be displayed for your review in the Rules Bin. Although the rule is active, you will have a 24hr grace period to make sure that the rule works how you intended it to. If it does not, you can simply highlight the rule and select "delete" to erase it. If you do not delete the rule, your rule will be locked in until the date you set at the end of the 24hr grace period. There is a timer displayed next to your rule to let you know how much time is left in the grace period. Please note that you cannot delete Bankroll Management rules during an active session, even if there is still time left in the grace period.

6. Test and Accept

If you have adequately tested a new rule, you can bypass the 24hr grace period by selecting a rule and then pressing "Accept". This is ideal for players that may be tempted to tamper with their rules during the 24hr grace period. Please note that you cannot delete Bankroll Management rules during an active session, even if there is still time left in the grace period.

7. Confirmation

You must hit the "OK" button after adding a rule in order for it to take effect.

Using the Poker Site Filter Lock

Warning : Filter Lock is not compatible with Table Ninja's SNG Sensei

The Filter Lock option in the Bankroll Manager allows you to use the powerful filters for each poker site to your advantage. The concept is simple, configure your filters in each poker site so that you can only see the games that you are bankrolled for and profitable in; then Filter Lock will prevent you from changing your filters. Have a habit of chasing losses in hyper turbos? Well now you never even have to see those game types again.

Setup

1. Configure Poker Site Filters

The first thing you need to do is configure your poker site's filters to only show games you are profitable at. The poker site filters are pretty powerful and you should be able to configure them in a way so that you can hide anything you want to. However you might have to use some ingenuity. For example, if you don't want any cash games to be visible whatsoever in PokerStars you can select "2 players only" and set the max stake to .01/.02. PokerStars doesn't run heads-up games at .01/.02, so absolutely no cash games will appear : )

2. Choose Poker Site Filter

Select the Poker Site Filter Option to create a rule to lock in your poker site filters.

3. Choose When to Block Poker Site Filter

Block Always - Selecting this option will keep your Poker Site Filter locked at all times

Block Only During Session - Selecting this option will only block your Poker Site Filter while you are in a session. Remember you are still considered to be in a session until your Daily discriminator time passes; you can find out more about this setting in the New Session tutorial.

4. Set the Expiration Date

Click on the calendar drop down box and choose the date that you want your rule to stay in effect till.

5. Add Your Rule

Once you have chosen the variables you want for your rule, you need to hit the "Add" button to make the rule active.

6. Rules Bin

Once you add your rule, it will become active and be displayed for your review in the Rules Bin. Although the rule is active, you will have a 24hr grace period to make sure that the rule works how you intended it to. If it does not, you can simply highlight the rule and select "delete" to erase it. If you do not delete the rule, your rule will be locked in until the date you set at the end of the 24hr grace period. There is a timer displayed next to your rule to let you know how much time is left in the grace period. Please note that you cannot delete Bankroll Management rules during an active session, even if there is still time left in the grace period.

7. Test and Accept

If you have adequately tested a new rule, you can bypass the 24hr grace period by selecting a rule and then pressing "Accept". This is ideal for players that may be tempted to tamper with their rules during the 24hr grace period. Please note that you cannot delete Bankroll Management rules during an active session, even if there is still time left in the grace period.

8. Confirmation

You must hit the "OK" button after adding a rule in order for it to take effect.

Blocking the Cashier

Do you constantly check your cashier during a sessions and set stopping points based on arbitrary monetary goals? Tilt Breaker's Cashier Block is here to save you.

1. Choose "Cashier"

2. Choose When To Block Cashier

Block Always - Selecting this option will keep your Cashier blocked at all times

Block Only During Session - Selecting this option will only block your Cashier while you are in a session. Remember you are still considered to be in a session until your Daily discriminator time passes; you can find out more about this setting in the New Session tutorial.

3. Set the Expiration Date

Click on the calendar drop down box and choose the date that you want your rule to stay in effect till.

4. Add Your Rule

Once you have chosen the variables you want for your rule, you need to hit the "Add" button to make the rule active.

5. Rules Bin

Once you add your rule, it will become active and be displayed for your review in the Rules Bin. Although the rule is active, you will have a 24hr grace period to make sure that the rule works how you intended it to. If it does not, you can simply highlight the rule and select "delete" to erase it. If you do not delete the rule, your rule will be locked in until the date you set at the end of the 24hr grace period. There is a timer displayed next to your rule to let you know how much time is left in the grace period. Please note that you cannot delete Bankroll Management rules during an active session, even if there is still time left in the grace period.

6. Test and Accept

If you have adequately tested a new rule, you can bypass the 24hr grace period by selecting a rule and then pressing "Accept". This is ideal for players that may be tempted to tamper with their rules during the 24hr grace period. Please note that you cannot delete Bankroll Management rules during an active session, even if there is still time left in the grace period.

7. Confirmation

You must hit the "OK" button after adding a rule in order for it to take effect.

Max # of Open Cash Tables

Do you have a habit of opening more tables when you're stuck to try to get back to even faster or just play more tables than you should out of boredom? You can now prevent that by setting a max # of cash tables that you can open during a session.

1. Choose # of Tables

2. Set Max # of Cash Tables

Type in the maximum number of cash tables that you want to be able to have open at any time during a session. Open cash tables that you are not sitting at will still count against the number.

3. Set the Expiration Date

Click on the calendar drop down box and choose the date that you want your rule to stay in effect till.

4. Add Your Rule

Once you have chosen the variables you want for your rule, you need to hit the "Add" button to make the rule active.

5. Rules Bin

Once you add your rule, it will become active and be displayed for your review in the Rules Bin. Although the rule is active, you will have a 24hr grace period to make sure that the rule works how you intended it to. If it does not, you can simply highlight the rule and select "delete" to erase it. If you do not delete the rule, your rule will be locked in until the date you set at the end of the 24hr grace period. There is a timer displayed next to your rule to let you know how much time is left in the grace period. Please note that you cannot delete Bankroll Management rules during an active session, even if there is still time left in the grace period.

6. Test and Accept

If you have adequately tested a new rule, you can bypass the 24hr grace period by selecting a rule and then pressing "Accept". This is ideal for players that may be tempted to tamper with their rules during the 24hr grace period. Please note that you cannot delete Bankroll Management rules during an active session, even if there is still time left in the grace period.

7. Confirmation

You must hit the "OK" button after adding a rule in order for it to take effect.

Block a Period of the Day

Time of Day allows you to prevent yourself from playing during a specific time period each day. Let's set an example, say you set your Time of Day from 18:00 to 23:00 UTC. You will be prevented from playing between those times:

• If you are in a session, a 10 minute Delay Timer will come up and take you through the lockdown process. Your Lockdown time will be the # of hours until you reach the end of Time of Day, so in the example it would be 5 hours. If the timers annoy you, you can hide them from an option in the TB icon menu.
• If you are not in a session, all the buy-in functions will be blocked just like a lockdown until the end of your Time of Day period. The timers are actually here too, we just automatically hide them.

1. Choose Time of Day

2. Set your Time of Day Period

Set the period of the day you want to block yourself from playing during using From and Till; "From" being the beginning of the blocked period and "Till" being the end. You must set these times in the UTC time zone. As you can see, Tilt Breaker provides the current UTC time so please use that to make the conversion from your own time zone.

3. Set the Expiration Date

Click on the calendar drop down box and choose the date that you want your rule to stay in effect till.

4. Add Your Rule

Once you have chosen the variables you want for your rule, you need to hit the "Add" button to make the rule active.

5. Rules Bin

Once you add your rule, it will become active and be displayed for your review in the Rules Bin. Although the rule is active, you will have a 24hr grace period to make sure that the rule works how you intended it to. If it does not, you can simply highlight the rule and select "delete" to erase it. If you do not delete the rule, your rule will be locked in until the date you set at the end of the 24hr grace period. There is a timer displayed next to your rule to let you know how much time is left in the grace period. Please note that you cannot delete Bankroll Management rules during an active session, even if there is still time left in the grace period.

6. Test and Accept

If you have adequately tested a new rule, you can bypass the 24hr grace period by selecting a rule and then pressing "Accept". This is ideal for players that may be tempted to tamper with their rules during the 24hr grace period. Please note that you cannot delete Bankroll Management rules during an active session, even if there is still time left in the grace period.

7. Confirmation

You must hit the "OK" button after adding a rule in order for it to take effect.

Setting Up Optimus

The following Tutorial will explain how to connect Optimus to your Holdem Manager database so you can start analyzing hands for your tilt thresholds, or your opponents.

1. Add Holdem Manager Database

The very first step is to add your HEM database to Optimus, so it can scan your playing history. Once you click the "Add" button you will see this:

A - Tilt Breaker will automatically locate your databases for HM1 and HM2. Just click the drop-down box and select a database. It takes a few seconds for Tilt Breaker to identify all of your databases, so if the drop-down is empty on your first try, close it and try again in a few seconds.

B - This section will auto-populate once you select a database.

C - Test the connection to make sure everything is correct.

D - Click "Add Player". The image below will appear:

• Search for the player(s) you want to run reports on, select that screen name, then click "OK"
• You can add multiple user names, so you can run one report over all of your screen names

E - The selected player's name(s), and the site they play on, will appear in the Player box.

F - Click "OK" to confirm

Creating Reports

This tutorial explains how to create reports based of your Holdem Manager database.

Report Options

A. Choose Report Type

Choose the report you want to run from the drop-down. There are three report choices

1. Performance by Loss/Gain - This report displays your historical winrate after you reach certain win or loss amounts.
2. Performance by Time Played - This report displays your historical winrate after you reach certain time intervals.
3. Performance by Hands Played - This report displays your historical winrate after you reach certain hand intervals

B. Date Range

Choose the period of time that you want to analyze. If you don't choose a Date Range it will automatically run the report over your entire database

C. Run Report

Once all the fields are set, click "Run Report" to create the selected report type.

Completed Reports

Once your report is complete it will be displayed in the Report Box detailing the:

• Report Type
• Date the report was created (for reference)
• The "Start" and "End" fields show the Date Range that the report was ran on
• Tilt Breaker's recommended stopping point

Recommendations

Optimus' recommended stopping points are based on a simple formula. Optimus recommends that you take a break at the first instance where your winrate goes negative AND the immediate next data point is also negative. Optimus assumes that if a negative point is followed by a positive point, you are better off playing through.

If Optimus gives "No Recommendation", that means your graph did not have any negative winrates or didn't have two negative winrates in a row.

View Graph

The real value of Optimus is visualizing the report graph and making your own interpretation based on the sample size of the data points and shape of the graph. For more information on your Optimus graphs, please see the "Interpret Graph".

How to Interpret your Optimus Graphs

This tutorial will teach you how to read your Optimus graphs, so that you can make your own interpretation of the results.

Winrate

The key thing to remember with all of your Optimus graphs is that the winrate shown for each data point is your winrate after reaching that point. Using the example above we see that this player has a historical winrate of -54.19 bb/100 for the remainder of the session when they lose -$44. The sample size for this data point is 9,250 hands over 10 sessions.

Sample Size

Overall Sample Size

You can see the overall # of sessions and # of hands that the report consists of in the bottom left corner of the graph.

Data Point Sample Size

You can also hover over any data point to see the specific # of hands, # of sessions, and winrate for that Data point.

X and Y Axis

The x axis represents the values of the variable for the report:

• Perfomance by Gain/Loss - the x axis represents money
• Performance by Time - the x axis represents the amount of time played
• Performance by Hands - the x axis represents the number of hands played

The y axis is a constant, and represents your winrate.

How It Works

The purpose of the App Blocker is to block out all of the extraneous applications that may serve as a distraction to you while you should be focusing on the session at hand. The App Blocker achieves this by drawing a screen over all monitors, and only letting approved apps stay on top of the screen during a session.

You have the ability to change the color and transparency of this screen from the settings. You can also choose to set a Hotkey, so that you can diasble the screen at any time; or set an idle time in which the screen will automatically turn itself off. Lastly, you can creat a list of approved apps that will stay on top of the screen, allowing you to still play with your favorite apps during a session. Remember, once you start a session the App Blocker settings will "grey out", so that you cannot tamper with them; same as all of the other Tilt Breaker features.

Note - You should have the hotkey enabled when first using the feature until you get used to playing with the App Blocker on. Once you are comfortable with it, you should disable the hotkey, so that you cannot disable the App Blocker during a session.

Setting Up Your App Blocker

The following tutorial will explain how to setup your App Blocker.

Options

A. Enable

Check the "Enable" box to turn the App Blocker feature on.

B. Show App Blocker when Poker Site Launches

Check "show App Blocker when Poker Site Launches" if you want the App Blocker to automatically appear every time you open up a poker site to play a session. This is a good way to ensure that your App Blocker is up and running before a session starts and you are unable to turn it on.

C. Disable Hotkey During Session

Check this box if you don't want to be able to use the hotkey to turn the App Blocker screen off during a session.

Settings

You can disable the App Blocker in two ways:

A. Idle Time

The amount of time that needs to pass from your last hand, before the App Blocker will automatically turn off.

B. Hotkey

Pressing this Hotkey, when it is enabled, will turn the App Blocker off and on. You can select "disable hotkey during session" to disable the hotkey while you are playing a session to keep you from turning it off mid-session.

Style

A. Change Color of the Screen

You can change the color of the App Blocker screen from the drop down menu

B. Change Transparency of Screen

Move the bar to change the transparency of the App Blocker screen. Even if the App Blocker screen is totally transparent you will still be prevented from interacting with unapproved apps.

Approved Apps

Adding applications (.exe files) to this list will allow those specified apps to stay on top of the App Blocker screen, so that you can interact with these applications during a session. All other apps will be blocked from view (depending on your transparency setting) and interaction during a session.

Approved Apps List

This is a list of your Approved Apps. Outside of a session, you can enable/disable these apps by checking or unchecking them, or you can delete them entirely from the list.

Confirmation

Please select "OK" to confirm all changes

If you have any questions, please email support@tiltbreaker.com

During a Session

Once you play 1 hand in a new session, all of your Tilt Breaker settings lock in and the Tilt Breaker Configuration options become "grayed out".

As you can see in the above screen shot examples, Tilt Breaker disables key settings during active sessions. This prevents users that are tilting from tampering with their settings.

While in a Single Session you cannot do the following:

• Auto Break - add or delete rules or change your New Session discriminator times
• Rage Quit - edit Delay timer and Tilt Level times
• App Blocker - edit options section
• Bankroll Manager - delete rules
• Hand History - delete Hand History settings

While outside of a Single Session, but still in a Day you cannot:

• Auto Break - delete Daily rules or change your New Session discriminator times
• Hand History - Settings cannot be deleted

Outside of a Single Session and outside of a Day (or no Active Daily Rules):

• Everything is available again

A reminder from the New Session tutorial: Single Sessions end after a lockdown or after your Session Discriminator passes with no new hands played, and Daily Sessions only end after your Daily Discriminator passes with no new hands played.

Lockout Process

A Lockout is what happens when you reach an Auto Break rule and Tilt Breaker forces you to take a break away from the tables. A Lockout will occur any time you reach an Auto Break rule that has a "Sit Out Next Hand" or Sit Out Next Big Blind" Cash Delay action associated with it. Basically, if you didn't choose to make a rule "Alarm Only", it will come with a Lockout if you reach it.

This tutorial will take you through the steps Tilt Breaker takes during a Lockout:

1. Notification

A notification window will pop-up once you reach an Auto Break rule displaying which rules you've reached.

You can choose to turn this notification off from the General Options tab

2. Sit Out

Tilt Breaker will then check Sit Out Next Hand or Sit Out Next Big Blind, depending on which option you chose for the 1st rule your reached, on every open Cash table. Tournament tables will not be affected.

On sites without a Sit Out Next Big Blind option, Tilt Breaker will uncheck Auto Post blinds, which has the same effect.

3. Delay Timer

The purpose of the Delay Timer is to give you time to finish your current active hands. Once the Delay Timer reaches "0" all of your cash tables are automatically closed, regardless of if you are still in a hand or not. For this reason, it is very important that you set your Delay Timer with an adequate enough time to finish a full single hand (or a full round if you use Sit Out Next Big Blind)., and also that you do not continue to play another hand (or another round) because there is more time on the Delay Timer; it is too risky to do that and will eventually cost you! Please note that active Tournament tables are not closed, but all buy-in and registering functions are blocked.

You can customize your Delay Timer setting from the General Options tab

4. Tilt Timer

The Tilt Timer is the main timer that displays how long your break is. The length of the break is determined by the time you set for the Auto Break rule that was reached.  All buy-in and registering functions are blocked for the remainder of the Tilt Timer. Once the Tilt Timer expires you will immediately regain access to all buy-in and registering functions and your Tilt Breaker Configuration settings.

If you have any additional questions on the lockout process please email your question to support@tiltbreaker.com.

Using the Rage Quit Button

The Rage Quit button is a virtual Tilt button that sits on your desktop. The purpose of this button is to capitalize on that moment of clarity when you realize you are playing poorly and should quit your session. If you double click the Rage Quit button, an options dialog will appear with three different lockdown time options.

Simply select "Activate" next to your desired lockdown time. To customize the displayed lockdown times, go to the Rage Quit Button tab in your Tilt Breaker Configuration panel.

Alternate Buttons

TB Icon

You can use the TB icon in the system tray as an alternate Rage Quit button. Simply double click the TB icon to prompt your 3 custom lockdown times.

Hotkeys

You can also assign a hotkey for clicking the Rage Quit button, so that when you press your specified hotkey sequence, the 3 custom times are prompted. Additionally, you can assign a hotkey to each individual lockdown time. However, when you hit your hotkey sequence for an individual lockdown time, a warning prompt will still come up to make sure you intended on hitting that key sequence. Therefore, if you are intentionally using one of these hotkeys to go into lockdown, you should hit “enter” at the end of your hotkey sequence to instantly go into lockdown. The ability to assign a hotkeys is under the “Rage Quit Button” tab; see Setup section.

Setting Up the Rage Quit Button

This tutorial will explain the components of the Rage Quit Button

Show/Hide Button

This section goes over how to show and hide the Rage Quit button

Option to automatically show when poker site is opened

Check the box if you want to have the Rage Quit button show when you open a poker site.

Hide Button

Right click the Raqe Quit button to show the "Hide" option

Show Button

Right click the TB icon in the system tray to display the "Show button" option.

Lockdown Settings

Delay Timer

The Rage Quit button has its own Delay Timer setting independent of the Auto Break Delay Timers.

Tilt Times

These are the three lockdown times that appear when you use your Rage Quit Button.

Simply input the times you want for each Tilt Level to customize the times.

Hotkeys

The next thing to configure are your hotkeys. The first hotkey replaces the actual clicking of the Rage Quit button, and will display your three custom Tilt Times when the hotkey sequence is pressed.

The bottom three hotkeys allow you to set a hotkey for each Tilt Time that will instantly Activate the Tilt Time it is associated with.