PokerReviewWorld - Holdem Indicator

According to their website, “Holdem Indicator^TM, the state-of-the-art online poker odds calculator, offers instant poker odds, real time opponent statistics, and betting patterns in simple and easy to understand displays. With this feature-rich poker odds calculator, you’ll immediately have every piece of information you need for intelligent and profitable decisions.” It is a useful tool for all poker players, both beginners and more skilled players alike.

Hold’Em Indicator calculates your win odds by using a mathematical algorithm based on the cards you hold, the community cards, and the number of players in the hand. Your Pot Odds are merely the ratio of money in the pot compared with how much it costs to call. The higher the ratio, the better your pot odds are. Hold’Em Indicator will also give you the Hand Odds (the probability of hitting a particular hand at showdown) of not just you but your opponents as well. The unknown cards yet to be dealt after the flop are known as Outs. The more cards left in the deck, the more chance of improving your hand. The more ways you can improve your hand is obviously better, so by counting your Outs you can do a rough quick calculation to estimate your odds of improving. Knowing your outs can help you make a decision on the hand. Hold’Em Indicator displays your Outs statistics from strongest to weakest so you can easily choose which hands to play or ignore.

Expected Value is the average amount of the big bets a hand will make or lose. The information comes from the poker rooms own statistics at any specific position. The stats are compiled from real time table information opposed to simulations. Group is a way of describing your cards strength. This is based on a theory David Sklansky came up with, dividing starting hands into different groups.

Hold’Em Indicator shows your position after the flop. On a full table of 10 people, the first 3 seats would be Early. The button and the two seats before would be Late, and the in between is the Middle.

The Mucked Hands Display feature is available for use on Party Poker, Empire Poker, Full Tilt, iPoker, and most other popular rooms. Hold’Em Indicator can read the mucked hand information from the hand history. It will then display them, but keep in mind not every hand has mucked cards.

You can visualize hands you played with the exact player stats and win odds (for yourself and players with known cards).

Hold’Em Indicator also stores player stats automatically and they will load the next time you play with a tracked player. Hold’Em Indicator gets this information by reading data and log files supplied by the poker rooms. Hold’Em Indicator makes it easier by automatically remembering the information for you and displaying it.

After receiving more than 40 hands for a player, Hold’Em Indicator will assign a Profiling Icon. There are 14 different types of Profiling based on playing styles, listed below you can easily see the level of detail that is gone into profiling your opponents.

Calling Station (Slightly Loose, Passive). Voluntary Put Money in Pot % is between 28% and 33%; Aggression Factor is less than 1.00.

Fishy (Loose, Passive). Voluntary Put Money in Pot % is greater than 33%; Aggression Factor is less than 1.50.

Gambler (Slightly Loose, Aggressive, Overplay). Voluntary Put Money in Pot % is between 28% and 33%; Aggression Factor is greater than 1.00; Went to Showdown % is greater than 39%.

Good Player (Tight, Aggressive, Solid). Voluntary Put Money in Pot % is less than 24%; Aggression Factor is greater than 1.50; Went to Showdown % is less than 39%.

Loose, Aggressive. Voluntary Put Money in Pot % is greater than 33%; Aggression Factor is greater than 1.50.

Neutral, Aggressive, Overplay. Voluntary Put Money in Pot % is between 24% and 28%; Aggression Factor is greater than 1.50; Went to Showdown % is greater than 39%.

Neutral, Aggressive, Solid. Voluntary Put Money in Pot % is between 24% and 28%; Aggression Factor is greater than 1.50; Went to Showdown % is less than 39%.

Neutral, Passive. Voluntary Put Money in Pot % is between 24% and 28%; Aggression Factor is less than 1.50.

Slightly Loose, Neutral. Voluntary Put Money in Pot % is between 28% and 33%; Aggression Factor is between 1.00 and 1.50.

Rock (Tight, Passive, Solid). Voluntary Put Money in Pot % is less than 24%; Aggression Factor is less than 1.00; Went to Showdown % is less than 39%.

Slightly Loose, Aggressive, Solid. Voluntary Put Money in Pot % is between 28% and 33%; Aggression Factor is greater than 1.50; Went to Showdown % is less than 39%.

Tight, Aggressive, Overplay. Voluntary Put Money in Pot % is less than 24%; Aggression Factor is greater than 1.50; Went to Showdown % is greater than 39%.

Tight, Neutral. Voluntary Put Money in Pot % is less than 24%; Aggression Factor is between 1.00 and 1.50.

Tight, Passive, Overplay. Voluntary Put Money in Pot % is less than 24%; Aggression Factor is less than 1.00; Went to Showdown % is greater than 39%.

Not sure yet. Not enough hands of data to categorize this player.

In all, Hold’Em Indicator as a stand alone poker odds calculator is the best available on the market. Coupled with the player statistic feature, it puts them well above the rest. It is a valuable tool to both beginners and advanced players. It will help newer players to learn the game especially pot odds and position which can sometimes be easily overlooked. For Advanced players, the collected statistics are invaluable. Graphically, Hold’Em Indicator is well designed and works seamlessly with the poker room windows. It is easy-to-use and easily configurable to suit your playing style and preference If you wish. However, the default settings are more than sufficient. Hold’Em Indicator offers great value for money especially when obtained through one of their poker room offers.