You just can't use them with screen names to gain an unfair advantage. No poker site that bans HUDs hides your hand histories.
The argument is that banning poker HUDs and, by extension, player identities in hand histories, eliminates that. However, I think the logic of that argument is at least somewhat flawed.īefore HUD banning, if an opponent was playing suspiciously, it was easy to keep track of them, look for their name in downloadable hand histories, and compare your results to others in the poker community who may have crossed paths with the same player. The only complaint from Team HUD that feels to me like it goes beyond sour grapes is the argument that player anonymity gives rise to the chances of player cheating. Is there any downside to poker sites banning HUDs? It feels especially dangerous for heads-up players. However, in what I believe is the worst violation, HUDs display that opponent data in real-time right on top of the poker software! HUDs alter a player's view of the official poker site software, they don’t need to declare to anyone that they’re being used, and they’re only even available to learned players who know they exist. Even that could be acceptable if the line was drawn at data analysis. Unfortunately, HUDs like Jivaro allow the equivalent of Johnny 5 to do the analysis for them. That’s absolutely true, and if any player wants to manually track what their opponents are doing through spreadsheets and calculators, then more power to them. They’re making use of hand history data that’s available to everyone and anyone could form the same conclusions manually with enough number crunching. HUD users and developers who profit from selling them to players like to point to the fact that heads up displays aren’t technically “stealing” data. I think using HUDs during games is borderline cheating, and I wouldn't have to be convinced much that it is definitively.īasically, HUDs collect data on everyone you play against and then put it into numbers displayed right next to your opponent’s seat at the table. This applies to every every Texas Hold'em and Omaha game. Players are only given a number from 1-9 and can never be tracked across tables. While some poker sites have pussyfooted around with anonymous tables, Ignition applies them across every cash game, Zone (fast-fold) game, Sit and Go (including Heads-up), and tournament.
Ahead of their time. I stand and applaud them as forerunners to ban poker HUDs.I thought something along the lines of “What is the point of a gimmick like that?” Yes, I was still fairly naïve about the effect of HUDs in online poker. I believe they were the first to introduce them.
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I remember being mildly amused and somewhat annoyed when Bovada (the ancestor of Ignition Poker) announced that they would be making their entire poker software anonymous back in 2011. They've been rendering HUDs useless for years.
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I think that's a good balance of blocking HUDs, but still allowing you to take manual notes on players if you choose to. However, when you look at your hand history, all other players will have anonymous player names. You'll still see usernames and can take notes on players. One interesting thing about Global Poker is that they don't have anonymous tables.
Usernames at tables, but hand histories are anonymous.Global Poker is trying as best as possible to create a level playing field among desktop, mobile, and recreational players. Players are also encouraged to report any player suspected of using a HUD to support. If they catch any player using a HUD, they reserve the right to confiscate their funds. Reading through their Terms and Conditions, Global Poker explicitly states that third-party software (HUDs) is not allowed. HUDs are banned and encouraged to be reported.With no software files or hand history files on your computer, even if a HUD was developed for Global Poker, it couldn't collect anything. That goes for any desktop device, any mobile, and any tablet. You simply log in at the website and you can play. One of the best parts about Global Poker is their completely web-based software. The Global Poker software can't be downloaded.
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