Paragon Poker Pal
| Filename | paragon-poker-pal-10.hqx |
|---|---|
| Size | 94.0 KB (96246 bytes) |
| Developer | "Nick Trout" |
| Mac OS | System 7 |
| Downloads | 24 |
Paragon Poker Pal 1.0 is a Texas Hold 'Em odds calculator for the Macintosh, released as $29.95 shareware by Nick Trout of QED Online. Rather than dealing virtual hands itself, it sits beside a real game and reports the percentage chance of winning any given hold-em situation as cards are dealt.
What it does
The user enters their hole cards and any community cards as they appear; Poker Pal returns the winning odds as a percentage and suggests how to play the hand. The interface is presented as a simple, friendly calculator-style window.
Tunable style
Options control calculation accuracy versus speed, and a style-of-play setting from tight to loose biases the suggested play accordingly. The author pitches it as a way to amaze a Friday-night poker circle - or to grind a long-run edge in authorized recreational online card rooms.
Design rationale
The submission notes leans on the standard poker-literature point that any player who consistently plays to the odds will win in the long run, framing Poker Pal as a pocket version of the kind of permutation tables found in Scarne's encyclopedia of card games.
Requirements
System 7 or later and 1 MB of RAM. A G3 or faster processor is strongly recommended for full-speed odds calculation.
Original Source: info-mac
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