THANK YOU! It worked. I thought it would be easier but i guess not. How did you know to do that? I read the directions and none of them said that.
I just guessed, mostly. Since the default behaviour is Esc, it makes sense that the function layer mapping for that key would be the `~ key below it. And in this case, it's a doubled up function layer, so you need fn+shift+esc to access the "shift" level of the function layer.
So in short, I just knew.
Also, if that's too many key presses to get the ~, you can remap that key using the programming mode of the Poker II, to make it a "top level" function layer key.