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 ...

Poker Calculator Report: Hold'em Indicator, A New Standard by Marty Smith
... Empirical means that this poker calculator can help you keep track of your opponents, even if you are not. You can actually monitor a table before you sit at it, or keep track of players while you sit out for a period. The opponent stats window will indicate a player's profile based on several calculations including VPIP, aggression, and show downs wins. After collecting 50 hands of data, Hold’em Indicator will assign a graphic image to you and your opponents.

Poker Calculators and The Slansky Group Hand Rankings by Marty Smith
... Poker calculators have adopted this because, well they are just software designed by programmers, and not necessarily poker enthusiasts, but Slansky is a Poker icon, educator, and author. I have had several poker calculators running at the same time for testing, and have found very similar results and percentage recommendations, because they generally use the same statistical backbone as Slansky Group of Hands. The difference between them lie in how their other features are factored in, ...

When to Ignore Your Poker Calculator by Marty Smith
... You see, the magic of using an online poker calculator keeps you in check more often than you can keep track of, but there are certain situations where your poker calculator MUST be vetoed. Yes, I wrote MUST! The main scenarios where this occurs are playing against a maniac, playing in late position, playing short stack in a tournament, and avoiding being categorized by other players. We all know playing against a maniac can be frustrating but invigorating as well.

Poker Calculator Report - Magic Holdem Software Review by Marty Smith
... Poker Spy and Holdem Indicator have tracking abilities in their software that go beyond the mathematical style poker calculators. That makes Holdem Indicator and Poker Spy empirical poker calculators which are far more valuable in that they offer up information on your opponents, not just the math of the game – although they do that as well. So this begs the question again. Why are they still making software that is purely mathematical? Note to designers and investors – Add features or ...

What Poker Downloads Will Improve My Game? by Rick Ellers
... Poker tracking software and Poker game demos as listed above are among the most popular kind of poker downloads and these two are among the best in those groups. Another online poker resource you should take advantage of is Twodimes.net is a poker odds calculator that you can use to tell you the likelihood of a particular hand winning against another particular hand. There are fields for the game you are playing, the cards out on the board and the cards you and your opponent are holding.

Texas Holdem Tournament Strategy - Poker Tournament Betting Basics by Rick Braddy
... Unlike playing online, where the total size of the pot is easy to determine (the online Texas Holdem poker program typically displays the pot amount right there on the screen for you), when you play in traditional offline poker tournaments, you must keep track of the pot size and chip count yourself, so you can estimate the pot odds and your best betting options. Pot odds become especially interesting as the blinds and antes increase as the tournament progresses.