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Online Poker Tools, - also known as a Poker Calculator, or a Poker Tracker -
are any Legal assistants that help You play Online Poker. The
software assists while playing, or for pre and post play analysis.
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Are Online Poker
Tools legal?
Yes. The difference between
a legal Online Poker Tool, and an illegal Robot, is the
tool does not break any rules set forth by the major
Poker Rooms. The Major Poker Rooms are most
concerned with a) robot play - play where no human
intervention occurs - a 'robot' plays the game, b) data
mining - where play is recorded and the player is not
present, c) collusion - two or more players at one table
communicate un-known to the rest of the table. The
legality of software run during play is outlined in the
Terms and Conditions of the poker room. For
example -
Party Poker's T & Cs concerning Robots
(opens in a new window).
What is the definition of an Online Poker Tool, an
Online Poker Tool Calculator, an Online Poker Tracker?
Online Poker Tools
are any Legal assistants that help You play Online Poker. The
software assists while playing, or for pre and post play analysis.
An Online Poker Tool Calculator is an additional
software program, run during play, that provides
additional relevant information such as Hand
Probabilities, Pot Odds, Outs, etc.
An Online Poker Tracker is a additional software
program, run before/during/after play, that provides
information that facilitates trend tracking which may be
used to improve play.
How Does Online Poker Tool Rank?
We've found through over thousands
of hands of testing what we feel are the most
important features of Online Poker Tools. With
this said, comparative ranking is very subjective.
Below is a list of what we found to be most important in
our opinion. You may or may not agree.
However use this list to further understand our rankings
so you may better decide what is best for you.
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Calculator Rankings |
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Feature |
Importance |
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Player
Win Probability |
Core |
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Pot Odds |
Core |
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Total
Outs |
Core |
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Player
Hand Improvement |
Core |
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Opponent
Hand Probability |
Core |
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Card
Memory |
Core |
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Card
Ranking |
Nice |
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Sklansky
Ranking |
Nice |
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Tie
Probability Break Out |
Nice |
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Opponent
Stats |
Nice |
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Mucked
Hand Display |
Nice |
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Equity
Value |
Nice |
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Textual
Advice |
Nice |
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Adjustable Textual Advice |
Nice |
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Manual
Calculator |
Nice |
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Odds of
Best Hand on Flop |
Nice |
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Auto
Attach |
Nice |
Calculator Ranking Note - The Calculator
category is extremely competitive. Rather then
crowding the top 5 with similar software, software
was selected to represent outstanding feature
differences.
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Tracker Rankings |
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Criteria |
Importance |
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Ring /
Tournament Capability |
Mandatory |
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Starting Hand
Tracking |
Mandatory |
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Play by
Position |
Mandatory |
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Track All
Opponents |
Nice |
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Player Notes |
Nice |
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Auto Read |
Nice |
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Replay
Hands/Sessions/Tourney |
Nice |
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HUD |
Nice |
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