Master Poker - Free Demo Software

Master Poker Free Demo Download

You may download a free Demo Version of Master Poker at no cost. The Demo allows you to play more than a thousand hands so that you may see if you like the software, but has many missing and locked features that are only available in the Full Version (adjustable event parameters, multiple table colors, card deck styles, and pretty background screens, etc).

(Download size 20.5 meg)

*** Webmasters for poker related sites may feel free to download the Demo and post it on their site, or link directly to it here.

The Master Poker Demo is distributed in a .zip file in order to make the download as small as possible. Here are the complete steps to installing the MP Demo on your computer:

1. Click the button below to download the MP Demo Setup file to your computer.

Note: Be sure to pay attention to where the Setup file is being downloaded. Unless your download files go straight to your Windows Desktop it's very easy to lose track of them.

2. Locate and unzip the MP Demo Setup file to a temporary folder (with newer Windows versions right-click the file and choose Extract all).

Note: Folks with older versions of Windows (ie. Win98) may need to first obtain a free zip utility such as WinZip, Zip Reader, or PKZip.

3. Look for the 'setup.exe' file (all lowercase letters) in the unzipped folder and double-click it to begin the Master Poker Demo installation. The Windows Setup Wizard should take over and guide you through the remaining steps.

Hopefully, you will enjoy the Demo and come back to purchase the Full Version of Master Poker. Be sure to bookmark our website address right now so you can find us later. Enjoy!

The Demo has elicited a few specific queries. Here is some additional Quickstart info that should help downloaders:

The information below is also included in the file called User Guide which can be found in the Master Poker directory on the program menu under your Windows Start button. The User Guide file has detailed instructions on using all of MP's features. It is worth a look, especially if you're test-driving the Demo.

The Betting Bar: This allows you to size your bets to anything you wish both preflop and post flop. When it is your turn to act put your cursor over the area just above the 'All-in' button. The green betting bar should appear. You can drag the slider on the bar to set the amount you want to bet. The bar also has some small arrow buttons for fine adjustments. Right-click them to see the Help window for what each button does.
Using the Keyboard to Bet: You can use numeric keys (1-10) on the keyboard to make betting much easier:
- Preflop a numeric key will raise a multiple of the Big Blind (BB) above the posted BB. Example: If no preflop raise has been made hit the '2' key to raise twice the size of the big blind for a total raise of 3x's the bb (you're calling the BB and raising '2' more bb's). The '3' key would be 3x's the BB, etc... This means to get your standard 3x's the BB opening bet just ht the '2' key when it is your turn to act.
- Once someone else raises the number key will reraise a multiple of the last raise, above the ‘To Call’ amount. Example: If an AI player makes a standard opening raise of 3xbb and you hit the '2' key, you will reraise 2x's the size of his raise. The '3' key would be 3x's the size of his raise, etc...
- The Flop/Turn/River is a little different. If you're making the initial bet it will be a percentile of the pot. Example: If the pot is 500 and you are the first to act after the flop pressing the ‘2’ numeric key will bet 20% of the pot, or 100 chips. Pressing ‘5’ would bet 50% of the pot, or 250 chips, etc ...
- On the Flop/Turn/River, once the initial bet has been posted by another player your keyboard number will become a multiple of the last bet/raise above the ‘To Call’ amount (just like preflop). Example: If an opponent bets 100 into a pot of 500 on the flop, it is 100 chips for you to call. If you press the 3 key, your bet will be his 100 plus a raise of 3x his bet (300 more), for a total wager of 400 chips. You have raised 3x (key ‘3’) his initial bet. The '5' key would be 5x's, etc ...
Fast-clicking the Deal button with the mouse: Some folks report the 'Deal' button does not click properly when they're quickly clicking to Zip ... Deal ... Zip ... Deal ... I've found this to occur for one of two reasons:
1) Some people just click their mice very quickly and the click sometimes doesn't register with the application (I call it Triggerfinger). You likely do it in all of your software but it's easier to detect while playing poker because you're clicking rapidly on one button and expecting an immediate result, or,

2) When playing multi-table tournaments, you're clicking the Deal button before all AI players on the tables out of your view finish their hands. In Master Poker those unseen tables are actually playing hands just like you are, and the current hand must be finished for all tables before the Deal button officially becomes enabled again for the next hand. Power players can eliminate this tendency by using the keyboard keys Z and D to Zip ... Deal ... Zip ... Deal ... (instead of the mouse). You will find this is preferable to the mouse anyway and provides very smooth game play when zipping through hundreds of hands at a time.
The program seems to hang up once in a while during play of hands (the Windows hourglass will appear for a few seconds), then will return to functioning normally: This is usually the result of some other software running in the background on your Windows Desktop (almost always virus software). Windows needs to use the CPU and your computer puts MP on hold for a few seconds until it's done. Simple fix, turn off the offending software while you're playing poker (especially if you're power-playing lots of hands with the Zip function).
You get a Windows advisement that your system is missing a needed file and to insert the disk from the required application, which is typically Microsoft Office or a shareware application long ago uninstalled. The impression is that Master Poker is missing the specific file, or is somehow tied in to the requested application. This is not the case. In the few cases where User's reported this problem the requested App was either improperly uninstalled, or as in the case of Office, made the mistake of thinking your Office installation was asking for the file. In typical Office installations, the application makes several registry entries for features that will 'Install on Demand', then enters a small startup program to watch for when these files are needed (you can verify this by checking the list of apps that start automatically when you boot your computer). When Master Poker, which uses a database file to store your preferences, starts up, Office can sometimes mistake this for a call to use it's own database application, resulting in the query for you to insert your Office CD. This situation has been known to occur during both the initial installation of Master Poker, and when you press the 'Play' button to start a new session. The easy answer is to simply fulfill Office's request, and let it install the file it thinks it needs. That will forever clear the file request and let you get down to what's important--playing cards.
When you run the program the text seems too large to fit in the screen, running out over the edges of the table. People often like to use higher screen resolutions for Windows because it makes your graphics look much sharper (particularly on laptops), but Windows text defaults to a very small font and can be difficult to read. Windows gives us an option to use larger fonts when displaying text, and you may have found and activated that feature. Unfortunately, it looks like that feature is not user-friendly with Master Poker. It does indeed increase the size of the fonts, but this makes them out of proportion to the program's graphics. Hence, the text stretches, the graphics do not.

To fix: You will have to set your default Windows Font size to 96 dpi (standard size) for your sessions, then switch it back again when done playing. Not a real big deal, but I apologize for the inconvenience. You can set/reset your Windows XP font DPI by following these steps:

Right-click your open 'Desktop', then click 'Properties', then click the 'Settings' tab. This is where you set your screen resolution. Now click on the 'Advanced' button to the right of the screen settings slider. You're looking for an option called 'DPI Setting' and should put this at 96 dpi. With both my NVIDIA and Radeon cards it is under the 'General' tab, which is the first tab displayed. If I were to guess, you currently have it set at 120 dpi to cause this issue.

If you're currently sampling the Demo Version of Master Poker and have any questions, or are having any type of difficulty at all with the program please contact me with the details. I will not only personally respond to your note, but I'll post your problem here to make it easier for future Demo users to check it out. Thanks!