Open the Tournament search page to specify the mode of operation.

If you want to auto-register different numbers of tables in different tournaments:

• select the Play tournaments by the list option up top;
• click F button;
• add all tournaments with common table limit (use F button);
• click Save;
• reapeat the steps above for other tournaments.

If you want to manually look for games with weak players using SharkScope:

• select the Look for tournaments manually option up top;
• enable the Browse tournaments automatically option at the Automation page and the Review tournaments option at the Tournament review page if you want the application to automatically go through the list of tournaments and show you statistics;
• disable the Browse tournaments automatically option at the Automation page if you want to manually select tournaments in the lobby;
• check the following pages for more settings:
  • Easy opponents;
  • Tough opponents;
  • Tournament review;
  • SharkScope;
  • Filters;
  • Player classes;
  • Custom stats;
  • Player database;
  • Displayed stats;
  • Stat highlighting.

If you want SharkyScanner to just register you in all tournaments:

• select the Play any tournament in the lobby option up top;
• check the Browse tournaments automatically and the Register automatically options at the Automation page.

If you want SharkyScanner to auto-color players it meets in lobby by their SharkScope stats:

• select the No tournament search / waiting lists option up top;
• check the Browse tournaments automatically option at the Automation page;
• check the following pages for more settings:
  • Easy opponents;
  • Tough opponents;
  • SharkScope;
  • Filters;
  • Player classes;
  • Custom stats;
  • Player database;
• check this FAQ section for more information.

Automation parameters define when the application should act without user's participation. Open the Automation page.

If you want SharkyScanner to automatically search for a suitable tournament, enable Browse tournaments automatically option. In this case the application will control poker client to browse from one tournament to another cyclically scanning all tournaments on the list.

If you want SharkyScanner to automatically register you in a suitable tournament, enable Register automatically option. In this case the application will control poker client to complete the tournament registration process.

In order to enable automatic rematch function in Heads-Up games, open the Heads-Up rematch page.

Select Accept or Decline option for automatic processing or Disable if you want to accept or decline rematch manually.

If you want SharkyScanner to auto-register you in Spin & Go tournaments, open the Spin & Go registration page, check the Auto-register in Spin & Go tournaments option, and specify tournaments you want to play.

You can set the number of simultaneously played tables, the number of games in session and the duration of session at the Session page. Session is considered as completed if the total number of the games you have played and the number of the games you are registered in reached the specified number, or the time given for the session expired. If session is completed, SharkyScanner stops looking for games.

You can specify additional scan-related conditions at the Safety page.

Browse to the SharkScope page.

Use Enable SharkScope function option for enabling and disabling SharkScope function. Please note that in case of disabled option, you will have the possibility of viewing SharkScope stats that have been obtained and saved to the local database before.

Simultaneous searches number parameter sets the maximum number of SharkScope stats requests being processed at the same time. In order to reduce the consumption of searches, decrease the value of this parameter. In order to improve the speed of obtaining players' stats and finding weak ones, increase the value.

Enabling Request profit graph if available option allows obtaining player's profit graph along with his stats. If you are not going to view graphs, disable this option necessarily, because it can significantly reduce the time of requesting stats.

Obtained stat currency option defines the currency used to obtain player's stats. Please note that search criteria containing “Av. profit”, “Av. stake”, “Profit”, “Stake”, “Cashes”, “Best 100 streak”, “Best 500 streak”, “Worst 100 streak”, “Worst 500 streak”, “Rake” and “Required bankroll” parameters depends on the selected currency, because all numbers which are compared with those parameters will be in the specified currency.

At the Filters and the Player classes pages, you can create new, modify and delete already existing SharkScope filters and player classes.

In order to create new filter/class, press +, to modify existing filter/class, select it in the list and press pencil button, to delete a filter/class, use x button.

You can select SharkScope filter used to obtain stats by clicking an appropriate icon in the main control window.

You can view players' stats in the main control window. In order to select displayed parameters and specify their color schemas, use the Displayed stats and the Stat highlighting pages respectively.

SharkyScanner has a great number of settings that allow to fine-tune it for your needs. Here's a short summary of settings you can find on different pages:

• Easy opponents — here you specify criteria for players you would like to play with;
• Tough opponents — here you specify criteria for players you wouldn't like to play against;
• Blocked players — here you specify how SharkyScanner should treat players with blocked SharkScope stats when counting players in tournaments;
• Tournament review — settings for tournament review during auto-browsing of the tournament list;
• Lobby review — settings for lobby review during auto-browsing of the tournament list;
• Waiting lists — list of tournaments you want to share with other SharkyScanner users (allows to join waiting lists for certain types of tournaments along with other SharkyScanner users and register in it when your turn comes and there’s an empty table in the lobby);
• Priorities — allows specifying tournament priorities;
• Notification — settings for visual/audio notification on a suitable tournament spotting or a start of a tournament after auto-registered in it;
• Custom stats — creation of SharkScope stat parameters calculated according to the formula of other parameters;
• Search saving mode — allows reducing consumption of SharkScope searches;
• Player database — adjustment of update period for SharkScope stats;
• User interface — language selection and visual settings for the application interface;
• HUD — SharkyScanner HUD settings;
• Hotkeys — assignment of key shortcuts for certain actions;
• Lobby — settings related to the main lobby of a poker client;
• Account — authentication settings;
• Updates — software update settings;
• Backups — settings related to the backing up of software and poker client data;
• Advanced options — the rest of the settings which, as a rule, shouldn't be modified;
• Tools — various helpful tools.