Frequently Asked Questions

Are Online Poker Tools and Poker Software legal?

What is the definition of an Online Poker Tool, an Online Poker Tool Calculator, an Online Poker Tracker?

How Does Online Poker Tool Rank?

Are Online Poker Tools, Poker Software legal?

Yes. The difference between a legal Online Poker Tool or Poker Software, and an illegal Robot, is the tool does not break any rules set forth by the major Poker Rooms. The Major Poker Rooms are most concerned with a) robot play - play where no human intervention occurs - a 'robot' plays the game, b) data mining - where play is recorded and the player is not present, c) collusion - two or more players at one table communicate un-known to the rest of the table. The legality of software run during play is outlined in the Terms and Conditions of the poker room. For example - Party Poker's T & Cs concerning Robots (opens in a new window). Also Poker Stars has a prohibited and allowed poker tool list that can be seen here.

What is the definition of an Online Poker Tool, an Online Poker Tool Calculator, an Online Poker Tracker?

Online Poker Tools are any Legal assistants that help You play Online Poker.The software assists while playing, or for pre and post play analysis.

An Online Poker Tool Calculator is an additional software program, run during play, that provides additional relevant information such as Hand Probabilities, Pot Odds, Outs, etc.

An Online Poker Tracker is a additional software program, run before/during/after play, that provides information that facilitates trend tracking which may be used to improve play.

How Does Online Poker Tool Rank?

We've found through over thousands of hands of testing what we feel are the most important features of Online Poker Tools. With this said, comparative ranking is very subjective. Below is a list of what we found to be most important in our opinion. You may or may not agree. However use this list to further understand our rankings so you may better decide what is best for you.

Calculator Rankings
Feature	Importance
Player Win Probability	Core
Pot Odds	Core
Total Outs	Core
Player Hand Improvement	Core
Opponent Hand Probability	Core
Card Memory	Core

Card Ranking	Nice
Sklansky Ranking	Nice
Tie Probability Break Out	Nice
Opponent Stats	Nice
Mucked Hand Display	Nice
Equity Value	Nice
Textual Advice	Nice
Adjustable Textual Advice	Nice
Manual Calculator	Nice
Odds of Best Hand on Flop	Nice
Auto Attach	Nice

Calculator Ranking Note - The Calculator category is extremely competitive. Rather then crowding the top 5 with similar software, software was selected to represent outstanding feature differences.

Tracker Rankings
Criteria	Importance
Ring / Tournament Capability	Mandatory
Starting Hand Tracking	Mandatory
Play by Position	Mandatory
Track All Opponents	Nice
Player Notes	Nice
Auto Read	Nice
Replay Hands/Sessions/Tourney	Nice
HUD	Nice

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