Poker Edge Review:

My special thanks to JP for updating this review. Poker Edge requires a monthly subscription to it's service.

Poker-Edge Review:

WOW is all I can say about this poker software.  First off, this is NOT a cure all program that will tell you what to play, how to play, what move to make, etc…  It is not an odds calculator and cannot tell you what decision to make.  It IS the most intense and in depth database of statistical data for poker players online I have ever seen.  Millions of hand histories from 10’s of 1,000’s of users are stored for your analysis.  Once you start using it and begin collecting your own data from every hand you play automatically, you will be able to analyze your own game in new ways you never thought of and find leaks you never even knew existed.

I must say that at first I was quite disappointed in the software.  I thought it would give me game play recommendations based on information at the table and compared to information in its databases.  Instead all I got was a TON of data.  “What the heck was I going to do with all that information?”  I thought to myself.  They really need to increase the trial period a couple days as the program is so in depth it will take a day of reading and practice to get any real benefit from it.  But the more I used it the more I could see it’s benefits.  I first began working on my own game looking at the data and analyzing myself and how it applied.  Knowing what I do and how I play I was then able to determine how that information might apply to opponents.

Poker Edge was originally developed years ago for Cash Hold’em.  However, a couple years ago it was vastly enhanced and works on any Hold’em games including real money Tournaments & SNG’s with the same in depth statistical coverage.

First off the download and install was simple and straight forward.  There are a few things you have to know about settings for Vista Users but those are detailed in their forum.  Their help and support is quite prompt so any questions e-mailed to them are often handled within a couple hours if you can’t find the answer on their site.  Your computer operating software should be updated and running with the latest patches and updates anyway.  Also, system settings must be set to English as that is how the program is written.  Most systems for online poker players are set that way anyway.

Ok let’s take a look at the idea behind the software and how it functions.  After you install your software shutdown and reboot your system.  Start Poker-Edge (PE), then launch your poker site from the drop down menu of all the sites poker edge supports.  After your site loads you log into your poker site.  You make your game selection as normal and sit down and play as usual.  Poker edge runs on autopilot collecting all the hand data as the game unfolds and every few minutes sends this information to a central database on PE servers.  The information is added into all the existing data in the data base and sent back to your system.  Every user that ever played a game with PE running that data was collected and sent to a shared database and you have all of that data at your fingertips. 

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It is not uncommon to sit at a table and have a nice statistical history of most of the players at the table even if you haven’t played them before.  It is no different than if you sat and watched a game and made notes and collected stats or used a hand history tracker track the game you are in it also tracks the other players.  The variance is that the history of others is all there and shared and it’s not just your own history you have to rely on.  So this is how the program works.