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Originally Posted by PokerStars Steve
Other programs would also be affected. The following are examples of other tools that would no longer be allowed to be used while the PokerStars client is open:
• SessionLord’s Preflop Chart
• Holy Grail of Poker
• Poker Academy
• HEM2’s LeakBuster
• FlopZilla
• Odds Oracle
• PokerStove
• NoteCaddy as is would require changes. It is permissible for HUDs to filter / drill down via street, but not by action facing or hole card / communicate card values.
• PT4’s Leak Tracker
How can we have faith in Pokerstars' supposed desire to improve and update the T&Cs when this list demonstrates a lack of knowledge of the purpose and functionality of the software mentioned?
I'm generally in favour of a crackdown on software aids, but it pains me to see Notecaddy's functions being misrepresented in the text above.
It looks like the list was put together by someone that typed "poker software" into a search engine in 2011. If you want to make rules for policing online poker in 2015, it helps to know how poker is being played in 2015. Clue: It's not being played by people using Leakbuster, Stove or Poker Academy.
Besides, if PokerStove is to be banned as part of this ineffectual PR exercise, will Stars also be banning the
Poker Odds Calculator that is freely available on Pokerstars' own training sites?
The contemporary threads about PLO bots give an additional indication that Stars HQ is somewhat out of touch with how the game has changed. It's interesting that one of the tools that Stars proposes limiting the use of (Notecaddy) has been a powerful instrument for comparing the esoteric stats of suspected bots on the network. When players apparently have better analysis technology (or better knowledge of how to use it) than the game integrity team, we have a serious problem. This is what poker is becoming: software vs software; bumhunter vs bumhunter; data analyst vs bot-maker; cartel vs staking stable... and a site that sits back and does nothing except collect the rake.
Cliffs: Stars is
that dog that has no idea what it's doing. I am
grumpy cat.