tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294178722011-09-22T01:05:21.979-07:00Using Poker Calculators online to help win money.Turtleknifenoreply@blogger.comBlogger1231100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29417872.post-26494468932392215652011-04-06T09:35:00.001-07:002011-04-06T09:35:21.436-07:00

This has already affected the rating of many Full Tilt Poker players. I notice they did not put my recent Midnight Madness final table appearance in my stats, even though it does show at OfficialPokerRankings.I am not entirely sure what is the difference between the two sites as to why one is allowed to extract the data, and another is not.in reference to: "Also stated by Sharkscope admin on the

Turtleknifenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29417872.post-57282038081477374112011-04-05T10:57:00.001-07:002011-04-05T10:57:24.407-07:00

This article is just a sampling of some of the quality content available at www.PokerCalculatorReport.com where I and my team review all the latest poker software tools, calculators and training programs available for players who are really serious about improving their game.in reference to: Poker Software and Using the PFR% Indicator (view on Google Sidewiki)

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Here are some of the latest Twitter accounts SPAMMING this terrible poker software:@KhloeSanders89@CarlosJarvis82@c49outrue@BrookeOM@MadelynHO@EmmaGordon81@Jovan067@Mariah_IK@MackenzieMD@Mia_LN@Jovan067@khloenb@VanessaSummer99@JasmineSteel99@JenifferLove88@LanaWhite99@AdamWhite99@morganfg@WOPT@LordofPoker1@MollyOneal89@aubreygq@EvaPoole88@briannans@Alyssa_DP@PeytonOneil88@Nevaeh_BA@EmmaDuran86@

Turtleknifenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29417872.post-22713340546599535842011-03-28T20:24:00.001-07:002011-03-28T20:24:33.566-07:00

This shows every stage of a major hand I played in Full Tilt's Midnight madness Poker Tournament last night. Watch how the profiling data I have on my opponent helps me win a massive pot.Turtleknife teaching Poker Tournament StrategyView more documents from Marty Smith.

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I play this tournament often and cash often too, but have only final tables it like 3 or 4 times. If not for the last hand bad beat, I think I take the whole thing down.The payout was extra special because of the 3700+ entires and double guarantees week.in reference to: Midnight Madness poker tournament discussion hand - AQos. | poker tournament strategy (view on Google Sidewiki)

Turtleknifenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29417872.post-21368031589823821592011-03-23T20:11:00.001-07:002011-03-23T20:11:45.378-07:00

These are more Twitter Spammer pushing this horrible product:@wOpt@mnrtgh@Jovan76@c49outrue@GamblerGuides@chek123ithttp://pokercalculatorreport.com/Poker-Software/lord-of-poker-scum-of-the-internet.htmlTo see why they are spamming read here:in reference to: Lord of Poker, Scum of the Internet (view on Google Sidewiki)

Turtleknifenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29417872.post-25404929072328530972011-03-22T08:02:00.001-07:002011-03-22T08:02:04.444-07:00

This software is not only beyond useless, it will make you LOSE more money because of certain outdated features. It was actually called something else a couple years ago before it went out of business and re-emerges as this.Fake reviews and spammy social marketing are just some of the reasons to avoid dealing with such malicious vendors. Read my full Poker Software review on this shitty product

Turtleknifenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29417872.post-22625155196176348192011-03-01T05:06:00.001-08:002011-03-01T05:06:48.071-08:00

Vanessa Selbst and Norm McDonald both debuted on GSN`s High Stakes Poker, one as host, the other trying to make her mark as an aggressive, competitive player. Unfortunately, in this hand, despite some of the most obvious live poker tells ever from Phil Ruffin, she let that image get carried away, and was stacked to the tune of $200,000 in the early going.in reference to: High Stakes Poker and how

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So JCPenny is denying any knowledge of what was going on because their firm was supposedly responsible for the Black Hat SEO tactics. To me that either makes you Dumb for knowing about it and letting it happen, or even Dumber for denying knowing about it, while your search results were obviously skyrocketing during the Holidays.You would think someone at JCPenny would say, hey, why the heck are

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I like Jon's point here about opponent calling preflop, but I am not so sue about good players calling as top and play if they completely miss. It is still a difficult decision.here is my take on it:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwIOWOM4ON0in reference to: Online Poker at Full Tilt Poker - Poker Tips: Tips From the Pros: 24th January 2011 (view on Google Sidewiki)

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Looking to see how HD video gets embedded.

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If you are interested in this product but feel you might need some training as to how to play 7 card stud, no worries because I got that covered too.StudPokerReport.com provides is here you can sign up for free 7 card stud poker training. The first video is over 12 minute long and is sen immediately after you sign up.in reference to: Stud Indicator Poker Calculator | Poker Software (view on

Turtleknifenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29417872.post-31724789460756867792010-02-26T08:29:00.001-08:002010-02-26T08:29:44.877-08:00

This sitemap is created with a Joomla! extension. It also auto-updates every time I post a new blog entry, and then categorizes it as well.This site is about poker software reviews and was offline for 6 days due to the paint-ball accident at Westhost.in reference to: Poker Calculator Report | Online Poker Odds Calculator (view on Google Sidewiki)

Turtleknifenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29417872.post-30541226649582575392010-01-29T12:51:00.001-08:002010-01-29T12:51:27.404-08:00

Glad you were able to use the information I provided you for this article Steve. Clearly though with your experience with Poker Edge, did you really have to ask?Here is some additional information for your readers - I have posted one of profiling videos using Tournament Indicator.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yretIgQXSMAnd here is the full review of Tournament Indicatorin reference to: Is

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This would have been a great tool for online poker, but only in the casual sense. Playing a game while, basically doing something else.There are however some real limitations to this being a possibility including hardware, internet connections, the iPad OS, and of course the lack of multi-tasking.Oh well. Just have to get that Mac-Book I have been thinking about.in reference to: Can the iPad be

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I now see these guys making claims of selling more than 200,000 units in their first year of operations, which would be nearly 300% of the entire market share for that period.These claims are for a product that brought nothing new for the user, and in fact is based on out-dated screen-scraping technology. The only people buying that type of software are severely uninformed and a sliver of the

Turtleknifenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29417872.post-9354237102197355162010-01-20T11:21:00.001-08:002010-01-20T11:21:29.973-08:00

This article was writtern be me several years ago, and I now find it here, stolen with no author credit or link back to my website. For more information on Poker0Edge and other Poker Calculator Software, please visit my review site at:http://www.PokerCalculatorReport.comThank you.in reference to: "Recently, the designers edge of poker, has announced that their tracking software issue with the

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An exciting new cash game structure at full Tilt Poker allows for playing way more hands per hour because of some intense programming that allows you to be moved from table to table as soon as you fold your hand. See the full review athttp://www.PokerCalculatorReport.comin reference to: YouTube - Rush Poker at Full Tilt (view on Google Sidewiki)

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This is just nonsense from a stubborn player that probably loses money online. How long have you been using a math calculator in your life? When you need to do some quick calculations do you run for a pencil and paper or a calculator? If you are under 40 you probably used a calculator in your entire education starting from the point where you knew your times tables, right? Does using a math

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You can not underestimate the power of knowing odds in poker. Contrary to your statement, odds are a critical part of long term winning. You are speaking of what pros who don't take odds into account? There aren't any because they wouldn't be pros if the didn't. Yes, profiling and other important factors come into play, but they only serve to define the odds of a given poker situation even more.

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This is a prime example of a lame blog trying to become legitimate but stealing article content without giving back reference credit to it`s writer - me!All it takes is a link which doesn't hurt your page at all, but gives credit to the person who thought, wrote and submitted the article to the directories, for your fair use.Please good people surfing, do not click on any link on this site,

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You can see him and his Full Tilt Avatar in action during this controversial cash game hand. Often highly charged and emotional at the table, Mike Matusow has often been accused of self-destructing as a poker player. His status in the poker world consistently leaves him just a few steps behind the elite players in winnings and respect.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBcAiwndeCYin reference to:

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As you can see there are just a few poker sites that are Mac compatible. I realize a lot of online players might now have the flexibility to have both systems in their home like I do, but there is a solution for Mac only users and that is Parallels. Which is a bridge program that lets you operate PC software on your Mac.Here is a video I made playing poker on my Mac usin parallels.http://

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It has several other major drawbacks you didn't mention, mostly in that it sweeps your computer screen for the information on the table. This prevent multi-tabling and multi-tasking because you have to leave the poker room full screen and NOTHING at covering any part of it, or else you get an error message from the software. Screen scraping is OLD technology and inhibits everything on your

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I agree with your statement here, but IMHO it's a VERY important missing feature. That's because Holdem Genius is NOT an empirical poker calculator and does not have profiling capabilities. A lot of times your decision at a poker table will be more of a result from profiling than just basic odds, so you really do NEED both. You can see the full review of Holdem Genius at our review site here:http

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See the full review of Texas Calculatem on our video review site http://www.PokerCalculatorReport.com Know the differences between all products and their features and find out why some are better than others.Marty Smith(Turtleknife @ Full Tilt Poker)in reference to: Texas Calculatem Reviews | High Stakes Poker (view on Google Sidewiki)

Turtleknifenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29417872.post-2929950606599503502009-12-02T20:56:00.001-08:002009-12-02T20:56:05.677-08:00

That software is rather horrid really, and no help for tournaments. Try my poker tournament strategy videos at http://www.mzonereport.com and then you can get a free trial of Tournament Indicator, a much better piece of software for online poker.Best of luck anyway,Martyin reference to: "thought I'm too good for that and I would never pay for some book or calculator. But after one more losing

Turtleknifenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29417872.post-67318829430450845402009-11-29T15:24:00.001-08:002009-11-29T15:24:51.986-08:00

Read the full review of Calculatem Pro at my poker software review site http://www.PokerCalculatorReport.comFor 5 years we have been reviewing products like this using video as well as our 4 ACES ranking system. You can also get our free poker math and odds training right on site.Marty Smith (Turtleknife)in reference to: ATS Poker Blog (view on Google Sidewiki)

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See my video reviews of these products and more at http://www.PokerCalculatorReport.comWe have a rating system called the 4 aces that helps you decide which product is best for you. There IS a big difference and it is important to know things like:Annual costsCustomer serviceBanned productsProfiling featuresMultiple computer licensesFunctional reliabilityIf you have any general questions you can

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Really liked the video, all the videos, it's all good food for thought! Loving the TI as well! Great product! Especially like the new 3Bet, Steal and CBet percentages! Great job, keep up the good work!!For videos using Tournament Indicator sign up at http://www.mzonereport.comin reference to: Poker Odds Calculator - The Most Advanced Online Poker Tournament Calculator (view on Google Sidewiki)

Turtleknifenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29417872.post-54919541139549089442009-11-15T21:55:00.001-08:002009-11-15T21:55:52.905-08:00

Mr. Smith,These last two videos have been fantastic. I can't wait to use some of these tactics in my next tournament. I will be buying Tournament Indicator this week and as soon as I get some time off of work I plan to cash more often! Maybe I am a dork but your video's are also entertaining. I have told all my friends about this program and your lessons. A few of them have already signed up

Turtleknifenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29417872.post-84548525679345527692009-10-06T14:47:00.001-07:002009-10-06T14:47:27.445-07:00

Hi Marty,I'm enjoying your video series very much, thanks. I'm just a beginner and have been playing .01/.02 ring games on PokerStars and making all the mistakes beginners do (e.g., like not realizing when my Aces have been cracked).I hadn't thought about playing tournaments before but your video series has got me very interested in the idea.Thanks for the videos and keep up the good work!Cheers,

Turtleknifenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29417872.post-61753428246415585792009-10-05T05:14:00.001-07:002009-10-05T05:14:17.821-07:00

For a full (3 part) review of Poker-Edge from a REAL user of the software visit:Poker Edge reviewin reference to: Online Poker Player Stats Tracking Software | Real Time Statistics Tracker | Hand History Database Exchange | Player Profiling (view on Google Sidewiki)

Turtleknifenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29417872.post-5778854089513209922009-10-05T04:52:00.000-07:002009-10-05T04:52:34.251-07:00

The results of any hand in poker is determined by one or both of the fall of cards and the players. Now having the best hand surely helps, and if you play to the river - of course you win the pot. You can also bet tough enough to take your opponent off the superior hand, and that too will win you the pot. Knowledge of odds and probability can turn a seemingly arbitrary event into long-term,

Turtleknifenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29417872.post-46898397626322821292009-08-03T06:55:00.000-07:002009-08-03T07:04:10.824-07:00

There were a lot of great responses to the bad beat poker video and I did award the prize money on Sunday, all were collected. Here is a sampling of the comments:oh what a truly spine shuddering reminder of how poker can so easily land a killer off-hand cock shot on you when you are leaning over the table to gather in your chips! Keep up the vids MartyI think your comment says it all. "I am so

Turtleknifenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29417872.post-25597772664455514772009-06-23T12:45:00.001-07:002009-06-23T12:54:54.449-07:00

I don't often get upset. Even when I am getting beat-blasted on Full Tilt Poker all night long, I am still able to take it with a grain of salt - at least after a few swear words slip from my mouth.Today however, I am upset and it has nothing to do with winning or losing money. It has everything to do with unscrupulous marketers making outlandish claims about heir products, obviously trying to

Turtleknifenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29417872.post-11888590008387128092009-06-10T14:00:00.000-07:002009-06-10T14:04:43.773-07:00

How do you learn to play poker? Read a lot of books, get advice, watch the good players and learn, and play a lot of hands. The last one should be on top of the list as nothing beats experience. Chess players become world champions by learning from the best but also from playing thousands upon thousands of games. It should not be any different in poker. Like an athlete, the more training you get

Turtleknifenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29417872.post-80474649131801660622009-03-12T06:35:00.000-07:002009-03-12T06:40:17.284-07:00

I was curious what all hand grouping schemes people used to rank and sort their hole cards and decide what to play. Please pick whichever of the following items you find the most relevant or use the most personally. I'm interested primarily in NL Holdem tournament and ring play.Note: This is my first forum pool so hopefully it turns out correctly. If anyone has any suggestions, modifications, or

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I've seen a few people talk about a "HUD" and I've seen on some of the videos the display that appears besides the players name showing specific player stats. So with that said here's a few questions:1) I'm assuming HUD stands for "Head's Up Display".. Correct? What program provides the HUD?2) Is said program free? And where can I get it?3) Where can I go to learn what the stats mean? I know the

Turtleknifenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29417872.post-76783311674571917452009-01-19T22:32:00.000-08:002009-01-19T22:35:56.750-08:00

Profitability in poker depends on consistent and repetitive quality decisions. Often times, when in a hand that requires intricate odds calculations, you have to look at each individual situation in the long term perspective. That means taking a particular hand into account and stretching that exact situation into hundreds, even thousands of hands.Professional players who rely on making money

Turtleknifenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29417872.post-3848427581766154742008-12-19T09:25:00.000-08:002008-12-19T09:27:28.056-08:00

I would rather tell people the truth that they can,and now it looks like will be suspended for using prohibited software on Full Tilt. I think there is a clear line, but some people are looking for ways to cross it.I do not want to see anyone's account suspended, it's sick, I'm all for the players here. With that said, I would NEVER recommend using prohibited software.Almost anyone that visits 2+

Turtleknifenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29417872.post-20161801074703699002008-12-09T08:23:00.000-08:002008-12-09T08:28:08.034-08:00

I was wondering about what the standards are when 2 (or more) players agree to check down a hand when a player in the hand is all-in. I always perceived it as a form of collusion when two players make openly make such an agreement before the action takes place. Am I correct? Or should I just let this thing go?I'm by no means a poker rules expert, but I've always considered this to be a form of

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I noticed something curious about Tournament Indicator, where I think the poker software miscounted my outs.Let me give you the setup.My hole cards: 6s AsThe board: 3c 8s 9s 7d (we're on the Turn, with the River yet to come)Outs as calculated by Tournament Indicator: 21 outs(9 spades, 3 Tens, 3 Fives, 3 Sixes, 3 Aces)The pot: $400I'm on the cut-off, with 3 players in front of me, with me yet to

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Should poker bots be allowed or not? Some players actually feel they are not as threatening as some make them out to be. In reality, poker is about really about playing the cards you are dealt and knowing who your opponents are, and what they are likely to do. You also have to be bright enough to pick a table that you feel you can beat, and avoid the ones you are not favored to win at. A REAL

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The Aggression factor used in poker calculator software is a valuable profiling measurement that you can use to strategize against your opponent whether it be high or low. Aggression Factor, or AF, is a actually a ratio, not a percentage which describes the nature of a player's betting tendencies, and it’s important to know how the AF is actually determined and what it really means.So let’s start

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The poker forum is a plcae for such debates, but in this one I really feel such softwrae features are better off with other products.I know it won't happen, but I think it would be awesome it TI had a small HUD that, if nothing else, placed the opponents profile icon and MZone number (in the appropriate color) next to their name on the table. That's all. I'm not looking to have all the

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Poker Calculator Stats in the orange M zone. a) vpip of 18%. That's 18% of hands dealt.b) pfr% of 13%. That's 13% of hands dealt.c) af of 3.8. I think I can figure that one out.d) wsd% of 51%. That's 51% of 18%(vpip)e) wsdw% of 84%. That's 84% of 51%(wsd%) of 18%(vpip)f) won% of 18%. Thats 18% of ?are a) through e) correct?can someone fill in the blank in f) for me?3) Except for the Green Mzone,

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Q: I'm trying to see if this makes sense:You have AK. Flop is 852r. Opponent has JJ. You know this for sure.There is $7.50 in the pot. He moves all in for $2.50. (Let's assume that AK has exactly a 25% chance of winning the pot on the flop if he's all in).I have to call $2.50 to win $10, which is 25%. So if he moves all in for $3 I should fold?Is that correct? Really I'm just trying to see if I

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Phaedrus, JP and Mattywein debate some new features that extrapolate deeper VPIP and aggression measurements in poker calculators.I note your enthusiasm for this feature Matty. If I understand it correctly, you would like a 20 percent, or 30 percent hand range broken down into probable holdings and your hole cards matched up against say the average of that range.Its a nice idea but I really think

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As you can see, here, I limped in with what Omaha indicator calls a premium hand, with 27 Hutchison points. The reason why this is not a top 10 hand is because of that eight being a suit of its own, and really offering no strength at all for the low or a possible straight. So in this hand, I leave you really playing for the nut low, because I have two of the deuces, seriously reducing the

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You may also find this of interest if you do like the program and would like to purchase it.Poker TrackerBasically people who have bought pokertracker2 and PA HUD will be getting a discount applied to their PT3 purchase. Although as far as I know they are planning on having the commercial release of PT3 somewhere around the end of this month. Keep in mind the release date has been changed a

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Sure it is a small market compared NL holdem, but with all the big pros like Gus Hansen and Phil Ivey playing omaha and omaha HL for hundreds of thousands of dollars most nights on Full Tilt, you would think that such a poker calculator would be successful. It isn't like there haven't been attempts, but sadly they don't even rate good enough to well, rate. Mostly becuase you have to plug in your

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Several years ago, a computer engineering team (can't remember the exact school they were from) decided to beat the slot machines. They managed to shell out the cash to buy an old model that was still widely used in their state's casinos. They reverse engineered the source code, and found that the slot machine's programmers had poorly implemented a common random number generator: they intended to

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Ok I think it would be quite advantageous to have this kind of skill at the poker table. This could be the most advanced poker calculator on earth!

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A few random hands where my poker calculator shows I am a huge favorite to win, but things just didn't work out.

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There is a free ebook at SitandGoCertified.com that deals with the traditional profile grid as explained by Dr. Alan Schhonmaker AND the profile icons that Tournament Indicator use when it profiles your opponents at the table. I think it is useful to combine the two to show where those icons are actually situated on the grid, and why.Even if you don't use Tournament Indicator, a lot of poker

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Some forum members are debating about Poker Crusher and its accuracy:You are using a "free lookup" and as such it is just a hodgepodge data collection. It is the SUM TOTAL of every game type, cash or tournament, any buy in level, full table or short table, no limit and fixed limit ALL added together then analyzed.Raz is more uniform or narrow in game types, therefore his "analysis" is going to be

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Phaedrus75 did a better job of describing my own video, than I did myself. I have only just gotten around to watching this, and I thought it warranted forum discussion.In the video Marty shows 2 hands, the first being an all-in with middle pair and a flush draw (K8s) and the second is folding pocket kings to board with 2 Aces and a flush draw.The two hands are diametrically opposite in terms

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Stox Poker could not duplicate the win Phil Laak had over Polaris in season 1. "This year we were down with two matches to go," said Michael Bowling, leader of the university's computer poker research group. "We were just shaking our heads, wondering how we'd gotten so far down." But when the numbers from the last matches were on the screen, it became clear that Polaris had caught up and was

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Great videos! Date: 3 days ago Message: HI TK. I've been playing poker for 3 years now, and it's nice to see more players addressing the online poker world more extensively. I'm a (broke) college student, so I haven't been playing as much poker lately as I would like. That will change once my GI Bill money starts rolling in and I can set aside $100 or so a

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fjxsMost everybody emulates at least one poker pro and wishes they could play as good as them and have a winning record like they have. That may include tournament cashes, cash games, trophies and bracelets.In the world of Internet poker however, such thing as don't come as easy as it seems on television. Can you really make the bold kind of plays that Gus Hansen makes with hands like 35 suited?

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You see it all the time online. A bad beat or and horrific bad beat send somebody to the rail prematurely. Usually that player was well ahead in the hand, when the chips when in the middle. The next thing you know, the chat box is a rattling with more profanity than you can find on late-night television.Most new players cannot control their anger when this happens to them. And because the

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I'm doing another sit and go demonstration here with tournament indicator, but I wanted to focus on a couple of key indicators in the poker calculator software program, which I don't talk about often enough and that is the balance and street features and those in those two features together can help in determining when a player is on tilt and basically that.And found that even though she is a

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From gadget in the forum:I don't know if it's good poker math or strategically correct to do so, but I usually push before I'm red mzone. I will wait under certain conditions, but rarely, I want it to hurt as I've mentioned before, so I'm pushing around 12 down to 9 M. Most times I'm only red from embarrassment at not taking my chance earlier and I'm only grey after a stroke.I agree about Ax

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From 2+2 below... My feelings exactly in regards to MTT play... but use TI to do the observation for you, esp if multi-tabling.Re: How many successful MTT players use HUD's/PT in realtimeI used PT/PAHUD a lot. But I don't have the feeling that it helped me that much.Usually in those large field MTTs you are rarely running into the same players twice. Also, once you have some stats on them, the

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Thoughts from the forum in calculating ICM and what to do about it in sit and go tournaments and multi-table tournaments. Phadraeus writes:Firstly, I have learned that push/fold is not an easy formula. Rather it is a question of judgement and feel, based on the following factors:M;Q;ICM and tournament equity;Position;Profilingtournament type (MTT v STT)and blind speed (turbo or regular)A yellow M

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I was in a hand in a 5/10 limit poker game a few years ago and I called from the button with J9os about after 5 players had limped. Then of course the big blind decides to be clever and min raises. Everyone, including me calls again. 14 bets, $72 in the pot to start the hand in the pot! The flop comes Q84 rainbow. Gut shot. Man would I fell better if I was at least open-ended. Stupid to be in

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When Chris Ferguson blogged his Start from Zero Bankrolling Quest, he proved that it could be done. You can start an online poker bankroll from ZERO dollars. The fact that a Full Tilt pro with the reputation of Chris toiling in the penny tables went through the whole process not once, but twice building an account surplus of Ten grand shows that with due diligence and dedication to the task, you

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Multi-tabling is one of the major issues when playing on the internet. It is definitely a skill in that it requires 100% concentration. Poker calculators fit very well with multi-tabling because they do a lot of the ground work for you in profiling and odds displays so that you are able to make quicker decisions which keep the flow of the table going while improving your hourly rate as well.If

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The tournament poker calculator, Tournament Indicator can be used on Cake Poker which is an available alternative for US players and that is good news given how many sites still don't allow them. Here is a strategy video for a turbo sit and go tournament at Cake Poker.

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So you have doubled up a few times and are running good. Several weak players at your table have literally handed you free chips and you have a couple maniacs who you have just up so perfectly where all you need is a medium strength hand to let them have it. You can already envision a good payout in this tournament nearing the bubble when all of a sudden.... table change. Just when you have

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http://www.pokerhand.org/?2581482I felt the re-raise from the button was weak, but I don't get why this guy is calling with 56 suited, his looking at a raise, a re-raise and an all in. how can 56 suited possibly look like a decent hand here?was pushing the right move here? I'm definitely not folding here and I don't really like calling because chances are I'm going to miss the flop and someone is

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I played a full slate of sit and go games over the weekend at Full Tilt, Poker Stars, and Cake Poker. I am happy to report that I made upward trends in the bankroll at each website, but not without the usual frustrating bad beats and random coolers getting in the way on occasion. The good thing about bad beats is that someone has made an error playing against you, so really, they are bound to

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I've read a few people write about the importance of doubling up in MTTs (and quadrupling up in re-buys). This had got me thinking about how you go about doing that and still properly observing GCI (Game Critical Intersects). I once saw Antonia Esfandiari get knocked out of a tournament early with JJ going all-in after two raises in front of him. he was interviewed after saying that you have

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This tournament went pretty well, I sucked out once, but lost two big hands which nearly crippled me, both suck outs for my opponents. I stuck with it, used Tournament Indicator to battle back while picking my spots and turned $2 buck into a $104 tournament win.

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Using your poker calculator to learn the game is just as important as managing your bankroll to the extent that you simply want it it last as long as it can while getting in as many playable hours as you can. This is critical, while not paying too much attention to your overall profit, but more your overall education pf the game. I think Tournament Indicator and Holdem Indicator really go a long

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Had this one dude playing with me on 9 man sng at Poker Stars. He donked around enough to basically clear the table for me, then I cleared his dumb asz off the table to take first. But sometimes its not easy to fold in the early stages when you have a a marginal situation against wankers like this. Ceck his stats in the poker calculator while you watch this video.

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Poker-Spy2 Poker-Spy has been around for longer than most other poker calculators and quietly ushered in the classification of empirical poker calculators. That being the type that offered you not only poker odds and drawing information while extracting the pertinent data from your poker screen, but also keeping track of you and your opponent’s profiles. In fact, with Poker-Spy, profiling

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Putting your opponent on a hand. This is really something that you absolutely must try to do whether you are in a hand or not. For new players this is critical in skill building. When you eventually get to the point where can put your opponent on a range of hands the majority of times, you will start to see the benefits of this through because you can make more plays back at your opponents. Now

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It hasn’t been for not trying, because several software products can handle tournament statistics but users of such poker assist software can be easily misled by those results. The reason for this is because betting and activity statistics cannot accurately include other dominant factors in tournaments that demand further analysis.Let’s take for example you have an opponent you have tracked for

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A lot of players don't realize the importance of profiling, and I must stress that doing so is a virtual necessity when starting out in online poker. Fortunately there are several excellent, legal, and fair pieces of software that will help you do it.__________________________________________________If you have an empirical poker calculator, then you likely have a distinct advantage over your

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I am currently testing some bankroll software which is loaded with graphics and features that make it easy to keep track of multiple accounts. Although it obviously isn't a poker calculator, it is very much a poker assist software tool that extends beyond online play to help account for your live play bankroll as well.

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The team at Tournament Indicator is looking to improve their product by making it resizable to accommodate more of the multi-tabling regulars that use a poker calculator. Currently, Tournament Indicator and Holdem Indicator both attach to as many windows as you can open, even resized, cascaded or tiled poker widows, but the software itself stays the same size.

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Cash Games can be dangerous for your Poker Bankroll health. Even those table that have .25-.50 blinds seem cheap, but they really aren't. I mean you have to sit down with 20 bucks at least, and that begs the question of how much is in your bankroll?Keep in mind these are tables where you are likely to get stacked by a shark who is just waiting for you. Even WSOP champ Chris Ferguson avoided these

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Tournament Indicator hand. I raised preflop and ended up with 2 callers. The flop don't hit me, however I am pretty confident it missed both them as well.The both happen to have a VP of 22 and a 9 just don't fit in their starting hand matrix unless it was 99. Without a raise preflop, no reraise to my raise, neither have 99. Nether have AA-TT either as their pfr were low, around 6. If they had a

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Just watched the first video from David Williams as he has joined Real Poker Training. One of the best online video tutorials really. Hope there is more to come especially in tournaments from him.If you have ever been interested in joining up for training site, this is the time because if you do so through one of my links, you also get access to the MTT5PAK membership included. RPT has nearly 200

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Sometime even in the lower limits, when your poker calculator is basically telling you the right thing to do, you just gotta do it. I folded pocket aces here. Do you want to see more sit and go strategy videos for free?

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There comes a point when a piece of software is so popular that other software developers start making software for the original software further extending its value and effectiveness. Poker Tracker is one of those pieces of software that when (and if) you ever figure out how to use all of it's features to the program's full extent, well there are more add-on programs that making it even more

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Your poker calculator may be collecting more information than you know, or even make use of. Other than the normal odds calculations, hand group rankings, and even bet or fold recommendations, hand history is something that a lot of users value most with poker assist software. This is especially true for cash game players. Hand history research can be a valuable analysis session for you – but

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One of the most common mistakes made by players in the low level buy-in multi-table holdem tournaments online is over-valuing ace king as hole cards. A lot of this has to do with inexperience, impatience and poor judgment, and the fact that ace king just “looks” so darn strong when you look up at your monitor and see them just sitting there for you. Big slick, as ace king is commonly referred to

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From JP in the forum: While it wasn't hard to SEE the maniac playing stupid, his stats were VP71, PFR29, AF2.3, 36sd 60W$sd So not only is he insane, he's lucky.I used his aggression right before this to milk him and took half his stackwith KK, flop Krags and two hearts, I looked at his stats and knew he woud try and take it so I checked, he bet and I slo called, turn is a blank and for value I

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I was in this hand late in a tournament and thought is wa quite interesting in that tournament indicator really helped me make my decision which might be considered over-aggressive. I think this is an example of when you get really comfortable using a poker calculator you aren't second guessing yourself afterwards and it helps you live with yourself even if you loose the hand, like I did this one

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From the forum: "Hey, I've trying to understand the relationship with the graphic display of the pot odds -vs- the win odds. I presume if the win odds is higher in relationship to the pot odds graph, it should indicate a call, giving all the other variables involved with that decision. Yea??? or would it be the other way around? just a little confused on how to read the graph at a quick glance

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As you know, to get a free poker calculator you need to create a new poker account and play a qualified number of hands. Here is how a new owner of Tournament Indicator got it free when signing up to a poker site:"Okay, I made the promises I had made to myself come true, bought a notebook and got rid of my old Win 98 PC. Then I bought TI and had to play 900 flops on everest poker. I played 10

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The term "stop and go" refers to a tournament strategy situation in which at least one shortstack is involved and is always executed out of position. You stop preflop by calling and shove on flop ("go").Examples:1. You are comfortable and in the BB with 44. Now a pretty short stack (whose range is pretty wide since he is desperately in the needs for blinds)attacks your blind and you figure he

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Tournament Stats too tight? This is from a member of our forum.78% Ranking at officialpokerrankings.com17/88 = 19% ITM-4% ROI5.7% final tablesMore than 90% of those tournaments were 180 player $4 S&Gs on PS.I am not particularly unhappy with these poker calculator statistics, as I am still learning. But I am finding that with maybe 1 exception, I have been in the red or low orange when getting

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Is anyone interested in helping review the new version of Poker-Spy. I do a review myself and take into account another point of view too. You can keep the software after your review is submitted. It isn't really a poker calculator but has the most interesting and effecting hand history around. I have liked this software for nearly two years now.You can contact me on one of my sites if you like.

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Ram Vaswani makes a move with AK but sucks out against AA in FTOPS Main Event. He was right to do it though, and his tight-aggressive stats all the way through were uncharacteristic play on his part.Tournament Indicator had him pegged as TAG right from the first table. Your poker calculator would pretty much do the same thing too, even if it isn't designed for tournaments.

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The new Player Stats Assistant tool is the latest update for Tournament Indicator. It can be found in the upper right corner in the tools menu. But what does it do you may ask?Let's say you played poker for a while using Tournament Indicator - (still the only poker calculator designed specifically for tournaments!). You'll get a lot of information for player stats, but then you may want (need) to

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Here is a few words from a new user of the only poker calculator designed for use in tournaments, called Tournament Indicator. It combines MZone calculations and profiling indicators along with a few features adapted for rising blinds and depleting stacks."Wow, what a tear I have been on using the trial version. I am here to sing the praises of this SW.I just started playing again in January

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