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Why Native Mac Clients for Poker Rooms?

Why Native Mac Clients for Poker Rooms?

With so much emphasis placed on no download version of poker room software, games that are played in the browser and require only an internet connection, why is there a push for major poker rooms to put out native Macintosh poker rooms? The answer lies in the ability for poker rooms to attract those loyal Mac computer owners.

The Original Poker Chip Customizer

The Original Poker Chip Customizer

Back in the days when soldiers wore leather skirts and conducted foreign policy by jabbing each other in the ribs with pointy sticks, legend says a Spartan soldier customized his shield by painting a life sized fly on the front of it. This was his personal statement to the world. Even though most poker players don't settle disputes by poking each other with sharp sticks, the desire for personal expression is as alive in them as it was in the heart of that soldier from antiquity.

Pokerbility: Poker Hand Odds Calculator

Pokerbility: Poker Hand Odds Calculator

Pokerbility is a personal odds calculator that provides the player with odds and advice while they play in real time, effectively mentoring the novice player as they learn the rules of poker. Pokerbility also allows players to improve their poker skills and better their game, providing them with an additional edge when playing poker online.

TFT Second Test Details, continued

These five hands outlined below were not all the remaining hands played, but do lead up to the highest amount the tester had during the game.

TFT Second Test Details

Below is the first group of hands the tester played in the Loose, Very Passive, short-handed game. Notice how far he had to go in the hole before he started to show a positive return.

TFT The Second Test

TFT  The Second Test

The second test of the Turbo Fish Tour was run, with only five players with the game type selected staying the same (Loose/Very Passive.) A "very passive" game is defined as very little raising before the flop.

TFT First Run Details

In a ten player, $4/$8 limit Hold'em, loose/very passive game of one hundred hands, eight were played. Below is a summary of the starting hands, where they fall in the Fish System, and the action taken by the tester along with the results.

TFT The First Test

TFT  The First Test

The first test of the Turbo Fish Tour was run, again on the Turbo Texas Hold'em, by Wilson Software, with ten players (nine controlled by the computer) and the game type selected was Loose/Very Passive. A "very passive" game is defined as very little raising before the flop.

Turbo Fish Tour

Turbo Fish Tour

This article begins the next installment of the Fish Tour, which will be called the Turbo Fish Tour, as a nod to the new software program that is being used to test out the Fish System.

Adapting: Poker TEARS

Do you know what TEARS are? We are not talking about that salty discharge that comes from your eyes when you are all in, and your opponent beats you on the last card with a miracle draw.