Do Online Poker Tools Really Work? by PD Laughlin
... In short, online poker tools are any legal assistants (yes the online poker tools I am referring too are legal!) or software programs that help you play online poker. And hopefully play online poker better. These software programs assist you while actually playing at a table or they help you with your pre and post play analysis. Most common online poker tools are calculators and trackers. A poker calculator is a software program that's run during play that provides valuable information like ...

Online Poker Tools are to Online Poker Cheats, as Vitamins are to Steroids by Chris Sorensen
... Online Poker Tools definedAn Online Poker Tool is any device that a player uses to assist or help play Online Poker. Online Poker Tools conform to the Terms and Conditions of the Online Poker Room. Technically, a pad and calculator could be an Online Poker Tool. Most Poker Tools are software that is used before, during, or after play. Online Poker Cheats describedGenerally speaking, an Online Poker Cheat is any Software/Program that when utilized, breaches the Terms and Conditions of your ...

Poker – Calculating Your Odds by Fawzia Awwad
... Playing poker online allows poker players, both neophyte and adept player, to utilize some pretty fantastic online poker playing tools. Today’s poker calculators allow players to determine playing odds in real time, and some software applications are so advanced that they will provide the player with hand ranking information, and the Outs (cards left in the deck that can actually make the current hand better than it is). Further, some software allows a player to preset the calculator to ...

What Poker Downloads Will Improve My Game? by Rick Ellers
... In addition, there are some sites where you can download some key poker tools. Visit and you will be given the opportunity to download a free demo of their Poker Academy software. The Poker Academy software allows you to play against opponents of different strengths and styles and then analyzes those games for you to study later. It also gives you in-game advice and compiles data on how your actions affected your bankroll. It can be a useful way to gain experience and information before ...

Poker Calculator Report: SharkScope and Spying on Your Competition Part 1 by Marty Smith
... Who would be your favorite? Sharkscope also updates virtually immediately after a tournament is completed, so it is simply the most accurate source of player information on the internet. As well it includes databases for Full Tilt Poker, Poker Stars, Party Poker and all the Cryptologic sites as well, so it covers the mass majority of sit and go tournaments on the internet. Next time you enter a sit and go tournament, help yourself to some free searches on your opponents.

The Psychology of Poker Calculators by Marty Smith
... Herein lays the value of a tool you can use on your computer, called a poker calculator. Poker Calculators are handy tools for online play that give you (at the very least) accurate pot odds to know if you should be in a hand in the first place, but also to offer the right advice for checking, folding, or betting in any given situation. Now consider this - the right advice from a poker calculator is actually the mathematically correct decision. As all experienced poker players will tell ...

Online Poker Strategy That Works For Any Player by Niki Antonio
... Your game strategy, combined with the right tools such as pot odd calculators, lots of practice, and luck will make you a better poker player. Here are some helpful tips to help improve your poker skills:Play tight. This is the best advice for beginners, period. Think about it, poker is a game of statistics; unless the game is rigged, players who happen to hold the best hand at the beginning will win most of the time. The idea of playing tight is to allow you make an easy decision whether ...

Poker Calculator Wars Part 2: Poker Spy vs. Hold 'em Pirate by Marty Smith
... If you know about Poker-Spy their big selling feature is a hand analysis tool. I was using it for sometime when I discovered that there were some odd hands with astronomical win rates like 10,9os and 5,7s…even better than AA and AKs! I generally don’t play these hands so I went to do some further research. It seems that I won a couple of tournaments and sit and go’s and the final hand was some lame straight or 2 pair I backed into examples. Well those hands so skewed the analysis of my ...