The other night I’m sitting under the gun at a $5/$10 NL table when my eyes widen a little as A-9 suited shows up in my hand.  Visions of a flush draw or top pair on the flop crept into my head, and my mouth watered at the thought of raking in another huge pot.

So as I’m ready to make the call  I look down at the new poker odds calculator that I am currently evaluating.

“Fold.”  Fold?  Are you kidding me?  I’m suited A-9.  According to Oddsmaker.com this is a premium hand. It’s one of the top twenty hold ‘em hands to play. Nevertheless, I was there to test out this new odds calculator, so I followed it’s advice and folded.

Table goes around.  4 players in.

Flop comes: 7h Ad 9h.

I just folded top pair with a decent kicker and I only need one more heart to make the nut flush.  Ouch!! These are the pitfalls I must face when I’m trying out new software to bring to you.

So the Turn comes 2c and River 8s.  Pot hits a couple hundred and out come the cards.

Winner shows A-Q!

Whew!  I just saved me over half my stack. I love using poker calculators.

Ok. It’s not laying down Kings against a made straight or folding a boat to four of a kind, but I would’ve played that through and lost a ton.  So it was the best laydown I’ve had in a long time.

The best part is about 6 hands later the calculator, Calculatem Pro, had me raise a hand I would’ve just called.  That was a nice payoff!

Anyhow, I felt like bragging a little and sharing the story.  Thought you would enjoy it. If you are not using weapons when battling at the table, why not? Your opponent is!

I’m in love with Calculatem Pro now.  You can find this new program and all the others on our Tools Page.