Happy holidays from Part Time slot demo

Tis the season … for updates.

Our friends over at learn-texas-holdem.com felt the spirit of the season and gifted us an article with some solid advice on Handling Unfamiliar Opponents at the Poker Table:

Many times in no limit slot demo you will find yourself facing unfamiliar opponents. If you play in a regular home game, at a small casino, or only at very specific tables online, you may have intimate knowledge of who you are facing. Otherwise, you are likely to be up against players who are completely new to you. ¿How do you handle these unfamiliar opponents?

You should generally start out by taking your opponent’s actions at face value, until they prove they will act otherwise. If you haven’t seen a player play yet and they bet, you should give them credit for a hand. Let another player find out if they are bluffing. You can get that information just as easily without risking any chips. Of course you may pick up something immediately in the hand that you feel gives you an instant read on someone, but if that doesn’t happen, wait for them to show you what kind of a player they are before making assumptions.

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And, here’s a review of a handy tool we think you’ll enjoy - read the Part Time Poker review of Poker Usher. Excerpt:

Poker Usher represents a new species in the manifold biotope of Texas Holdem software. It analyses your hand histories and uses the results to rate online poker tables according to their softness. The purpose of Poker Usher is to assist you in your table selection by indicating which tables are the easiest ones to beat.

The idea is kind of brilliant. Game selection is of essential importance for any poker player that wants to maximize his or her winnings. Some pros go so far as to claim that once you have grasped all the subtle poker concepts and put in your x thousand hands of practice, the single most important factor in deciding your hourly rate is your ability to find good games. On the theme “no matter if you’re the tenth best player in the world, play against the best nine and you won’t make a profit.”

So the question is, ¿does Poker Usher succeed in its ambition? Yes – and no. Let’s have a look at the pros and cons of this little software (size on disk 18 MB).