Poker software programs such as Poker Tracker 3, Hold’em Manager, and Poker ACE have become commonplace in today’s online poker world. These and other programs provide statistics on players, real-time odds calculators, and shortcut keys for various actions like opening tables and betting. This week, PokerSoftware.com launched, providing an avenue for discussion of the poker software industry.
The site’s purpose is two-fold. First, it boasts three forums in order to generate conversation on the latest news and rumors from around the industry. Its Software Discussion forum currently hosts topics such as “Great HUD layouts?” and “Best software to use when playing MTT’s.” The Software Q&A Forum allows members to interact with each other by hosting questions and answers from users learning to set up programs or fine-tuning them to fit their needs. Topics like “Poker Tracker Tutorial?” and “Hold’em Manager and iPoker” are currently the hot topics of discussion. These two forums focus on the industry in general, including programs such as Tournament Indicator, Poker Wingman, Poker Stove, and Sharkscope.
Auto hot key (or AHK as it’s commonly referred to) provides users of online poker rooms shortcuts for various actions. For example, hitting the left arrow key may make a person open six tables of $1/$2 No Limit. There are countless applications for AHK scripts, which have become one of the quickly-rising areas of development in the industry. PokerSoftware.com has an AHK Forum specifically for its discussion. As you might expect, new posters in the forum are discussing “AHK the basics” and “Learning AHK,” whereas more advanced users are promulgating new uses for shortcuts. Jayme Lyttle is the site’s resident expert on AHK scripts and is highly-knowledgeable in the area.
PokerSoftware.com also provides front-page content featuring interviews with developers of programs like PokerTracker 3, Hold’em Manager, Poker Edge, and Poker Wingman, which are some of the most useful software pieces in the marketplace. The site also plans to conduct interviews with online poker pros to reveal what programs they find to be the most useful as well as get their analysis of the industry in general.
Chris Wallace, who is known in the online poker world as “Fox” and is a contributor to PokerXFactor.com, is one of PokerSoftware’s featured writers. His biography on PokerSoftware.com explains his variety of interests: “I have always used PokerTracker and PAHUD, but my work with PokerSoftware.com has really exposed me to a whole new world of software. Now I use a couple of AHK scripts all the time, Hold’em Manager, Full Tilt Shortcuts, a table opener from Windy Hill Tech, and various ICM calculators. I like the Sharkscope HUD and Lobby-Edge too, both very powerful products. It’s really amazing how powerful some of these programs are.”
Finally, PokerSoftware.com affords its members a way to receive free software by downloading and depositing on a major online poker room. Pieces of software available under this program include PokerTracker 3, Poker-Edge, Sixth Sense, Calculatem Pro, Poker Office, thepokerdb.com, Hold’em Hawk, Poker Pal, SpadeEye, SNG Wizard, Idle Miner, and SNGEGT. Each online poker room requires different criteria for signing up, so users are advised to check out the details beforehand.
Creating an account on PokerSoftware.com is free and allows users to post in any of the site’s discussion forums, send and receive private messages, and be eligible for special promotions. A freeroll for all members is slated for Sunday, November 9th at 8:00pm ET on PokerStars. Pieces of software will be awarded to the top 10 finishers. The top three finalists will receive seats to the online poker room’s marquee tournament, the Sunday Million.
