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		<title>Calculatem Pro</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:53:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Calculatem Pro There’s an easier way to WIN MORE MONEY playing poker! The simple truth about winning in online poker is that the most winning players are using an poker odds calculator to make better and quicker decisions. You don&#8217;t need any skills to know more about your opponents and steal their pots. It&#8217;s not [...]]]></description>
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<h2><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Calculatem Pro</span></em></h2>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://poker-tool-world.com/free/calculatempro.php" target="_top"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://poker-tool-world.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/calculatem-pro.gif" border="0" alt="" width="468" height="60" /></a></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>There’s an easier way to WIN MORE MONEY playing poker!</strong></span></p>
<p>The simple truth about winning in online poker is that the most  winning players are using an poker odds calculator to make better and  quicker decisions. You don&#8217;t need any skills to know more about your  opponents and steal their pots. It&#8217;s not important anymore how skilled  you are to win the most money, stay one step ahead of the competition.  This Software is not just an odds calculator. Calculatem Pro is the most  advanced calculator you can find in the net.</p>
<p>This poker tool is developed by Texas Calculatem and has become to be  one of the most popular online poker tools with over 25 000 players  making use of this tool. The Calculatem Pro is accepted by over 100  online poker rooms.</p>
<hr /><strong>Calculatem Pro – Features</strong></p>
<p>- Delivers odds calculations for pots, winning on next card, and your hand.</p>
<p>- It shows you your hand odds and outs</p>
<p>- Odds of winning on the river</p>
<p>-  Provides betting advice</p>
<p>- drag and drop feature to easily attach to the poker room</p>
<hr />The Calculatem Pro is available in 2 modes – mini mode and full mode.</p>
<p><strong><em>Calculatem Pro &#8211; Mini Mode: </em></strong> With the mini mode  feature, you are able to visualize your hand, players in, the cards in  play, players folded, odds to win and total outs. The max resolution for  the mini mode is 800×600.</p>
<p><strong><em>Calculatem Pro – Full Mode: </em></strong></p>
<p>The full mode delivers full access to all the features of the  Calculatem Pro. The top part interface provides you with your hand cards  and the cards in game play / community cards.</p>
<p>The center section provides detailed analysis of the game to include  the odds and outs of your hand. This section provides advice on how top  play your hand and provides information such as the pot. Vs call, draw  to win, and other statistical data.</p>
<p>The bottom section is specifically for the odds of the game and  provides useful calculations such as the odds on the next card, the  table, the odds on the river and the deck.</p>
<p>Some of the functions can be customized to suit your gaming skills  and this should be done when you have fully understood how the system  works because altering the functions can cost you a lot during game  play. One interesting aspect is that the functions can be adjusted to  suit you game style of play.</p>
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<hr /><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Customer Testimonials</strong></span></em></p>
<p>It increased my poker winnings for  sure. I&#8217;m at airports playing now  on laptop and travelling  than at home.  I definitely recommend <a href="http://poker-tool-world.com/free/calculatempro.php">Calculatem  Pro</a> to my friends.</p>
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		<title>Holdem Genius</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:46:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Holdem Genius Hold’em genius is a poker tools that is essential to new and experienced poker players. If you are thinking of sharpening your poker game skills or you need to take online poker to an advanced level, you certainly have to consider using Hold’em genius. Holdem Genius is a poker odds calculator that provides [...]]]></description>
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<h2><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>Holdem Genius</em></span></h2>
<p>Hold’em genius is a poker tools that is essential to new and  experienced poker players. If you are thinking of sharpening your poker  game skills or you need to take online poker to an advanced level, you  certainly have to consider using Hold’em genius.</p>
<p><a title="holdem genius" href="http://poker-tool-world.com/free/holdemgenius.php" target="_blank">Holdem  Genius</a> is a poker odds calculator that provides statistical analysis in  real-time and this include the analysis of your hand, community cards,  outs and to include your opponents what they may be holding.</p>
<p>Hold’em genius can be a very complex poker tool to use, you need to  fully understand how to use the tool before you consider using it in the  game. The analysis and statistical data can be jargon to the newbie but  one interesting aspect about this tool is that it accepts add-on that  helps you to organize the statistical data in a way you will understand.</p>
<p>The main concept of the <a title="holdem genius" href="http://poker-tool-world.com/free/holdemgenius.php" target="_blank">Holdem  Genius</a> is for one to adjust the settings to suit you game style. Adjusting the  setting can be very difficult at times but with this tool, if it is  properly adjusted it will certainly improve your game skills.</p>
<p>With the Hold’em Genius, is provides all its data at your right hand  section and provides you with betting advice during game play. The tool  provides you with your hand percentage of winning on the river, whether  to bet or fold, betting advice on your hole cards and the strength of  your hand.</p>
<p><strong>Limitations of the Hold’em Genius</strong></p>
<p>Hold’em Genius is a very powerful tool but the only set back is that  it is not able to tell you whether your opponents are bluffing or not  and this would be up to you to figure this out.</p>
<p>The tool does not track your opponents’ style of play during game  play, by providing you the percentages of your hand winning, your odds  and outs, it is up to the user to take the final action in deciding the  strength of your opponents hand.  If you were interested in tracking  your opponents then you would have to make use of Poker Edge or Poker  Crusher.</p>
<p>Another setback is that the even when you are holding a strong hand  it does not give you an advice of raising or re-raising your hand.</p>
<p>Apart from its limitations, the Hold’em genius is a powerful tool  that can improve you style of play but this does not guarantee you that  you will win each hand played.</p>
<p>The software is available free by opening an account with any one of their partner poker rooms.</p>
<hr /><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Customer Testimonials</strong></span></em></p>
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<p><a href="http://poker-tool-world.com/free/holdemgenius.php">Holdem  Genius</a> has really made a different in my game. My decisions are so much more  wiser with the all great info provided. Thanks for all you do.<br />
<strong>Robert</strong></p>
<p>This program is awesome!  I have finished in the money 4 out 5 times so far. Thanks for sharing this great tool  !<br />
<strong>Willi</strong></p>
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		<title>Online Odds Calculator</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Poker odds calculator learn your exact chances of winning in any given hand. Find out just how much of a bad beat you suffered or whether or not you made a good call. Simply click on cards to get percentages on the fly! Find out how your odds look preflop, on the flop, and after the turn.<br />
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		<title>Magic Holdem</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Magic Holdem Review Online poker software to improve your play in Texas Hold em. Playing poker is fun until you start losing money. And then it’s only fun until you run out of money. Even if one plays Texas Hold em free online, winning is still more fun than losing. An odds calculator can’t come [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Magic Holdem Review</span></h1>
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<p><strong>Online poker software to improve your play in Texas Hold em.</strong></p>
<p>Playing poker is fun until you start losing money.  And then it’s only fun until you run out of money.  Even if one plays Texas Hold em free online, winning is still more fun than losing.  An odds calculator can’t come up with money.  It cannot do the bluffing.  An odds calculator like MagicHoldem can, however, help players learn how to play Texas Hold em online.</p>
<p>Most poker websites will let players play Texas Hold em free with “play” money. A player can continue to play Texas Hold em free or switch over to real money if wanted.  Either way, players can keep their money longer.  They can do this by paying attention to online poker software showing them what the odds look like.</p>
<p>Magic Holdem is an odds calculator that shows updated odds while playing Texas hold em online.  This online poker software is simple to install.  It runs alongside the regular poker game in the browser window.  This odds calculator runs automatically when you start a poker game online.  The player does not have to remember to open it or start it.</p>
<p>The interface is visually streamlined and easy to read without being a distraction.  An online odds calculator like MagicHoldem takes the learning curve out of playing poker.  Players can enjoy playing from the get-go without worrying about losing all their chips.  By checking their decision with MagicHoldem, players can gain confidence as they build their understanding of poker odds.</p>
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<p>MagicHoldem helps by displaying win odds, hand odds, outs odds, and pot odds.  Before the flop, the player’s hole hands are ranked in both groups and in individual standings.  MagicHoldem shows the player’s overall win odds which helps make snap decisions on folding, raising, or checking.</p>
<p>The breakdown in hand odds shows the chance that various hands could appear to win the game.  Based on the community cards, MagicHoldem displays the chances that other players could make various hands in the game as well.  For example, in this screenshot, the player already has a straight after the flop.  With that, he or she currently has an 84.7% chance of winning.  The Raise/Re raise strip suggests that the player should raise when it is time to bet.  Other players have a 5.8% chance to make a flush or a 7.3% chance of making a full house.  Both hands would beat the player’s straight.</p>
<p>Many people playing Texas hold em free online never bother to improve their winnings by understanding poker odds.  They figure poker odd are too hard to understand or to figure out.  With MagicHoldem, the player can learn about poker odds incrementally.  At the same time, the poker players can have good times as they play Texas hold em online.</p>
<p><strong>Online poker software to improve your play in Texas Hold em.</strong></p>
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		<title>Texas Calculatem</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Texas Calculatem There are many reasons why you should choose the Texas Calculatem to improve your poker game play. One important aspect about this tool is that it is accepted at many online poker rooms and it is supported by a large number of poker rooms. The tool has become popular in the industry. The [...]]]></description>
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<h1><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>Texas Calculatem</em></span></h1>
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<p>There are many reasons why you should choose the <a href="http://poker-tool-world.com/free/calculatem.php">Texas  Calculatem</a> to improve your poker game play. One important aspect about this tool is that it is accepted at many online poker rooms and it is supported by a large number of poker rooms. The tool has become popular in the industry. The tools will certainly help you to boost your bankroll and sharpen your gaming skills.</p>
<p>The tools analyses your hand against the community cards and actions by your opponents to provide you with outs, and odds for a winning edge. One advantage of using the Texas Calculatem is that when you have a good or strong hand it can tell you whether to raise or re-raise, check or fold.</p>
<p>Texas Calculatem provides betting advice according to position advantage and focuses on your opponent’s weaknesses as well as style of play. All information is delivered to you in real-time and it calculates the percentage chances of winning.</p>
<p><a href="http://poker-tool-world.com/free/calculatem.php">Texas  Calculatem</a> provides features to its users that can be customizable to suit your style of game play. Whether you are tight- aggressive or loose aggressive the tool will adapt to your level of game play and make it more profitable.</p>
<p>The tool helps your bankroll to increase gradually and you will soon figure it out that the tool is profitable after all. Texas Calculatem is available free by signing up at any of the leading poker sites. There are over 25 000 players who are satisfied in using Texas Calculatem and it is compatible for mid to higher stakes. The software comes with instructions on how to use it and it certainly is profitable.</p>
<p>The tool provides you with great timely advice during game play and it improves your game play as well as sharpening your gaming skills.</p>
<p>The tool is profitable for both the novice and professional players and its interface is user-friendly. The setting are not complex as compared to other online poker tools and it is easy to attach to your table and deliver gaming advice in real-time.</p>
<p>Texas Calculatem is available free and if you are new to online poker tools you certainly have to start off with Texas Calculatem before advancing to the more complex poker tools and one major advantage is that is accepted by a wide range of online poker room.</p>
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<p>Just wanted to take some time to tell you guys how much I  appreciate your product. I recommend this poker tool to all players who are serious with online poker.<br />
- <strong>Shane</strong></p>
<p>You know&#8230; when I listen to <a href="http://poker-tool-world.com/free/calculatem.php">Texas  Calculatem</a> an amazing thing happens&#8230; I actually win! Thanks for all your  help!<br />
- <strong>Aaron</strong></p>
<p>Thanks again. I can&#8217;t tell you what Texas  Calculatem has done for my game. I&#8217;m finally able to actually &#8220;learn&#8221; how to  play this game! I&#8217;ve gone through every masterpiece there is, but I couldn&#8217;t  possibly retain what I needed to progress. There was just too much information.  Calculatem is giving me the chance to learn by repetition! That&#8217;s the only way  (for me at least) It&#8217;s going to &#8220;stick.&#8221;<br />
- <strong>Kelly</strong></p>
<p>My game has improved greatly. I finish in the money or close to  the money almost every time I play. Thanks again.<br />
-  <strong>Jim</strong></p>
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		<title>How To Use Odds Calculators</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[How To Use An Odds Calculator To Win More Money At Online Poker&#8230; Do you use a poker odds calculator? I sure hope so. Odds calculators are a CRUCIAL part of winning money at online poker. Here are a just a few ways an odds calculator can QUICKLY and EASILY improve your game: UNDERSTAND YOUR [...]]]></description>
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<p align="justify">Do you use a poker odds calculator?</p>
<p align="justify">I sure hope so. Odds calculators are a CRUCIAL part of winning  money at online poker. Here are a just a few ways an odds calculator can QUICKLY  and EASILY improve your game:</p>
<p align="justify"><strong>UNDERSTAND YOUR STARTING HAND STRENGTH&#8230;</strong></p>
<p align="justify">The biggest mistake made by most card players is playing TOO  MANY HANDS. For example, tell me if this thought has ever crossed your  mind&#8230;</p>
<p align="justify">&#8220;It&#8217;s worth calling the flop even though I have bad cards&#8211;  because who knows, I might catch three-of-a-kind&#8230; or two pair&#8230; or something  really good!&#8221;</p>
<p align="justify">Every poker player has had this thought from time to time. Even  the pros.</p>
<p align="justify">But the problem is, thinking like this will cause you to LOSE  MONEY in the long run. And the reason is because of the ODDS. Even though you  might make a &#8220;great hand&#8221; once in every twenty flops, those other nineteen hands  will cause you to lose MORE money than you won.</p>
<p align="justify">But here&#8217;s the thing:</p>
<p align="justify">The right odds calculator will show you EXACTLY how strong or  weak your starting hand is&#8230; based on a PERCENTAGE and will show you the  appropriate &#8220;Sklansky Starting Hand Group&#8221;. What this means is you will  IMMEDIATELY know how good your hand is, as soon as the cards come out.</p>
<p align="justify">For example, at a 10-man table pocket Aces has a hand rank of  100% and is GROUP 1. Pocket two&#8217;s has a hand rank of 63.3%, which is in GROUP 7.  (This is for hands to the river.)</p>
<p align="justify">But let&#8217;s be honest&#8230; understanding how &#8220;good&#8221; those hands are  is EASY. You don&#8217;t need an odds calculator for that.</p>
<p align="justify">But let me ask you, which of THESE hands do you think has the  highest &#8220;Hand Rank&#8221;?</p>
<p align="justify">a.) Queen-9 suited<br />
b.) Ace-5 suited<br />
c.) Jack-10  suited<br />
d.) Ace-Queen offsuit
</p>
<p align="justify">(Here&#8217;s a hint&#8230; the strongest hand is NOT options &#8220;b&#8221; or  &#8220;d&#8221;&#8230;)</p>
<p align="justify">Give up? Are you surprised that A-Q wasn&#8217;t the strongest? Well,  that&#8217;s just ONE of the ways an odds calculator can be incredibly useful&#8230;  you&#8217;ll know the exact hand strength right away and can make a more educated  (translation = MORE PROFITABLE) decision before the flop.</p>
<p align="justify"><strong>KNOW YOUR CHANCES OF HITTING AN &#8220;OUT&#8221;&#8230;</strong></p>
<p align="justify">As you probably know, &#8220;outs&#8221; are cards that will help you  improve your existing hand.</p>
<p align="justify">For example, let&#8217;s say you&#8217;re holding 5-6 and the flop comes  out 3-4-Q. That means you need either a two or a seven to make a straight&#8230;</p>
<p align="justify">Since there are four two&#8217;s and four seven&#8217;s in the deck, you  have EIGHT OUTS.</p>
<p align="justify"><a title="free poker tool" href="http://www.superpokeraffiliates.com/_page?data=503149_28_6_407_NiR6T3I3SmxkbEduQQ%3D%3D">Odds calculators</a> will show you how many outs you have at any  given time&#8230; and also give you the PERCENTAGE chance you have of getting them.  In addition, a REALLY good odds calculator will &#8220;break it down&#8221; by each  hand&#8230;</p>
<p align="justify">For example, in the scenario above with the straight draw,  let&#8217;s say you ALSO had a spade flush draw. That means you have more than eight  outs, since one more spade will help you.</p>
<p align="justify">Premium odds calculators will show you the exact percentage  chance you have of making the straight, the exact percentage chance of making  the flush, and the TOTAL percentage for the two&#8230;</p>
<p align="justify">This is a huge time-saver for you. Online poker is  fast-paced&#8230; and it&#8217;s not practical to sit there and do advanced calculations  and long division while you&#8217;re trying to make a decision.</p>
<p align="justify"><strong>PLAY YOUR POSITION MORE EFFECTIVELY&#8230;</strong></p>
<p align="justify">In Texas Holdem poker, positioning is everything. You want to  play MORE hands with good positioning and FEWER hands with bad positioning. It&#8217;s  that simple.</p>
<p align="justify">The odds calculator I recommend allows you to ADJUST your  starting hand settings depending on where you&#8217;re sitting at the table. For  instance, if you&#8217;re on the button (the dealer position, which is the best  position to be), the program will automatically set the &#8220;Hand Rank Requirement&#8221;  to 50%&#8230;</p>
<p align="justify">&#8230;So if you pick up a hand that has a Hand Rank LOWER than  50%, it will recommend that you fold.</p>
<p align="justify">But if you&#8217;re UNDER THE GUN (the player to the left of the big  blind, which is the worst position to be), the program will automatically set  the &#8220;Hand Rank Requirement&#8221; to 85%&#8230; so the software will make &#8220;tighter&#8221;  recommendations while you&#8217;re in this position.</p>
<p align="justify">Make sense?</p>
<p align="justify">Now here&#8217;s the real beauty of this:</p>
<p align="justify"><strong>IMPROVE YOUR SKILLS MORE QUICKLY&#8230;</strong></p>
<p align="justify">Most poker players improve their skills over YEARS of hard  work, practice, and study. This is the slow and painful way.</p>
<p align="justify">Using an odds calculator ACCELERATES the learning process  dramatically. Here&#8217;s why:</p>
<p align="justify">As you&#8217;re playing online poker, the odds calculator will  automatically compute the odds, <a title="Texas Calculatem" href="http://poker-tool-world.com/calculators/texas-calculatem/" target="_self">hand strength,</a> percentage chance on outs, and so  on. You&#8217;ll use this information, make better decisions, and win more money.</p>
<p align="justify">Then here&#8217;s what will happen&#8230;</p>
<p align="justify">In a matter of months, you&#8217;ll find yourself &#8220;knowing&#8221; the odds  and hand strength WITHOUT looking at the software! It will become &#8220;natural&#8221; to  you&#8230; because you&#8217;ll be seeing the same types of hands so frequently.</p>
<p align="justify">Of course, you&#8217;ll still want to use the odds software for the  more advanced calculations.</p>
<p align="justify">But you&#8217;ll be AMAZED when you sit down at the poker table with  your buddies, see the flop, and then blurt out:</p>
<p align="justify">&#8220;He has an 19% chance of making the flush on the river.&#8221;</p>
<p align="justify">Your friends will think you&#8217;re a poker genius! Because the  truth is, learning the odds ISN&#8217;T about learning the MATH&#8230; it&#8217;s about SEEING  and PLAYING with the numbers in front of you frequently enough.</p>
<p align="justify">This is how the pros do it&#8230; and this is how YOU can do it  with the right tool.</p>
<p align="justify"><strong>GET &#8220;ODDS-BASED&#8221; RECOMMENDATIONS&#8230;</strong></p>
<p align="justify">Ultimately, the point is to reach a conclusion about WHAT YOU  SHOULD DO IN A GIVEN SITUATION&#8230; BASED ON THE ODDS.</p>
<p align="justify">You and I both know that &#8220;odds&#8221; are only a PART of the game.  They may be a BIG part, but they&#8217;re still just a part. There&#8217;s bluffing  strategies, betting patterns, and many other factors that will affect your  decisions&#8230;</p>
<p align="justify">Now let me show you the odds calculator that I use when I play  online poker. It&#8217;s called &#8220;Texas Calculatem&#8221;. One of the great things is that it  gives you &#8220;<a title="CalculatemPro" href="http://poker-tool-world.com/calculators/calculatem-pro/" target="_self">odds-based</a>&#8221; recommendations&#8230;</p>
<p align="justify">In other words, it take the outs, percentages, ratios, number  of players, starting hand strength, and everything else&#8230; compile it all  together&#8230; and then spit out a &#8220;decision&#8221; about what you should do.</p>
<p align="justify">So while you&#8217;re playing online poker, this program will run  near the bottom of your screen and say something like, &#8220;Check&#8221; or &#8220;Fold&#8221; or  &#8220;Call Unraised Only&#8221; or &#8220;Raise and Re-Raise&#8221;&#8230; and so on.</p>
<p align="justify">And here&#8217;s another reason why I like Texas Calculatem so  much:</p>
<p align="justify"><strong>ADJUST YOUR PLAYING STYLE AUTOMATICALLY&#8230;</strong></p>
<p align="justify">Texas Calculatem lets you adjust your &#8220;style&#8221; according to your  preferences and table strategy.</p>
<p align="justify">For instance, let&#8217;s say you&#8217;re playing a 10-player Sit and Go.  Well, at the beginning you want to play extremely tight because you just want to  SURVIVE as the other players start knocking themselves out (after all, Sit and  Go&#8217;s pay out for the top three finishers, so there&#8217;s no need to risk many chips  in the beginning).</p>
<p align="justify">So what I do is set the &#8220;Pre-Flop Slider&#8221; to a very tight  setting.</p>
<p align="justify">BUT&#8230; when you DO play a hand in the early stages of a Sit and  Go, you want to play it AGGRESSIVELY. Especially if it&#8217;s a really good hand like  a high pocket pair. Because the reality is, there are a lot of &#8220;loose manics&#8221; at  the Sit and Go&#8217;s who will call anything&#8230; so you want to increase your chip  stack by taking advantage of them.</p>
<p align="justify">So in that situation, I set the &#8220;Post-Flop Slider&#8221; to a more  aggressive setting.</p>
<p align="justify">You see, with Texas Calculatem you can adjust each of these  settings without affecting the other. And you can adjust them mid-game or any  time you want (I adjust mine back to more normal levels when it gets down to six  players in the Sit and Go).</p>
<p align="justify">Of course, it&#8217;s the same way with Ring Games and other  <a title="Tournament Shark" href="http://poker-tool-world.com/other-tools/tournament-shark/" target="_self">tournaments</a>. In a four player ring game I like to play lots of starting hands  and aggressively &#8220;bully&#8221; my opponents&#8230; so I adjust the sliders to the looser  and more aggressive settings and &#8220;Bam!&#8221;&#8230; the program adjusts its computations  automatically.</p>
<p align="justify">AND&#8230; get this&#8230;</p>
<p align="justify">Texas Calculatem instantly adjusts all of the odds and  recommendations based on HOW MANY PLAYERS are at the table. In ring games people  are constantly getting up, sitting out, coming in, etc&#8230; and in Sit and Go&#8217;s  players are continuously being eliminated. All of this makes it confusing to  figure out which hands to play and how to play them.</p>
<p align="justify">Calculatem adjusts everything AUTOMATICALLY. You don&#8217;t have to  input anything, either. It &#8220;detects&#8221; everything by itself.</p>
<p align="justify">Speaking of detection&#8230; that&#8217;s something else you need to be  aware of:</p>
<p align="justify"><strong>DON&#8217;T BUY AN ODDS CALCULATOR WITHOUT THESE  FEATURES&#8230;</strong></p>
<p align="justify">There are some KEY FEATURES that make an odds calculator a very  effective tool. But ironically, MOST ODDS CALCULATORS don&#8217;t have these  features!</p>
<p align="justify">For instance, most odds calculators make you &#8220;manually&#8221; type in  what your cards are&#8230; what the flop cards are&#8230; and so on.</p>
<p align="justify">This makes no sense. After all, you can do the math faster than  that!</p>
<p align="justify">Texas Calculatem was designed in a way that requires NONE of  your time or effort. It automatically &#8220;attaches&#8221; to your poker game and detects  your cards and the cards on the table (from the flop, turn, and river). You just  sit back and focus on the game.</p>
<p align="justify">Obviously Texas Calculatem doesn&#8217;t read your <a title="pokerbility" href="http://poker-tool-world.com/calculators/pokerbility/" target="_self">OPPONENTS</a> cards,  though&#8230; since that information is completely secured by the casino. (That sure  would make things easier, huh?)</p>
<p align="justify">Another great feature that Calculatem has is called &#8220;Fold  Depth&#8221;. This basically uses &#8220;human logic&#8221; to make the odds computations more  accurate. For instance, let&#8217;s say the flop came out 7-7-3 and two players  folded.</p>
<p align="justify">Texas Calculatem &#8220;knows&#8221; that neither of those two players  folded the seven. (Duh!)</p>
<p align="justify">The reason this is important is because it affects all of the  ADVANCED calculations from that point forward. Using the &#8220;human logic&#8221;, Texas  Calculatem knows a more accurate percentage of WHERE the other two sevens are&#8230;  as well as all the other cards in the deck.</p>
<p align="justify">The result is a program that is far superior and more useful  than any other on the market. In fact, I&#8217;ve really only &#8220;scratched the surface&#8221;  of all the features that Texas Calculatem has&#8230; and all the ways it can help  you win more money at online poker.</p>
<p align="justify">Honestly, the question isn&#8217;t whether or not you need an odds  calculator&#8230;</p>
<p align="justify">The question is: How can you afford NOT to use one?</p>
<p align="justify">The cold hard truth is that many of your opponents WILL be  using Texas Calculatem&#8230; which gives them the IMMEDIATE ADVANTAGE at the  tables.</p>
<p align="justify">If you&#8217;re only going to play poker for &#8220;play money&#8221;, then I  guess it&#8217;s OK. But if you&#8217;re playing for REAL MONEY, then you need to download  Texas Calculatem to your computer TODAY. Without it, you&#8217;re just another  fish.</p>
<p align="justify">The best part is, Texas Calculatem is FREE when you setup a new  account at one of the partner poker rooms&#8230;</p>
<p align="justify">So click this link, setup your account, and download Texas  Calculatem for FREE. You&#8217;ll be winning more money at online poker within the  next five minutes&#8230;</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mistakes Made When Using An Odds Calculator People always say that &#8220;Practice makes perfect.&#8221; I disagree. The truth is that &#8220;PERFECT practice makes perfect.&#8221; Using an odds calculator at online poker is a crucial way to develop your skills and become a better player&#8230; But I&#8217;ve noticed that even though the popularity of programs like [...]]]></description>
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<p align="justify">People always say that &#8220;Practice makes perfect.&#8221;</p>
<p align="justify">I disagree.</p>
<p align="justify">The truth is that &#8220;PERFECT practice makes perfect.&#8221;</p>
<p align="justify">Using an odds calculator at online poker is a crucial way to  develop your skills and become a better player&#8230;</p>
<p align="justify">But I&#8217;ve noticed that even though the popularity of programs  like Texas Calculatem is booming, many players AREN&#8217;T USING THESE TOOLS  CORRECTLY.</p>
<p align="justify">This &#8220;bad practice&#8221; can easily cause lost profits, a  frustrating learning curve, and unnecessary confusion&#8230;</p>
<p align="justify">So let&#8217;s discuss the seven most costly mistakes players make  when using an odds calculator&#8211; and how YOU can avoid them.</p>
<p align="justify">(If you don&#8217;t own an odds calculator yet, now is the time.  Click this link to download the best:)</p>
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<p align="justify">OK, let&#8217;s get started.</p>
<h2>MISTAKE #1: Not Bluffing Enough</h2>
<p align="justify">Poker is a game of ODDS and SKILL&#8230; but it&#8217;s also a game of  PSYCHOLOGY and LUCK.</p>
<p align="justify">If you listen to the advice of an odds calculator 100% of the  time, yes, you&#8217;ll come out ahead. But you don&#8217;t want to become a predictable  &#8220;robot&#8221; who only plays favorable odds and never bluffs.</p>
<p align="justify">Get my drift?</p>
<p align="justify">There are times in every poker game when you&#8217;ll want to buy the  blinds because you sense weakness, over bet the pot to give off a certain table  image, or &#8220;bully&#8221; the table with your huge chip stack.</p>
<p align="justify">Odds calculators don&#8217;t bluff.</p>
<p align="justify">And they don&#8217;t tell you when to bluff.</p>
<p align="justify">That&#8217;s why you&#8217;ve got to stay alert and make these types of  decisions based on your own intuition&#8230;</p>
<h2>MISTAKE #2: Not Paying Enough Attention To Your Opponents</h2>
<p align="justify">The right odds calculator can quickly become addictive. It&#8217;s  easy to get in a bad habit of just listening to its &#8220;advice&#8221; without paying  attention to the game.</p>
<p align="justify">This allows you to save time, save energy, and play multiple  games at once.</p>
<p align="justify">BUT&#8230;</p>
<p align="justify">Just like bluffing, blindly listening to an odds calculator can  be detrimental. It can prevent you from catching important TELLS at the  table.</p>
<p align="justify">Pay close attention to your opponents so that you spot someone  on &#8220;tilt&#8221;, identify an amateur, and pick up betting patterns.</p>
<h2>MISTAKE #3: Not Considering &#8220;Likely Odds&#8221;</h2>
<p align="justify">Let&#8217;s say you&#8217;ve got pocket Queens. You make a pre-flop raise  of 3x the big blind and get four callers (at an 8-man table).</p>
<p align="justify">The flop hits: A-A-K</p>
<p align="justify">What a TERRIBLE flop, right? You figure one of your four  opponents MUST have an Ace&#8230; or at least a King. And that means all you can  hope for on the turn or river is a Queen.</p>
<p align="justify">If someone throws out a sizeable bet in this situation, you  would fold&#8230; because you know you&#8217;re beat.</p>
<p align="justify">What&#8217;s interesting is that a &#8220;primitive&#8221; odds calculator would  tell you that you have a STRONG hand: two pair with a great kicker. And it would  probably tell you to call any bets&#8230; or even raise.</p>
<p align="justify">Crazy, huh?</p>
<p align="justify">You see, here&#8217;s the thing: Most odds calculators only lookat  YOUR hand&#8230; and don&#8217;t try to &#8220;deduce&#8221; what your opponents might have. They  don&#8217;t look at what&#8217;s &#8220;likely&#8221;.</p>
<p align="justify">You and I both know that the only way someone would call a  pre-flop raise of 3x the big blind is if they have something good&#8230; like an  Ace. But an odds calculator that just pays attention to your cards has no  idea.</p>
<p align="justify">Texas Calculatem is different. Texas Calculatem DOES look at  what&#8217;s &#8220;likely&#8221; and what&#8217;s not. It takes a look at those four players who stayed  in the pot and calculates the likelihood that one of them is holding an Ace or a  King&#8230; given all the possible conditions.</p>
<p align="justify">Don&#8217;t download an odds calculator that doesn&#8217;t do &#8220;likely  odds&#8221;, otherwise you&#8217;re just asking for trouble.</p>
<h2>MISTAKE #4: Relying Too Much On Odds During &#8220;All-In&#8221; Plays</h2>
<p align="justify">In no limit Texas Holdem there is no restriction to how much  you can bet. This makes the use of an odds calculator more tricky in this game  type.</p>
<p align="justify">For instance, let&#8217;s say there&#8217;s $20 in the pot and your  opponent decides to go all-in for his entire stack of $480.</p>
<p align="justify">You have to make a decision to call or fold.</p>
<p align="justify">The &#8220;pot odds&#8221; in a situation like this aren&#8217;t very good. The  reason is because there&#8217;s such a small amount in the pot.</p>
<p align="justify">In this situation, however, pot odds don&#8217;t mean much. Your  decision shouldn&#8217;t be based on &#8220;math&#8221;&#8230; it should be based on WHETHER YOU THINK  YOUR OPPONENT HAS A BETTER HAND.</p>
<p align="justify">An all-in situation is so &#8220;disproportionate&#8221; that odds aren&#8217;t  really relevant&#8230; so don&#8217;t get too caught up in them.</p>
<h2>MISTAKE #5: Mis-Interpreting Odds Information When Playing</h2>
<p align="justify">Heads-Up (Or Short-Handed)</p>
<p align="justify">With just 2-3 players at the table, chances are NO ONE will get  good cards. At this stage in the game, winning is more about bluffs and reading  opponents.</p>
<p align="justify">Proof of this is the fact that most heads-up hands never get to  &#8220;show down&#8221;. Someone almost always folds BEFORE the river.</p>
<p align="justify">Therefore, the odds of &#8220;winning by river&#8221; aren&#8217;t as relevant in  this type of situation. Who cares if you have 7-2 offsuit? All that REALLY  matters is what your opponent THINKS you have.</p>
<p align="justify">When I get heads-up, I don&#8217;t pay attention to the &#8220;hand  strength&#8221; percentage or &#8220;odds by river&#8221; on my odds calculator.</p>
<p align="justify">Instead, I pay attention to the &#8220;odds on next card&#8221; feature,  because that&#8217;s what is IMMEDIATELY relevant.</p>
<h2>MISTAKE #6: Not Adjusting The Odds To Your Personal Style</h2>
<p align="justify">When you download an odds calculator, make sure it fits your  personal &#8220;style&#8221; of play. If you&#8217;re a loose pre-flop player, you don&#8217;t want your  odds calculator constantly telling you to &#8220;play tight and fold&#8221;&#8230;</p>
<p align="justify">Instead, you want your odds calculator to be &#8220;loose&#8221; and simply  show you when you&#8217;re deviating in the wrong manner.</p>
<p align="justify">Texas Calculatem features &#8220;play settings&#8221; that you can  customize for your own needs and preference.</p>
<p align="justify">(These settings apply both to pre-flop and post-flop play.)</p>
<p align="justify">This is also very useful depending on your game type. For  instance, I set my pre-flop settings to be extremely tight in large multi-table  tournaments&#8230; because my strategy is to sit back and be very patient.</p>
<p align="justify">But in a shorthanded Sit and Go, I do exactly the opposite,  because &#8220;loose&#8221; hand selection is required to avoid getting blinded out.</p>
<h2>MISTAKE #7: Using The Wrong Odds Calculator</h2>
<p align="justify">An odds calculator is only useful if it has the FEATURES YOU  NEED and if you USE IT RIGHT.</p>
<p align="justify">Avoid the common mistakes we&#8217;ve just discussed and you&#8217;ll be  well on your way to maximizing your online poker profits.</p>
<p align="justify">The next step is to simply get the BEST odds calculator  possible.</p>
<p align="justify">My highest recommendation goes to &#8220;Texas Calculatem&#8221;. It has  all the features we&#8217;ve just discussed&#8230; and dozens more.</p>
<p align="justify">It&#8217;s by far the easiest-to-use and most useful odds calculator  on the market&#8230; and it&#8217;s proven to help players like you make more money at  online poker.</p>
<p align="justify">You can download Texas Calculatem now for FREE (by joining a  partner casino).</p>
<p align="justify">Just click here to get started:</p>
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