From time to time, our tips will take you away from the table and talk about resources you can use to make you a better player. That's the deal today, when we're going to talk about a great computer program you can use to improve your game.
One of the best absolutely free poker programs out there is PokerStove. This nifty little program allows you to run hands against each other and see how often each will win the pot. You can run individual hands, hand ranges, random hands, and set the board cards and/or any dead cards in order to get the most accurate results possible.
There are numerous applications for PokerStove. Wondering what you need to call an all-in against a particular range? Plug that range in and see what range you can create that has enough equity to be profitable. Know you want to three-bet 10% of the time against a given opponent, but aren't sure how many hands that entails? As you add hands to a range, PokerStove will tell you what percentage of your total hands that represents. Curious how your hand fares against a range you believe your opponent may be on? You can find that out, too. For beginners, PokerStove is also a great way to learn the approximate odds of various all-in matchups.
Like I said, PokerStove is completely free, so there's no downside to using it. Every serious poker player has a copy on their computer and refers to it during or after just about every session they play!
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