As I have mentioned in my Author Biography I am a keen poker player, both online and offline. A few months ago whilst playing a tournament a friend of my emailed me details of something called a Poker Analyzer. In its most simplest form the Poker Analyzer is computer software which can automatically calculate the odds of a poker game instantly, a helpful tool when playing fast paced games, such as Texas Hold ‘em.
The Poker Analyzer Software was developed back in 2005 when a group of students from Massachusetts Institute of Technology clubbed together with a plan with students from University of Alberta, Canada. Between the two teams they devised a plan for the software which made direct links between mathematics and poker games.
What the Poker Analyzer software does is allows is to make the new online poker scene a little less daunting. Initially, poker was played as an offline game, where both social and physchological information would persuade people to play in a certain way. The new ‘block’ that online poker gives players means that many players are not able to ‘read’ a game, making it less skilful.
The group of students who have designed the Poker Analyzer Software have suggested that this means that the only way one can win on online poker is to look at the maths. That is what they have done by creating the software and they claim to have made $25,000 in one month.
As far as I’m concerned, I do actually agree with Adam Brinks (the founder), the online poker scene is definitely a game of luck and probability rather than analysis and skill, so this piece of software is definitely worth a look!”
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