Online Poker Tools

by Phil Helmut

Online poker is different than live poker in a few ways.One way is that when you play online you can use various tools to help you play. Your computer can help you improve. It can also help you know more about your opponents, You can load your computer with software programs that can give you an edge. Here are a few examples.

Probably the most well know such program is Poker Tracker. Poker Tracker help you study your game. It also can be very effective at teaching you about your opponents.

The software can display your history in different ways, You can look at how you did with all of your hands when you had AA for example. Or,you can see how you fare when you play from the button.

This is an excellent tool to analyze your game. You can see how you’re winning, Also, you can see what hands, or plays, are costing you money, Players also use this software to learn more about their opponents playing styles.

Another interesting poker tool is Poker Sherlock. This is a membership that gives you access to a software that has data on millions of players, With Poker Sherlock you know who your going up against before you start playing.

This software give you detailed stats on all the players at the table that are in the data base. It will clasify these players so you know what you’re up against. All you have to do is launch the sofware, and everything is automatic.

When you play you will know if you’re up against an aggressive fish, or a loose aggressive shark. Sometimes it’s hard to tell for a while. This way you know from the first hand who to go up against, and who to stay away from.

Sit N Go Power Tool (SNGPT) is designed to help you make mathematical decisions in SNG situations. In many SNG situations the blinds get very big in relation to the stacks at the table. When this happens, you just can’t wait for good hands, you need to play. The basic question is whether to push all in, or fold.

The question is, what hands do we psuh, when, and why? With SNGPT you just plug in the specific situation in question, and get your answer. The sofware analyzes the equity value of your decision.

Most of the mistakes players made when the blinds go up in an SNG are either, playing to passively, or just raising, and having to fold when one of your opponents goes all in after you. This software teaches you the correct decisions in this part of the game.

Okay, now you have a few examples of the tools that are out there for serious online poker players. As you can see, these tools will give you great information that will help you win. Other players are arming themselves with these weapons to gain an advantage at the tables. Don’t be left behind.

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