online poker tools
Some of the tools you can get to assist you during play or to run
analysis after the fact includes programs that will give you stats on
your opponents, software that simulates different situations, some
programs will play back your hand history. There are tools to calculate
odds EV and ICM calculations. Take a look at our
Poker Links
section for Tools to visit some of these vendor sites. Some of these
programs are banned by major sites so be aware of what is and isn't
allowed. You never know what kind of sneaky spy tricks the sites will
use to check if you are running the software. If they do catch you with
something, they can freeze your account and keep your money. The most at
risk would be a program that reads the site and uses that information to
provide data back to you in real time. If you are running software on a
separate machine laptop they can't do much about that. In any case, it
is good to learn to play without too many props since if you ever
transition from online to offline tournament, none of those tools will
be available so you should not become overly dependent on them.
