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Watch List and Hiding Threads

What is PocketFives.com?PocketFives.com is a site dedicated to Online Poker. Our goal is to expand the online poker community through our Poker Discussion Board, Online Tournament Player Rankings, Site Reviews and Articles.

Why PocketFives.com?

As a site dedicated to online poker, PocketFives.com chose one the most culturally rich hands in online poker for its name. An article further explaining the derivation of PocketFives.com can be found here.

You have ads for gaming sites. Does that mean they are legal?

When you gamble online, including playing poker and making sports bets, you are subject to the laws of the jurisdiction where you are located. This may include the country, state, county, city or tribe from which you make a bet. Operators and advertisers do not know the laws of all jurisdictions. Therefore, it is your responsibility to determine the law that applies to you and to only make a bet where it is legal to do so.

The advertisements you find on PocketFives.com are designed only for jurisdictions where such advertising is legal. An advertisement or hyperlink does not constitute an offer, solicitation or invitation for the use of any service in any jurisdiction in which such activities are prohibited or restricted – they are void where prohibited or restricted by law. Advertisements and hyperlinks are designed to be used only where such gaming is legal. They are not to be used if you are in a jurisdiction where gambling on the Internet may be illegal.

Creating an account on PocketFives.com

Although you don’t need to have a user account to read the content on PocketFives.com, creating a username allows you to post your own threads and questions. In addition, being registered allows you to participate in the PocketFives.com Open, earn the PocketFives.com Triple Crown, and win prizes such as our monthly Bad Beat award.

To create an account, please follow the instructions on our Registration Page. You will be asked to enter a preferred username and your email address. Your email address will not be compromised, shared in any way, or displayed on this site, but is necessary for important information concerning prizes and bonus awards.

If your preferred username is available, you will be sent an email verification notice to your registered email address which you will need to use to verify your account with PocketFives.com. You will then be able to start posting after verification. If your requested username is not available, you will be taken back to the Registration Page and asked to choose another name.

Choosing a username

PocketFives.com asks that you follow a few rules when choosing a username. Taking a few minutes to choose a good username is worthwhile, since it will be one of the first things other registered users will know about you. PocketFives.com recommends that you choose the same name that you use on your main online poker site, although this is certainly not required. In general, you may select any unique name of your choosing.

We do ask, however, that you avoid impersonating both online poker players and live poker professionals when choosing a username. Choosing a taken online poker name is frowned upon, and taking the name of an online or live celebrity is strictly prohibited and may result in the removal of your PocketFives.com account.

Changing your password

Go to the Edit Profile link under your Home Profile. You should find Change Password in the upper right-hand corner. This link will load a window that will prompt you for your new and old passwords. Once your password has been changed, you will have to login with your new password on your next visit to PocketFives.com.

Logging on to PocketFives.com

If you have cookies enabled, your login information will be saved every time you log on to PocketFives.com and you will only have to login again when your cookie expires or when you have logged out. If you are currently logged out and need to log back in, use the login link found in the top left corner of every page (above the search).

Retrieving a forgotten username or password

Click the Lost Password? link found on the login page. You will be asked to enter the email address you used when you registered for a PocketFives.com account, and then your username and password will be emailed to this address.

Can I change my username?

You cannot change your username directly. You must email admin@fivesmail.com to do it for you.

Even though it can be done, however, it is officially “discouraged.” You must have a good reason to have your username changed (e.g., you want your PocketFives.com username to be associated with the name you use on a particular online site).

Even if you provide a good reason for the change, your request may not be granted if

  • You have a significant reputation on PocketFives.com associated with your current name
  • People will fail to recognize the requested new name as the same person as your current name

Note that requests will be unconditionally denied if the requested username is already in use.

My account is locked! What do I do?

If you have attempted to log into the site several times with an incorrect password, your account will be locked and you will be unable to log in. Accounts are unlocked automatically two hours after the last failed attempt, but remember that even typing the correct password while your account is locked will add to this countdown.

If you are still having trouble logging in after waiting the given period of time, it may be because you are using a new computer after recently changing your password on a differnt machine. The first machine may be attempting to automatically log you in with the incorrect password. In the event that this happens, the only way to unlock your account is to leave the site completely for two hours. On returning, go immediately to the log-in page and use the correct user name and password.What are new tags and how do I use them?

New tags are used to inform users that there are new threads or new replies to threads that have not been read. New tags are triggered on a user-by-user basis and are color coded as follows:

  • Threads or posts that are completely new, meaning that you have not read the original post or any of its replies or threads that have new replies, meaning you have read the original post (and some of its replies), but since you last looked, new replies have been added.
  • Threads that have no new replies.
  • Popular threads

All new tags expire after a period of 8 hours, so if you have allowed an extended period of time to elapse without checking the PocketFives.com discussion boards, you may have missed posts without realizing it.

What is the difference between thread view and flat view?

Everyone has an option in their profile to choose their default thread view–you can choose either “flat” or “threaded.”
Flat view is the view in which posts are shown with no indentations, in the order in which they were posted. This is the default view for everyone.
Threaded view is how it was before for everyone, with 15 posts showing per page and indentations based on what post someone was replying to.
It’s very important to note here that if you preferred the old view, all you have to do is go into your profile and edit it, choosing threaded view as your personal default.
This change has been made for several reasons–primarily that there have been a lot of complaints about not having “new” tags within posts, denoting posts that have been added since your last view of the thread.
We’d like to ask that everyone start using the “quote” feature more often, so as to show which post you’re replying to in a thread.

How do I search PocketFives.com?

In the upper right-hand corner of every page is the PocketFives.com search bar. Enter some text and click on the search button next to the text field. Quick searches query both titles and post content and return 100 results at a time. Search results can be filtered using the drop down for Off Topic forum, Poker Discussion, posts by user or the entire site.
If a search returns more than 100 results, the information at the top of the search page will inform you that more than 100 results were found and will provide you with a link pointing to the next page of matches.

If you enter more than one word in the text field, the search will return a list of all content where both words were found. The requested words will not necessarily be found together (i.e., back to back) in the resulting content.

Advanced search options allow you to specify the following parameters:

  • Find results with all the words
  • Matching all the tags
  • Written By – Who wrote the content; please note that you must specify PocketFives.com usernames exactly as they appear on the site
  • With Date– Dates between which the content you are searching for was posted or on a specific date
  • Sorted by – newest, oldest or by relevence

If all else fails, you can try searching PocketFives.com via Google.

Why can’t I post?

To prevent people from creating multiple accounts, we require users to have verified accounts in order to post. If you do not have a verified account, the “Post” and “Reply” buttons will not appear, and you will have to use the “Verify account” link that shows up below “Logged in as” at the top of any posting page. This tool will ask you to enter the email address you want associated with your account, and a verification email will be sent. Follow the instructions enclosed to finish the verification process.

Posting a new thread on PocketFives.com

You must be a registered user to begin posting on PocketFives.com (please see our Registration Page page if you haven’t already registered). Once registered, you will see a post button at the top of each forum page:

Clicking this button will take you to the post editor. Please see Post formatting tips for more information about this tool.

Replying to an existing post on PocketFives.com

You must be a registered user to begin replying to posts on PocketFives.com (please see our Registration Page page if you haven’t already registered). Once registered, you will see a reply button in the title bar of each post:

Clicking this button will take you to the post editor. Please see Post formatting tips for more information about this tool.

Editing a Post

As a registered user of PocketFives.com, you have the ability to edit the posts that you have written. The edit feature is a privilege that we ask you don’t abuse. Correcting spelling mistakes and typos is the main purpose of this tool. If you find you need to make a major change to your statements, please do so with an update statement at the end of your post without compromising any discussions related to your original words.

In the title bar of your posts, you will see an edit button:

Clicking this button will take you to the post editor. Please see Post formatting tips for more information about this tool.
How do I resize my post?

If you are trying to copy a large image or a large HTML table into a post on PocketFives.com, you may be receiving a message that says “You are not able to submit this post because it is too wide.”

There are several reasons that your post may be too wide. Sometimes, the reason is as simple as having typed a long word or a long link with no spaces. If this is the case, separate the word or link with spaces or carriage returns, and resubmit your post.

If you have entered an image into the post, you can solve the problem by resizing your image with an image editing program before uploading it to an image hosting site, or you can manipulate the width attribute of the image HTML tag. Click the HTML checkbox on the post editor, and find the part of your code that looks like:


…< img src=... width=500 >…

Make sure the image has a width attribute that is no greater than 500 or enter this attribute in the tag if it doesn’t already exist, and you should be able to resubmit your post.

Why are my carriage returns stripped?

The rich-text editor employed by PocketFives.com is based on the designMode() functionality introduced in Internet Explorer 5, and implemented in Mozilla 1.3+ using the Mozilla Rich Text Editing API. As such, the editing tool’s full functionality works in IE5+, Mozilla 1.3+, Mozilla Firebird/Firefox 0.6.1+, Netscape 7.1+, and in any other browser that fully supports designMode() functionality. All other browsers will display a standard text area box.

If you see the the following toolbar at the top of the PocketFives.com text editor, your specific browser supports this functionality.

Browsers not displaying the above toolbar will use raw HTML to store the content written. As such, any non-recognized HTML characters (including carriage returns) will be ignored.

In order to create separate paragraphs when using a browser that does not support designMode() functionality, you will need to place two HTML break tags between your paragraphs as demonstrated by the following example: Content from my first paragraph

Content from my second paragraph
Post formatting tips

Here are some tips for making your posts as readable as possible:

Caps lock is annoying. Not only are things difficult to read when everything is capitalized, but also it gives the impression that you are screaming. Please be considerate of others or your posts may go unread.

Long paragraphs are boring. Think about the posts that you read. You probably steer clear of ones that contain solid blocks of text unless you know you’re interested in the content. When you write your post consider: would I read this when scanning through a page? If you are having trouble separating paragraphs, please see Why are my carriage returns stripped?

HTML tags are allowed when posting. If you have a little HTML knowledge under your belt, feel free to use anchor and table tags when making posts, by using the Html toggler in the text editor toolbar. Please make sure your HTML is well-formed and do not abuse this functionality.

Feel free to edit your post. If things are mispelled or you notice typos, don’t hestiate to correct the errors. Again, we ask that you do not abuse this privilege, and if you find you need to make a major change to your statements, please do so with an update statement at the end of your post without compromising any discussions related to your original words.

Why was my post deleted?

PocketFives.com reserves the right to moderate the content on this site as it sees fit. Please make tasteful posts avoiding anything abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, or sexually-oriented. Tasteless and/or illegal posts are impermissible and will be deleted. Such posts may lead to your being permanently banned and/or your service provider being informed.

In addition, PocketFives.com does not allow posts promoting affiliate programs or posts offering money exchanges, backing, and/or tournament seat selling. While the staff at PocketFives.com will be moderating and deleting posts on a 24-hour basis, PocketFives.com will not be held liable for any loss incurred as a result of malicious content on this site.

PocketFives.com also reserves the right to remove any posts that it deems harmful to the community. Such posts include, but are not limited to, asking why your post was deleted in the public forums instead of contacting the staff via email, bumping old or inflammatory threads, and intentionally starting a topic to incite hositility. Violations of these rules may lead to your account being banned.

How do I copy and paste?

PocketFives.com has a few utilities to make it easier to copy and paste other posts from pocketfives (if you ever want to quote a previous post in one of your replies, for example).

For every post in a thread, there is a copy icon () in the post title area. Clicking on this icon will copy the content of the selected post to your computer’s clipboard. When creating a post, use the paste icon () to place your clipboard’s contents into the post editor. (If you wish to use CTRL+V, you will need to toggle the HTML option before pasting).

How do I send a private message?

To send a private message to a another user on PocketFives.com you must first go to that user’s profile page. To get to a user’s profile page you can use the author link available on any post written by that user or you can search for the user by using our Player Database Search page.

Once you have made it to a registered user’s profile page, you will be able to send that user a private message by entering a message in the private message section.

What constitutes an inappropriate private message?

Inappropriate private messages include, but are not limited to, spam, requests for money transfers, advertising, requests for backing, and personal attacks. PocketFives.com reserves the right to monitor private messages, and if you are found to be in voaltion of our rules, your account will be banned.

We encourage the use of private messaging for congratulating players on their recent accomplishments, for contacting PocketFives.com users in your area, for inviting friends to join upcoming tournaments, and for requesting email addresses and/or IM usernames.

If you are the recipient of any messages that violate our rules, we ask that you save the message in question and contact us at support@fivesmail.com so we may take appropriate action.

How do I disable/enable private messaging?

To disable/enable private messaging, go to your private messaging inbox, which is accessible via your Home Profile. In your inbox, there is a button to enable/disbable the delivery of private messages.

When private messages are disabled, you will not be notified when someone sends you a message, and the sender will receive an automatic message telling him/her that you have private messages disabled.

How do I know when I have a new private message?

At the top of every page (with the exception of the PocketFives.com home page), there is a section in the top right-hand corner which tells you that you are logged into PocketFives.com. When you have new, unread private messages, a line appears below the “Logged in” line with the number of unread messages you have waiting in your profile. Using the link that appears in this message will take you to your profile page. Please note that once you have accessed new messages on your profile page, your new messages are counted as having been read, the messages are sent to your inbox, and the “new messages” line no longer gets displayed.

How do I manage my private messages?

In the Private Message section of your profile page, there is a “Message inbox” link. Use this link to get to your message inbox where you can “delete” or “keep” individual private messages. Unread private messages are automatically deleted after 14 days.

How do I add a thread to my watch list?

When looking at a list of threads in topic view on any forum thread listing page, there are [+] and [-] links on the right-hand side of every thread listing. Use the [+] link to add the respective thread to your watch list. You can find your watch list on your home profile page.

How do I hide/unhide a thread?

Use the [-] link for the respective thread to hide a thread. Hiding a thread will remove it from the forum listing page, but will not bump the first thread on the next page to the current page. This means that if you overuse this feature, it is possible to have very few (even zero) listings on a given thread list page.

To unhide a thread, use the “Manage watch list” link found in the Watch List section of your home profile. This link will launch a tool where you can unhide any hidden threads.

How long does a thread stay in my watch/hide list?

If you have not marked to “keep” an item in your watch list, the item will be automatically removed after the thread has become inactive for 24 hours. “Keeping” items in your watch list will save them from being automatically removed when the thread becomes inactive, but you may only hold at most 100 items total in your watch and hide lists.