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Following on from Card Player’s recent report about the data mining dilemma facing the online poker industry we decided to ask a selection of players their thoughts on what has become a very sensitive issue.
Each player was asked if they use online poker tracking tools and if they felt people should be allowed to data mine; is it good or bad for the game, does it change the game at all, and what was their opinion of sites taking action against it? This resulted in a surprisingly mixed reaction which you can read every day over the coming week.
I do use trackers (only the ones that are allowed to be used on Pokerstars, that is Hold’Em Manager); I use the software mainly for personal work, like reviewing my hand histories, and working on them.
I never downloaded hands before, but I’m seriously considering buying most of some high stakes players hand histories, like Isildur1, or Phil Ivey, if they are available, just to learn from them. I don’t have a particular opinion on the subject, even though I agree that I would not be especially crazy about my hand histories being available on the web.
It’ s obviously good and bad at the same time, it’s just a matter of who is going to work harder, and those people are going to get all the money eventually, so it’s going to be harder and harder. All in all, those are pretty good tools if you want to improve, and if you are willing to spend some time studying.
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