Haven't used it much, but looks to be of some value. Allows you to select starting hands based on position, plus many other tools. PokerStrategy Equilab is a free tool for analyzing hands. Haven't used it other than for the free trial, so can't vouch for its usefulness. You can analyze against ranges (not just specific holdings) pre-flop and post flop. Limited to calculating hand equity against other known hands (post-game analysis), but still useful.įlopzilla isn't free ($25), but I think that it has a 7 day free trial. PokerStove is a free tool for analyzing hands against other hands pre-flop, or with cards on the board at each street. I suppose that you could use it to track your own habits and percentages, and that is what they say to use it for on their websites, but reality is that most use it to track other players, not themselves. Hold'em Manager and Poker Tracker are the big players in the field, but they are mostly for analyzing other player's betting patterns. Kind of like a penis extender for the not so well endowed.Īs far as buying a HUD, unless you are planning to get into the rough and tumble world of real money online poker, I would tell you to save your money. Strangely enough, you can actually purchase more play money at P*, so that you can pretend to be a high roller, or pretend that others think that you earned your big stack the hard way. Real money games (Cash especially, but Tournaments as well) are shark infested waters. Play Money Tournaments are marginally less stupid. Play Money Cash games there are really stupid. It isn't money, so bluffing is pointless (consequence-free poker). Expect players to chase long shot draws or hold onto bottom pair to the bitter end. Happy to hear anybody's input as to what software one should have on hand when playing online games and if anybody has preference for practicing without really being at the table.Ĭlick to expand.Free P* is good for learning the basics (hand values, betting order, etc.) but isn't even close to reality for how most people might play with real money. I think something like PokerTracker might be useful in learning for me. They'll go all in pre-flop just to see what happens.Įventually I'll need to find a low stakes game and start playing for real. Frankly I think most of the players in free pokerstars are so random, you can't pin them down to any certain ranges. Helps me analyze what other people might have. I used a little free app they have for the ipad called "Whats the nuts?" and while it's a really simple little app, it's been helpful for me to see how having the nuts can change as you go along. I looked at as a possible resource, but not sure it's worth it. I'm considering trying it out with pokerstars just to see how crazy the players are. Looks like PokerTracker is a popular HUD. Playing online looks like the fastest way to get lots of experience in a short time. I've been thinking there should be something that can help me train my brain without spending too much time actually in casinos. To show you what a newbie I am, I didn't know what a HUD was (in the world of Poker) until I saw your thread. I'm a software guy and am looking for software to get to help me practice and learn. I'm still very new to playing poker and have been playing on pokerstars with play money.
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