Why in this beautiful software is there not a function for odds and pot odds?
Fabrizio knows how to ask a question in a flattering way!
This question has been coming up frequently in recent support emails. Here’s why Poker Copilot doesn’t calculate pot odds for you automatically while you play:
The online poker rooms like Full Tilt ban software that does this live while you play. You can read Full Tilt’s policy here.
This sentence is specifically relevant:
For example, poker calculators that automatically extract the current situation from a live game and compute hand probabilities and odds are not permitted.
Instead you need to manually enter your situation into a program like PokerZebra.
Betfair has one of the biggest and most flexible sign-up bonuses. You get to pick if you would like a $50, $250, $500, $1000 or $2500 bonus. Unlike some other sites located on the Ongame network, Betfair pays out the bonus in rates. This means that no matter which bonus you pick you dont have to clear the whole amount! This is great as not all of us are born as grinders.
HBGary’s servers were broken into, its e-mails pillaged and published to the world, its data destroyed, and its website defaced. As an added bonus, a second site owned and operated by Greg Hoglund, owner of HBGary, was taken offline and the user registration database published.
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Most frustrating for HBGary must be the knowledge that they know what they did wrong, and they were perfectly aware of best practices; they just didn’t actually use them. Everybody knows you don’t use easy-to-crack passwords, but some employees did. Everybody knows you don’t re-use passwords, but some of them did. Everybody knows that you should patch servers to keep them free of known security flaws, but they didn’t.
At US$4.99/€3.99, It is priced for impulse purchases. I’ve sold three copies so far in the first few days. This is only coffee money but I’m happy with it. It took me six weeks to get my first Poker Copilot sale when I launched in July 2008.
I find this Mac OS X App Store experiment intriguing. That a small hobby app like PokerZebra can be available for purchase with Apple handling all the e-commerce, online storage, and downloading opens up a new world of software sales.
If you are a software developer and have an idea for a small Mac OS X app, I encourage you to put together a minimum viable product and submit to to the App Store. Price it low enough for impulse purchases and you may even sell some copies. There’s nothing like the first sale or two to motivate you to further product development.
The software is great, and compared to other smaller networks which supports Mac, CarbonPoker really comes out on the top, due to the almost endless possibilities provided in the lobby and at the table. But if you are looking for a place which has a lot of players and action you might want to look for another site.
Getting players to join a new online poker site must be a chicken-and-egg problem: “I won’t play there because there are not enough players”, people tell themselves.
For Poker Copilot, it is also my most common support request. Except the days when PokerStars or Full Tilt Poker release an update that breaks Poker Copilot. 🙁
That’s enough blogging for today. I need to resend some people their lost license keys!
Congratulations to Alvis who won the first Poker Copilot tournament on PokerStars Home Games. Alvis wins a free Poker Copilot license. Alvis had to beat only six other players, one of whom was me.
As I write this, a second tournament is due to start in 1 hour and 22 minutes. Again, the winner will get a free Poker Copilot license, either for themselves or for a frriend.
Here’s how to join the Poker Copilot club on PokerStars – so that you can enter the tournament:
If you don’t already have it, download the free PokerStars software from www.pokerstars.com
Open the main poker lobby, then click on the Home Games tab
Click the ‘Join a Poker Club’ button
Enter my Club ID number: 109376
Enter my Invitation Code: Let me in the Copilot Club
That’s it! Once I’ve approved your membership request, we’ll be ready to start playing Home Games online together.
Tournament #1 starts at 12 noon ET, (5pm in the UK, and 6pm in Western Europe).
Tournament #2 starts at 6pm ET, which should suit Americans and Canadians.
I’ve decided to give a free license of Poker Copilot to the winner of each tournament. Using Poker Copilot’s trial version? Here’s your chance to get a free full version. Already have the full version? Win and you can give your prize to a friend.
