Poker tools.
With the increasing of online poker popularity people start to create pro poker tools and different Web services that will help poker players to play better. We think that the use of some of these poker software tools and services is acceptable. However, we believe that certain programs can not be included in this list.
A player can certainly do something to improve the game skills. For example, he or she can play a lot and gain experience, or read poker manuals. Both these methods are absolutely acceptable. But a player can also play in collusion with another player, sharing information about their hands, and forming a team against other players. This is a typical cheating.
But there are also many poker tools which seem to us very close to cheating. For example, there are many huge databases of professional poker players. A person, who has access to the database like this, has a possibility to learn some details about his or her rivals, with whom he or she had never played before. We believe that this information gives an unfair advantage to a player.
Here is a general description of best poker tools and services that may be used:
1. Online poker tools, services that simply show you the odds, and the recommendations for the initial playing of the hands, etc.
2. Poker pro tools and services that save data on your opponents, but only on those against whom you have played personally.
3. Macros and “hot” keys, which are not logical. For example, you can use AutoHotKey, MacroExpress AutoIt3 to make a bet when you press the “P”, but you can not use these or other programs to automatically fold when getting a bad hand, or poker pro tools that can automate a game or offer solutions.
4. Poker tools and software helping you to analyze the game, but not those which give advice and guidance in real time about what to do in any situation.