Programs for PokerStars

Online poker game implies the possibility to use a number of supportive programs that are intended to simplify the game process.

On the official website of PokerStars, there is a list of permitted and prohibited programs, which a player can use while the client is running. 

Permitted programs at PokerStars

PokerStars allows using programs which:

• Give the basic information on the game (pot odds, strength of the hand).
• Statistic and referential information (charts of starting hands).
• Monitor and provide game statistics on opponents.

This way, you are able to use the following programs at PokerStars:

• Holdem Manager and Poker Tracker – programs for collecting game statistics, systematization of information and your game analysis.
• StarsHelper is a program to optimize and simplify the game process.
• Sharkscope is a statistic site that collects all the information on poker tournament results.

Prohibited programs at PokerStars

The security system of PokerStars may block your account for using the third-party programs that have the following functionality:

• Creation of a common database (mining) and other programs that make a team play (collusion) possible.
• A game without human’s intervention (bots), or reducing the need of the human’s participation in the game (auto-fold).
• Collection of statistics on players if you are not at the table.
• Providing tips on the real-time game (helpers).
• Ability to manipulate the opponents in games, where a table selection is impossible (for example, Spin&Go tournaments).

Examples of prohibited programs at PokerStars:

• SessionLord is a program for automatic placing at the tables.
• SpinWiz is a program that helps to select tables in Spin&Go tournaments.
• WarBot and PokerBot+ are programs that fully or partly play instead of a human.

You can familiarize with the full list of prohibited programs on the official website of PokerStars.