Okay the aggression factor (AF for short) in poker software is slightly more complex than VPIP and PFR because it is not based on a simple percentage. In fact, you need 3 actions to compute the aggression factor. The formula then is number of (number of bets + number of raises) / number of calls. What this means is that the AF measures a players proclivity towards aggression versus passiveness. So you are comparing the amount of times he bets and raises (aggression) to the amount of times he calls (passiveness).

Zynga is a social gaming software company that has been on an aggressive acquisition spree of not only other related gaming businesses, but also a stock building of talent, most recently noted by the hiring of the team that created the backbone for PokerTableRatings.com. PokerTableRatings.com allows online poker players to research their opponents records across multiple poker sites.

As reported earlier here March 14th 2011 on the PokerCalculatorReport.com blog, "Full Tilt Poker Smacks PokerTableRatings.com" well the power of the second largest poker software site on the planet is now also wreaking havoc over at Sharkscope.com.

So before you can get the most out of your poker software you will need to know what the information such tools provide really means - such as PFR, or preflop raising percentage the subject of this video. All poker software tools have this as its one of the most relied upon indicators because it can help you understand what range of hands your opponent will raise with.

Just a week after PokerStars announce an association with Wynn Hotels in Nevada, now Full Tilt and the owners of Station Casino Inc. have forged a similar alliance in anticipation of inevitable changes for online poker laws in the USA. The Wall Street Journal reports that the relationship was actually forged sometime last year.

Victory poker seems to be on the verge of moving it's poker software platform into the Cereus network. Cereus, comprised of Ultimate Bet and Absolute poker is one of the few places with volume that accepts USA players.

PokerStars, the largest poker software business on the planet has agreed to a new partnership with Wynn Resorts the Las Vegas Sun has reported. The agreement, could lead to a Nevada based internet poker operation depending on what happens to the current grey legalities at the federal and state levels.