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# Quick start guide for users with solver experience

# Quick start guide for solver users
**Custom hand calculation**
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*  [ Back to help center](https://deepsolver.crisp.help/en/)
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### What you'll do here
Learn how to make your first calculation with Deepsolver as fast as possible. In this example, we make a Heads-up calculation for the Flop.
**This is a Quick Start Guide for:**
**- players who used solvers before, **
**- players who want to get straight to the point, just the basic info to get calculations done.**


### 1. User dashboard


After clicking the "Log in" button on our website [www.deepsolver.com](https://app.deepsolver.com/), you will see your dashboard:

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ebdd0adb6f3de800/tempsnip_xk4mbh.png)
1. Click here to create a custom hand and learn GTO strategy.
2. Click here to go to your previous hands.
3. Here you will find your 4 most recent games.

### 2. Your first calculation

The calculation has two steps:

- **Define game**
- **Build tree and set ranges**

To make your first calculation, click "custom hand" in your dashboard, and the following screen will appear:

#### 2.1 Calculation dashboard

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ebdd0adb6f3de800/tempsnip_149b9j9.png)
1. Here you click the street you would like to calculate for your hand.
2. Here you enter the board you want to use for your calculation.
3. Here you enter the number of players, the size of the pot, and the effective stack size.
4. Here you enter the rake percentage, additionally, you can also enter the cap on the rake.
5. This is the game preview. Here you'll find your game, and you can navigate through the hand after entering it in Deepsolver.

#### 2.2 Build tree and set ranges dashboard

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ebdd0adb6f3de800/tempsnip_eo0it1.png)
1. Here we have two options for entering possible bet sizes: Smart tree and Custom tree. The single-click tree builder "Smart" gives you automatic bet sizes. If you need some more advanced tree, you can click on the *"Custom tree"*.
2. We have arrived at the part where we have to enter the ranges. This can be done in many ways, one of the ways is by getting ranges through the GTO Range Shop.
3. Click *"IP set ranges"* to manually select the range for the SB and click "*OOP set ranges"* to select the range for the BB.
4. After you have selected the ranges you can choose from three different calculation types: *"regular"*  / *"pro"* / *"custom"*.

Click calculate, and you are good to go!

    **Congratulations, you have now completed your first calculation in Deepsolver!**

Here are some links you might find useful as well:

*  [Quick Start Guide 1/2 I'm new to solvers - first calculation](https://deepsolver.crisp.help/en/article/quick-start-guide-12-calculation-and-basic-functionalities-oylf9t/#1-quick-start-guide-12-calculation-and-basic-functionalities) 
* [Quick Start Guide 2/2 - Basic analysis](https://help.deepsolver.com/en/article/quick-start-guide-22-basic-analysis-zts6lr/)
* [Want to create a more customized game tree?](https://help.deepsolver.com/en/article/want-to-create-a-more-customized-game-tree-8phepd/)
* [Importing ranges](https://help.deepsolver.com/en/article/importing-ranges-heyklt/)
* [GTO Range Shop](https://help.deepsolver.com/en/article/gto-range-shop-30u4ks/)
* [Deepsolver GTO Trainer](https://help.deepsolver.com/en/article/deepsolver-gto-trainer-10yxwl9/)

*  [ Back to help center](https://deepsolver.crisp.help/en/)