# Sidebar: Overview

Poker Academy includes the sidebar as major source of dynamic information when playing a poker game. At the top of the sidebar are four buttons which take you to the Main Lobby, Hand Evaluator, Showdown Calculator and Player Statistics.

The main function of the sidebar is to hold a number of sidebar sections. Each section can be closed to just its titlebar, or opened to see its contents. The window is not tall enough to comfortably support all sidebar sections in their expanded state, so you will want to pick and choose the ones you find most useful.

- Session Stats
- Hand Evaluator
- Tournament Stats (tournaments only)
- Advisor
- Transcript