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This is not a definitive list and im just starting with tools that I have some experience with being useful. If you have any tools that you use and find useful/good that assist playing online poker, let me know and I will add it.

Databases

http://www.pokertracker.com/  Poker tracker is the most popular database and is about to release poker tracker 3 sometime in 2008, with added features such as 3bet% and inbuilt hud provided by the makers of PAHUD.

http://holdemmanager.net/  Part of the new generation of databases, it was released in Jan 08 and is made by the team that made tourney manager. Has an inbuilt hud.

http://www.pokeroffice.com/ Poker office is considered the most user friendly of this type of software and has been on the market for a few years now.

http://www.tourneymanager.net/  Only covers sngs but this does mean it focuses on features that sng player find useful/interesting.

Database add ons

http://pokerevsoftware.com/  Allows players to asses the varience they are experiencing playing cash games, with an all in luck tab. Features sklasnky buck, showdown winnings and non showdown winnings graphs.

http://www.overcards.com/wiki/moin.cgi/PokerGrapher  An add on for Poker Tracker2, produces graphs of cash winning/losses. Also includes a rakeback calculator.

http://www.jukofyork.com/Juks_BackTe...uck_v1_02b.rar  Sng luck analyser, works with Stars, FTP and Party. Related thread on 2p2 http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthread.php?t=102873&page=5

HUDS

http://www.pokeracesoftware.com/  An add for Poker Tracker 2, overlays stats from PT onto the table and shows mucked hands at showdowns.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/gametimeplus/  The original hud, is more limited that PAHUD but does work on some sites that PAHUD doesn't and is free.


Online result databases

http://www.sharkscope.com  Covers sngs results across a number of sites and networks.

http://www.officialpokerrankings.com/  Covers MTT results from the major poker networks.



Equity Calculators

http://www.cardplayer.com/poker_odds/texas_holdem  Basic poker odds calculator, calculating preflop hands against one another.

http://www.pokerstove.com/ An advanced poker odds calculator, will simulate range against range situations and give percentages accordingly.

http://pokerazor.com/  Still in beta testing but looks to be the new generation of cash equity calculators.

http://www.sitngo-analyzer.com/  SNGPT the original ICM calculator for sngs. Revolutionised the sng game.

http://www.sngwiz.com/ A more advanced version of SNGPT, takes into account multi player situations and has added features like a quiz feature.

http://www.sngegt.com/  In time ICM calculator, works for FTP and Party. Stars have now banned this.

Training sites

http://www.cardrunners.com/ Feature videos from well known online pros like Brian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=904) Townsend (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=904) (SBRUGBY) and Cole South (CTS)

http://www.stoxpoker.com/  Similar to Cardrunners, including videos from Bryce Paradis (Thebryce) HU LHE phenom.

http://www.leggopoker.com/  Another training site mainly focussed on cash game including videos by AEJones.

http://www.pokerxfactor.com/  Specialises in Tournament training videos from the likes of JohnnyBax and Sheets.

http://www.sngicons.com- Purely sng videos, including instructors like BigJoe and Spacegravy.

http://www.pokertrikz.com/videos.php About 30 free cash videos with pretty solid strat advice.

http://www.deucescracked.com/ Videos focussing on all forms of Hold em, includes a number of well known 2p2 posters.

Auto Hot Key Scripts

To make any auto hot key script work you have to download the software from http://www.autohotkey.com/.

http://www.overcards.com/wiki/moin.cgi/PartySNGHelper Makes playing more than 4 sngs on party possible, with mouse shortcuts, auto buyin, auto time bank clicker and auto closes sngs you have been knocked out of.

http://overcards.com/wiki/moin.cgi/B...KER_TEST_2.zip  Ipoker (inc blonde) bet pot script.

http://www.wickss.com/ahk/pokerstarsautoreg.ahk Stars sng ahk script with auto buyin, lobby closer and mouse shortcuts. You need this to make the functions in ahk to work (http://www.wickss.com/ahk/Functions.ahk)

http://www.overcards.com/wiki/moin.cgi/BetPot - Betpot script for a number of sites including Party, Stars,FTP, UB, Microgaming and IPoker.

Card and table mods

http://www.pokerbolide.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=137 - Ipoker themes for cards and table layout.


Big tool

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=422

Nice one Longy,

Is there an AHK script for IPoker?

LOL at the last resource :D

Cheers.

There are but im hesitant to put any tools that I have not tried or someone else on here recommends. I will give you a couple of links to threads on 2p2 and i will let you ipoker players give them a go.

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthread.php?t=1581 (potbet script thread)

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthread.php?t=125078 (card and table mods thread)

I use both those things (iPokerBetPot and the iBolide graphics changer) and they are very good.

lovely thanks :)

deucescracked

any other useful software bits I may find handy on Ipoker Andrew?

Nope, that's all I've found.

Updated cheers fellas. Keep them coming.

http://pokerevsoftware.com/

Have a pretty nice beta version that is excellent for reviewing your plo game. 

Updated the op with one or 2 lines of illiterate blurb. If any of it is inaccurate or there is something glaringly obv that I have missed let me know.

sngegt?

Oh yeah i remember this.

Its a real time ICM calc, right? Have you used it, what do you think. What most sites attitude to it, as I thought this was pushing the boundaries of becoming a bot.

from their faq


as long as they're not lying then it's fine

i started using it then if you look at my sharkscope, i dropped 10k very quickly so i decided to stop using it. was it luck or wrong plays i dont know, it was over a small sample. in its defence i was getting some horrific beats.

is there a bet pot script for microgaming?

http://www.overcards.com/wiki/moin.cgi/BetPot

Works on Ladbrokes... not tried it on other Prima sites.

Are we missing some simple poker odds calculator's?

http://www.cardplayer.com/poker_odds/texas_holdem

For example...

Updated.

The reason I didn't include that one initially ChipPrince was that, pokerstove does that for you and alot more, but i kind of think now something more basic doesn't do any harm.

has anyone used table shark? table selection tool

Im a bit dense when it comes to, well most things really. How the hell do you run scripts? Do I have to save the text document somewhere or someink? No idea where to start and I want to use the betpot thingy

AHK = AutoHotKey

www.autohotkey.com - download AHK.

Save script as text but with a .ahk file extension.

Double click on AHK file.

Robert is your mother's brother.

Updated a few odds and sods.

Note stars have now banned icm calculators, from being used while you have the site open. So sngegt is useless on stats and if you want to use sngwiz or sngpt you have to logout of stars.

Ive posted this on the Holdem Manager forum, but they are notoriously slow at replying to things and Im sure someone here may know.

Is it at all possible to delete an individual player from the hold'em manager database? Long story short, my own stats got corrupted and claim I never lost a hand but my datamined hands on other players are accurate. I want to wipe my own stats and start from scratch but keep the datamined hands.

Any ideas? I could just wipe the whole db I spose and start a fresh

I have not used holdem manager, so i personally have no idea.

Probs best posting this in the rail or internet poker, to get a wider audience. Though 2p2 may be a better option.

cheers for the reponse but decided f&^k it and bought a new pc and started the lot from scratch. Now in the middle of buying a few million pre mind hands.

I have just come across PokerEdge which is a stats collater for all players on lots of networks.  I notice it not listed here and wondered if anyone used it and what they think of it. 

You get a 5 day free trial and looks pretty cool but I am a total novice at these sorts of software - please help.

http://www.poker-edge.com/faq.html

Poker Edge is banned by Stars. 

http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/room/prohibited/

There has been a few threads on it on here, most of the comments have been less than complimentary and I have to say i agree with the majority. Its accuracy seems to be miles off and somewhat unreliable. It is also banned by party and as silo say it is listed in banned software on stars.

Correct me if im wrong, but you are mainly an MTT player. If you want a read on how good someone is, I would just use OPR (listed in op). As for reads on how someone actually plays, there isn't anything I can really reccommend for MTT players. As with things like poker tracker you never really get reliable sample sizes due to the amount of different players you play and the constant table balancing.

Unless I've missed a thread somewhere along, I believe the derogatory comments were made regarding the player summary they give based on the stats they have. However, I would imagine there is a lot more to review before dismissing a poker tool beyond this one line.

They have been at least 3 threads on this on blonde, in the past. I have found 2 in the search function including yours, from a few days back. I remember replying to one of them which i can't find, where there was much hilarity due to what the software was telling them. People were getting like 3 different ratings across various sites. The player summarys are nothing more than a series of christmas cracker jokes imo.

The video demo is on party a site that has banned poke edge for over a year to my knowledge. I personally am not convinced about poker edge as a legit or useful piece of software.

However I would encourage yourself, chili or anyone else to give the free trial a go and tell me what you think, as that is the point of this thread.

Thanks for the replies Longy.  Yes I used the trial tonight with a couple of MTT's on FullTilt, as predicted it is a bit of mishmash of info due to the volume of different players on the site.  Also the classification of players without many hands logged, changed quite regularly which is abs no use to anyone lol.

I guess it does show u an instant review of the table if you have just joined it or get moved around but it is only information that you pick up yourself after a few rounds at said table. 

I wouldn't pay for it as it is also very annoying at clogging up your entire screen with numbers whilst trying to play. I had to keep moving the numbers out of the way so I could see opponents cards at showdown lol.

Are there any online results databases for cash games?

Longie,

As the resident software expert. I have tried to download Poker Tracker, but my security installed (Norton) is telling me not valid signature and author not recognised. I can't believe that there is a problem with the software but just had new PC and don't want to get any nasties on there ! Can you advise please ?

Erm despite my op, iam by no means good with computers. Poker tracker is fine though and i would ignore Norton and download it.

Don't ignore me I sometimes, very rarely though speak sense.

What does this mean?

If you are having a pop at my English, fair enough, it is terrible.

Sory if I stepped on any toes mondatoo - I'm new to site. Have you anything to add to Longys advice ?

Just kidding mate my surnames Norton apologies my crack is not good to put it politely you'll get used to it

PS I'd be the last person to criticise anyones english Longy m8 have you seen how incorrect some of my posts are, very poor (punctuation wise i mean)  ;)

lol. sorry I missed the punchline.

Lol it would have worked if I knew your surname was Norton.

I think maybe 3 people or so may no my surname.As i say my jokes/crack is not good.

Did you not read my c.v

Wonders if Longy gets this one ?

Is there any script out there for Ipokay auto regging sit and gos? I'm finding that by the time they have loaded in the lobby they are already full. Thus making me tilt like a mofo.

None that i know of, ipoker sngs don't tend to get mass multitablers so no demand for one. If you request one, in the 2p2 software forum and are prepared to pay for it, someone will make you one.

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=40830.msg924639#msg924639

need some help in understanding usefulness of this type of tool  for mtt play

Whats the As and stars mean on that site?

To add to this thread:

I have used Poker Office, Holdem Manager and Poker Tracker.

IMO Holdem Manager is the best, I think you can personalise HEM alot more and it really becomes effective once you have made it your own

Tried to instaled holdem manager trial version and the initial page has trial button shaded out and I cant get past it. I have the sql thingy bob installed as It works on poker tracker.

yes there is a site for cash games. cant rememeber the name of it table rankings or somet>

Just a note for the mods about the training sites bit in the OP.

sngicons.com is now www.floattheturn.com

ok this thread is a little out of date anyone recomend which 30 day trail i should take PT4 or HEM2?
and if i install one how easy is it too set up and understand the info supplied

i am guessing i am wanting too keep an eye on the regs in the 45 mans
i am already starting too see the same names on my table all the time
i suspect they have alot more info on me that my brain has soaked it as i am not used too playing 6 tables at a time and miss some hands

I am one generation behind with trackers at the moment so only get hem1, but there can be harm in taking the trial unfortunately I have zero experience with either pt4 or hem2.

hmmm kinda in the same boat as Ironside.

Now I have a spare room I can actually start to grind again. Been playing zoom and really should use a hud/tracker.

Not sure whether to go for PT or HEM. I will be playing on a laptop.

Had a trial of HEM years ago but stopped using it as was too resource hungry on my PC.

I've used both and, while I liked HEM2, it just slowly ground the laptop to a halt.  I also had issues getting it to work properly with Zoom and Rush tables (was always one hand behind).

PT4 didn't have either problem, so it's the one I'd recommend.

Cheers Sheriff, just the sort of stuff i'm looking for,
Anyone else got any views on PT or HEM2

I'd recommend HEM2. As for resource hog issues, try full vacuum in database management once a month and purge old hand histories that you no longer need.

I would massively push PT4, it just works so much faster imo.

It's stable now. I like it.

Got a new comp the other month and decided to upgrade to hem2 same time.

Damn thing just froze the computer. Couldn't believe it.
I had 2gb of ram, so I decided to upgrade to 8gb.
Runs smooth as silk now, never any issues. Works with zoom perfectly.

But if I had the option think I'd go pt4, never hear anything bad about, could upload friends' hud configurations etc.
Basically most people I know are on pt4 so would chose it for that reason.

Imo graphs are prettier on hem2 though.

I don't actually have PT4 so not sure. I I don't use any hem2 addons.

Maybe Pads or TomSom could help, their pretty up to speed with PT4.

PT4 has a note taker and similar functions to SNG Wizard in built.  You still need to use table ninja though.

I really like PT4, the main thing that annoys people about switching is the time it can take to import large databases.  In terms of setting up and customisation, I think that PT4 is much easier to use for me (lots of drag and drop type fuctions).  But I would imagine thats more because I'm used to it.

As for the graphs been prettier on HEM, I wouldn't be surprised if it was possible to make PT4 graphs look like HEM.

HUD= DriveHUD(For Chico Network and Ignition )

Add-on= Leakbuster(For poker cash game analysis)
             Bovada/Betonline Card Catchers (To be able to use your HM2/PT4 in Ignition/Bovada and Betonline)
 
Poker training sites.
Runitonce
Deucescracked
Pokerzion

Poker training software

Ace Poker Drills
Ace Poker Coach