Tournament Statistics at Your Fingertips with PokerTableStats

If you're playing in an online poker tournament, having statistics at your fingertips can give you a significant leg up on the competition. Knowing the PokerStrategy Phase and Harrington M, among other calculations, will allow you to have an edge when you play online, which ideally should trickle down to your bankroll. You can get both with PokerTableStats.

We'll start with the PokerStrategy Phase, which PokerTableStats defines as "an indicator developed by PokerStrategy which in tournaments like sit and gos shows you which hands to play and how to play them." PokerStrategy breaks sit and gos down into three phases: early (more than 24 big blinds), middle (14 to 24 big blinds), and late (fewer than 14 big blinds). As PokerStrategy explains, "Your strategy in the first two phases aims solely at bringing you to the last phase. The actual game starts here."

Also at your fingertips will be Harrington's M. The site elucidates this statistic, developed by former World Series of Poker Main Event champ Dan Harrington, in case you haven't heard of it: "It determines the phase of the tournament you're in. Each phase is described in terms of the optimal style of playing in it. This value defines which phase of the tournament you're in and what strategy you should use." Phases include the green zone, yellow zone, orange zone, red zone, and death zone.

While you're playing online poker, PokerTableStats will provide you with a wealth of other information besides the PokerStrategy Phase and Harrington M, including your hole card rank, outs, probability of hitting your outs, draw meter, pot odds, EV, hand odds, and number of big blinds, the latter of which is extremely important when it comes to determining your optimal playing style.

This one-stop shop poker odds calculator is, according to our review here on PokerSoftware, "a simple, easy-to-use program that boasts a number of features to help you make the best decision possible at the table, regardless of whether you're seated at one table or many." There are several different subscription options starting at just a few dollars per month if you want to give PokerTableStats a whirl:

Basic: $5.99 per month (No HUD)
Pro: $7.99 per month (Includes HUD)
Gold: $7.99 per month (Includes HUD and Priority Support, on sale)

There's a seven-day free trial available as well. Visit PokerTableStats' website today to see how having tournament statistics at your disposal can elevate your game to the next level.

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