Can I turn off the dealing animation to make play faster?
Yes. Turn off the personal preference ‘Show cards being dealt’ (remove the check). This should eliminate the dealing animation and instantaneously start all dealt hands in front of each player. You can further speed up the game by also adjusting the preference ‘Turn off AI Realism Delays’ (check the box). This pref kills the delay where the computer players seem to be ‘thinking’ about what to do (when their name is flashing in gold letters). Both the dealing animation and the AI thinking delay were installed for players looking for a casual game with a relaxed pace. Power-players need not apply. And finally, you can further speed your game by reducing the ‘AI Action Delay’ (on the Main Sign-up Screen) to the lowest possible setting. For me personally, these adjustments allow an average of more than a thousand hands played per hour. That’s a bunch.
