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Monday, 08 December 2008 06:38

Using poker software online to improve your game is highly recommended for new players. New players can achieve a much faster learning rate, while using poker since software to learn facets like poker odds, hold card strength, positioning, opponent profiling, win odds, and poker tournament stage and structure.

There are three different kinds of poker software, you can be using.  One general category falls under self analysis software which allows you to analyze your own play by using the software to collect data while you play. Once you get volume of hands to analyze these poker software programs can then illuminate areas of your game to improve.

There is also database tracking software, which allows you to see player profile histories on poker sites that you might play at, without ever having played with them before.  If this sounds like cheating to you, well, some big poker sites like Poker Stars in Party Poker agree with you and don't allow it. Poker Edge is one of the leading pieces of software in this category and is often at odds with poker sites, in regards to its use, so extra caution is needed if you do decide to use it.



The other category for poker software is poker calculators, which can monitor your hole cards and help you with pot odds, win odds, hand strength, and the good ones - called empirical poker calculators, also profile your opponents for you. Some of the poker calculators in this category are Tournament Indicator, Hold'em Indicator, Poker Spy, and Hold'em Hawk.

A lot of poker software can be purchased outright from the online retailer or in exchange for opening a poker account at a poker site that you may not have an account yet.  The reason they offer this as well as an option is because they actually make more from you as an affiliate then they do if you pay cash. Your best option, long-term it least it is to buy the poker calculator out-right.  And at the same time, if you can sign up for new site do it through a rake back offer.  If you're a regular player, that will pay for any poker software you want to buy.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 09 December 2008 17:19