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?
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Stop and Go Poker Strategy
Friday, May 14, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
7 card Stud video tutorials
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.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Joomla sitemap creation.
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.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Tournament Indicator Poker Software
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?
And here is the full review of Tournament Indicator
The iPad and Online Poker
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.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Magic Hold'em Malarkey
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 market share.
Products like Magic Hold'em feel they need to exaggerate their claims to make up for what is clearly an inferior poker calculator. It further cements the designers/marketers reputation as snake-oil salespeople.
Please read my full review of Magic Holdem at PokerCalculatorReport.com and see some much better products that you can use to really improve your game. We use a 4 ACES rating system and all product are used by the reviewer.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Poker-Edge Still at Odds with Poker Stars
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.
Thank you.
"Recently, the designers edge of poker, has announced that their tracking software issue with the same name now has support for the tournament included. This means that when a player on your database, to play in a tournament that data can be analyzed separately, as the tournaments, the statistics should be."
- Poker Calculator Wars Part 3 – Edge vs. Poker Tournament Indicator | Calculators (view on Google Sidewiki)
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Rush Poker
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 at
http://www.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Poker Calculator Crutch? Joking right?
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 calculator mean you do not know your times tables? I think not. It sure does speed things up though, serving up accurate information the instant you need it.
See my full response to Poker Calculator Crutch here.
"What I don't understand is why you would stay with the hand when you clearly didn't have the pot odds to do so?You tried to "represent" a ten (i.e., bluff) and it winds up biting you on the ass.Surely, you know that pot odds has to do with risk-reward, no?Yes, I'm all for a bit of bluffing, but this clearly was the time to attempt it -- especially with that backdoor flush on the board."
- YouTube - Poker Calculator Profiling (view on Google Sidewiki)
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Poker odds are CRITICAL
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. Show me a professional poker player who doesn't know his odds, and I will show you fraud.
Learn poker odds and how to use them using my poker math lessons. It is the fundamental, underlying factor in ALL poker decisions.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Stolen article content.
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, instead, follow this link below to the original content which may very likely suit your search queries much better.
Thank you, Marty Smith
http://www.
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Mike Matusow Plays Online at Full Tilt Poker
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?
Playing Poker on your Mac
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://www.youtube.com/watch?
Sunday, December 06, 2009
Calculatem Poker Calculator
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 computer.
Also, don't forget that there are ZERO profiling features in Calculatem Pro, so it really just presents odds and you can actually get that FREE from tools on the internet. What you really need is profiling combined with odds display so you everything available to you in an instant.
See my full review of Calculatem Pro at http://www.
"I have been testing Calculatem online poker odds calculator over the past few days now and my assessment is very positive, however let me first point out its weaknesses. Firstly the default settings are somewhat loose passive when one should rather be trying to play tight aggressive there are optional settings that you can fine tune and tweak the looseness or tightness of the advice given but so far I’m unable to find anything that I can change to make betting more aggressive, I for one certainly would not play every hand as advised by the tool – buts that’s just me, I like my fold equity and like to make raises instead of calls with decent hands otherwise I fold, that’s pretty much my only downside about this poker odds tool."
- Casino Gambling wauwegaming.com » Blog Archive » Calculatem Pro Review (view on Google Sidewiki)
Holdem Genius Review
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://www.
There are also many other reviews at the site where you can more clearly decide which is best for your poker game.
"The only problem I would have with this type of software is that it doesn’t count for the other player’s tendencies on the table. If a player is being extremely active or extremely tight, Holdem Genius doesn’t adjust for human tendencies that occur on the table and the software will strictly play the hand you are dealt and this could cause players to miss opportunities at the table."
- Casino Gambling wauwegaming.com (view on Google Sidewiki)
Video Reviews of Poker Calculators
See the full review of Texas Calculatem on our video review site http://www.
Know the differences between all products and their features and find out why some are better than others.
Marty Smith
(Turtleknife @ Full Tilt Poker)
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Videos and Tournament software.
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,
Marty
"thought I'm too good for that and I would never pay for some book or calculator. But after one more losing month, I decided to buy couple books (I won't name them here, sorry) and to buy Texas Hold'em Calculator. It didn't work on poker.com, so I started playing on Absolute poker. I would say the calculator stopped the bleeding. It gave me more insight on pot odds and stuff. But I still was total fish, since the calculator would say "you have the nuts" and I didn't even know wtf that meant. Even though calculator was a great tool and great investment, I didn't have patience to do exactly what it advised to do. I was way too aggressive for that thing..."
- LTUFlawless Poker (view on Google Sidewiki)
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Calculatem Pro Review
Read the full review of Calculatem Pro at my poker software review site http://www.
For 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)
Friday, November 27, 2009
Poker Calculator Reviews
See my video reviews of these products and more at http://www.
We 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 costs
Customer service
Banned products
Profiling features
Multiple computer licenses
Functional reliability
If you have any general questions you can also use the contact page for more help on any poker calculator you may be considering.