Poker Calculator Report is the internet's top resource for ratings and reviews of the most popular online poker odds calculators, profiling and assist tools. From Marty Smith, Webmaster; If you play poker online, you have certainly been exposed to a new generation of online poker software classified herein as "Poker Calculators". If you are not using such a program, someone is surely using it on you! Recent estimates indicate more than 40% of online poker players have some sort of 3rd party program aid while playing online texas hold'em poker. Note about poker calculator reviews and testing: "All of the reviews were done using the actual programs provided by their designers. We appreciate them all for allowing access and providing important information for testing. We have provided written, graphical and in some cases video demonstrations to the best of our ability using the products with real money". Marty Smith ****Before you purchase a poker calculator, you should know the different kinds of poker software available. Firstly there is self analysis software (SAS) which helps you improve your game through reviewing mass amounts of hand data you save and store in the software. Then there is database tracking software which borderlines on black-hat operative collecting of your opponents stats. Most poker sites have rules against this, and a few are quite judicial in carrying out that restriction. Then finally, we have Poker Calculators, the most popular kind of poker assist software. There are also 3 kinds of poker calculators described below. There are 3 different types of Poker Calculators: | Mathematical Generally speaking, all poker calculators have the fundamental ability to calculate the bets and pot size while measuring that against your position, hole card strength and drawing potential. These basic reading functions, extracted right from your poker window automatically, are essentially why poker calculators exist in the first place. They quickly decipher the exact math and probabilities and offer a raise, call, check or fold recommendation. | Empirical In addition to the above features, these Poker Calculators monitor and record the behavior of your opponents. Based on this added information, such a Poker Calculator can help support or contradict your impression of a certain opponent's grid factor, but more likely, set the framework for an hypothesis all on its' own. These are the most popular types and include Holdem Indicator and Tournament Indicator as the market leaders.
***Empirical Poker Calculators are the only types of recommended poker calculators. | Operative This type of poker calculator will have a combination of at least some of the features in each of the Mathematical and Empirical, but is distinct in how it obtains that information. You could call this the black hat of Poker Calculators, because it extracts information on your future opponents, by monitoring your poker website's table action, and thus building a player database whether you are at a table or not. Then you can retrieve information from that database to view your opponents' hand selection, playing styles, raising habits, bankroll fluctuations, experience, and a host of other factors. |
Poker odds calculators are created by a complex set of algorithms, which compute the chances of winning based on past computations - the odds that this particular combination of cards will come up at a particular point in a game. While this information may seem to be too expansive to ever be able to commit to memory, there are some very basic odds that can be memorized by rote. Most successful poker players have educated themselves on the basic theories of odds so they can make snap decisions based upon those statistics regarding the chances of hitting a hand, as quickly as the cards are dealt. Which is precisely why amateurs should look to level the playing field by using an online poker odds calculator. Poker Ethics and Rules When Using Poker CalculatorsAre they unethical to use? For the most part, not really. It just brings you up to speed with the poker professionals and mathematical geniuses who have this information in their head and use it make key probability decisions all the time. Some of these programs are frowned upon by the poker sites but most, as in the case with Party Poker are internally described as acceptable 3rd party software. Companies like Party Poker will get a lot more uncomfortable though, if you are running a program that not only calculates bets, pots and odds, but profiles online poker player statistics .
It is unquestionably unacceptable to Poker Stars and Party Poker if you sit down at a table, and you have statistics on a player that you've never even played against before - so buyer beware. These big sites with all their might, are constantly seeking to level the playing field by prohibiting or negating such software. Most of the programs here are on the "safe" list. Other sites like Full Tilt Poker and Ultimate Bet by-and-large ignore the issue of third party software altogether - seemingly an non-issue with them. PokerCalculatorReport.com software rating system. |  | Product is up to date, operates smoothly, has at least MOST of the key features in its class and offers at least good product support.
|  | Product may not be up to date, but operates smoothly, has some valuable features, and offers some customer service. |  | Product is out of date, has programming or compatibility issues and/or little or no service support. |  | Product is limited in its features, and may include spy-ware or database pirating. System may be at risk.
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