Happy & Healthy Holiday from Poker Co-Pilot

Hi Co-Pilots,

2020 was a tough year, and we still need to mask and distance!

On the bright side, things are looking up and by this time next year, we hope to be clear of the Pandemic.

In the meanwhile be kind and good to everyone, except of course at the poker table! 🙂

Stay Healthy and Happy New Year!

MacOS goes to Big Sur

Hi Co-Pilots,

No need to go fishing Co-Pilots, we have it netted!

Apple macOS Big Sur support added!

This means more power to multi-table, add the newest Safari version for you in-browser players.

If you want a poker HUD to help you play your best possible game on the tables, then download Poker Copilot’s 30 day free trial now.

Good luck at the tables!

Poker Co-pilots Adds more Rooms

Hi Co-Plots,

We hope everyone is staying safe and healthy and playing online poker inside.

We’ve been working hard to add more sites to our line-up and this includes Mac as well.

Added Boyles Poker, True Poker for Mac, PartyPoker (Italian) for Mac, bet365.ee, Sportium Poker.

If you want a poker HUD to help you play your best possible game on the tables, then download Poker Copilot’s 30 day free trial now.

Stay Healthy

Stars Zoom Ante UP

Hi Co-Pilots,

Pokerstars Zoom has now added antes, and we added support for it.

Depending on which side of the fence you’re on you’re saying “Wasn’t this fast enough?” or as others say “The faster the better”.

If you want a poker HUD to help you play your best possible game on the tables, then download Poker Copilot’s 30 day free trial now.

Good luck at the tables

 

MicroGaming sites Migrate to iPoker, Have HUD will travel!

Hi Co-Pilots,

MicroGaming is no more, but iPoker has taken up the slack.

Great news for players of Microgaming players now they have a larger pool of players and bigger guarantees.

With so many sites doing the migration, you’ll have many choices

These are now supported as the newest members of iPoker!

Betsson, Grossvenor, Red Star, Coolbet, PAF

If you want a poker HUD to help you play your best possible game on the tables, then download Poker Copilot’s 30 day free trial now.

Good luck at the tables!

 

 

PokerStars “All-in Cash Out” now supported by Poker Copilot

Poker Copilot’s HUD and hand tracker now works fully with all-in cash out hands.

PokerStars recently introduced “all-in cash out” on some tables. Here’s how it works:

When an all-in situation occurs in a cash game and players’ hands are revealed (before the river and with no more action pending), we calculate each hand’s probability to win the pot and assign a cash out value to each hand, based on those probabilities.

Players in the all-in pot will be presented with the option to cash out their hand and receive the cash out amount, risk-free. If they decline, they will continue to contest the entire pot (and any side pots in which they are involved) as usual.

Once a player chooses to cash out they will no longer be eligible to contest any portion of the pot, and will receive the offered amount added to their stack immediately.

Players declining the cash out option will still need the best hand at showdown to win the pot, even if all their opponents have cashed out.

So that’s how all-in cash out works. But should you use it?

In my opinion, no. That’s because by definition it is a “minus EV” feature.

PokerStars writes:

The cash out value offered is calculated per the formula below:

Hand value = (pot size – rake) x probability of winning

They call it hand value, but it is also the exact formula for Equity Value.

PokerStars doesn’t give you the full hand value:

We apply a 1% cash out fee on value of your hand (not the entire pot), deducted prior to offering the cash out amount.

So all-in cash out gives you precisely 1% below your equity value (EV).

Good poker players know they need to take every chance to maximise EV. A feature offered by PokerStars that eats away at EV is, in my opinion, something you should avoid.

 

Poker HUD for PokerStars Pennsylvania

In November 2019 PokerStars is launching in Pennsylvania.

That’s good news for poker players living in Pennsylvania. Even better news is that Poker Copilot is 100% ready for PokerStars Pennsylvania.

If you want a poker HUD to help you play your best possible game on the tables, then download Poker Copilot’s 30 day free trial now.

If you have any problems getting Poker Copilot woking on PokerStars PA let us know.

 

Poker Copilot works on macOS Catalina

Update: Poker Copilot now works on macOS Catalina!

Poker Copilot works with macOS Catalina, the forthcoming next version of Apple’s Mac operating system.

Running Poker Copilot on Catalina

Catalina is fussier than earlier versions of macOS. It wants you to explicitly grant permission to apps to do some things they could do by default in earlier versions of macOS.

The first time you run Poker Copilot with Catalina you’ll be prompted to give Poker Copilot permission to:

  • access your Downloads folder. This is necessary for Poker Copilot’s auto-detection of hand history folders. It scans the Downloads folder, because some poker rooms store your hand histories there by default.
  • record your screen. This sounds more ominous than it is. Giving Poker Copilot permission to record your screen is necessary for our HUD to be able to track poker room windows. Without this permission, Poker Copilot can’t tell if your poker room has any windows open.

If you don’t grant these permissions, Poker Copilot can’t function properly.

You can change these settings in macOS’s System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Privacy.

Still having problems?

If you encounter any problems using Poker Copilot with Catalina, please let us know at support@pokercopilot.com.