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Party Poker uses wrong rules at heads up situation

I was testing some Party Poker hand histories that were sent to us because Poker Evolver was not able to import them correctly. I noticed that those were all heads up hands which had problems.

The reason why Poker Evolver had problems interpreting the hands, is that in the heads up situation the player on the button gets Big Blind! Yes, that’s true, at least on the cash games. And it is definitely wrong. It is said in the Bob Ciaffone’s Rules Of Poker: “In heads-up play with two blinds, the small blind is on the button.” I haven’t played much at Party so I haven’t ever realized this before.

How should I adapt to these rules?

These rules gives a huge edge for the player on the button because he/she can act last on the pre-flop as well as on the flop. Having position is very important at heads up so you should play more hands than usual from the button and less hands when you don’t have the button.

A screenshot of a heads up situation at Party Poker above.

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Matti
Poker Evolver Team

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First bugs of the iPoker support are already fixed from the testing version of Poker Evolver. Some users were not able to use Live Tracker at Titan (That’s why we do this testing thing ) but it works now. Thanks for those who sent the first bug reports, good work!

If you are interested about testing Poker Evolver, you can still apply. Read instructions from here.

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Testing started

New testing version of Poker Evolver is now released to the beta testers. Please report bugs to the forum or directly to support[at]pokerevolver.com. We are already started accepting new testers so all you new applicants should receive Poker Evolver registration code to your mail soon.

You can still apply

If you are not applied beta testing program yet and are interested about testing, you can still apply. See instructions from this post.

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We are no more accepting new testers.

Testing of Poker Evolver v.1.1 starts tomorrow (3rd of January). This is a major upgrade with iPoker support. You can now apply to be a beta tester. Only 250 first applicants will be accepted.

Major upgrades of Poker Evolver are tested first by closed beta testing group that gets new features before others. Because all original testers are not so active anymore, we are taking now new testers.

Benefits of becoming a beta tester:

• Free lifetime beta license.
• Get new features before others.
• Access to the beta area of the forum
• Better possibilities to affect which features will be created next to Poker Evolver

Instructions for applying to the beta program:

• Create a Titan Poker account using this link and bonus code EVOLVER.
• Deposit some money to your Titan Poker account.
  • You will get 100% sign up bonus up to $500
• Fill in this application form.
• Wait confirmation mail. You will receive it usually within 24 hours. We will manually process every application.

Beta Testing process

Beta testing will be made in two phases.

Phase 1

• Starts at 3rd of January 2008
• Primary target of testing: Titan Poker
• Titan Poker is the only room from the iPoker network that is supported by Poker Evolver
• Other supported poker rooms are listed here
• Will continue until there is no known major bugs when playing at Titan

Phase 2

• Starts at 18th of January 2008
• Primary target of testing: All poker rooms of iPoker network
• All iPoker rooms are supported by Poker Evolver

Beta Testing FAQ:

Q: Why do I have to register to Titan Poker?
A: We want to make sure that you are able to play in Titan Poker because iPoker support is our main target of testing.

Q: Can I apply to be a tester if I already have a Titan Poker Account?
A: No, you unfortunately can’t.

Q: I already have a Titan Poker account. Why I can’t apply to beta program?
A: We are unable to know whether you have an account or not if you are not registered using bonus code EVOLVER.

Q: Why do I have to make a deposit to Titan Poker?
A: Poker Evolver does not support play money so only real money players are able to test the software.

Q: How many beta testers will you take?
A: 250 first applicants will be accepted.

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Poker Evolver version 1.1 is almost here. This is major upgrade to the software. The most visible new feature in it will be the support for the iPoker network. Now we want to test that version well to make sure that everything works correctly before the actual release.

Testing will be made by beta testing group. Because some of the original testers are not so active anymore, we will now take limited amount of new beta testers. Registration to beta testing will be opened tomorrow so be ready if you want to be one of testers. Beta testers will get lifetime beta license of the software which means that they get new features always before others. Those who belong to the original beta testing group, will get this new beta version automatically when it is released.

I will post more information tomorrow.

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Year 2008 is almost here. It will be interesting year for all Poker Evolver users. We will release lot of new features and make some other improvements to the software too. For example support for iPoker network is almost ready.

We want to welcome new customers to Poker Evolver community as well so if you are going to earn some money from fishes on poker tables in year 2008, it is a good point to start your evolution now:

Poker Evolver Bonus code: PE2008

• $20 discount
• Can be used at purchase page of Poker Evolver
• Lifetime license
• Bonus code is valid until 31th of Jan 2008 or for the first 200 users

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Poker Evolver 1.0.11 has been released. It is only a small upgrade at this time (we have been on holidays too ). But don’t worry, the major upgrade (version 1.1) is almost ready. More information about this will be provided soon.

New poker statistics have been added to the bankroll management (see the screenshot below) and some small bug fixes have been made.

• The standard deviation of win rate (Win rate std. dev.). This basically shows how much your win rate usually varies while playing.
• The standard deviation of earnings per session (Earnings std. dev.). This shows how much variation there is in your resulted winnings of sessions played when compared to your average earnings per session.

These are quite advanced stuff and you probably don’t need these in your everyday poker games. These can however be useful at some situations where you want to observe your poker bankroll and playing style more closely. With these stats you are also able to calculate your Risk Of Ruin percentage (ROR) and we will actually add this stat in the near future! It will be important stat for every player. More information about the new stats can be found from User’s Manual.

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Matti
Poker Evolver tracking software

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Everyone in the Poker Evolver team wishes you happy holiday season!

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New features:

• Possibility to adjust the delay between HUD updates and live hand imports

Improvements:

• A game for sessions created in the bankroll management can now be selected from a list.
• Live Window now remembers it’s last size

Poker Evolver will update itself automatically on startup.

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I found that it’s possible to order customized playing cards without ordering hundreds of decks. Of course I had to try it out and I ordered couple of Poker Evolver decks The result can be seen in the video below.

I will report about the quality of cards after I get the decks.

Cards can be designed at: Custom Poker Cards  

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Matti
Poker Evolver Team

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