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The Best Poker Apps of 2019. We know that many of you that have come to this page are already well versed in the poker app market and are really just looking for the best place to play. While we always encourage our readers to enjoy our comprehensive pages, we are happy to get you on your way with a list of some of our favorite poker apps. We've previously listed the best Android apps and the best free Android apps, so as we move into 2020, here we'll feature the best note-taking apps available for Android. Also take a look at the. Here are some of the best ways to use note taking software if you are a paper note taking aficionado. OneNote for Windows. OneNote is a great application for taking notes, storing files and links, pictures, graphs, or really anything if you use Windows or even iOS. The great part about OneNote is that you can organize it much like a notebook with different tabs and sections as well as click anywhere and instantly start typing.

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With more than one billion people in the world currently owning a tablet, and the estimate of 6.1 billion smartphone users by the year 2020, it is safe to say that we are a generation of tech-heads who love to have a wealth of information and entertainment at our fingertips.

The popularity of tablets and smartphones, both Windows-powered, Android, or Apple’s iOS devices has seen an explosion in the number of poker themed apps being created for poker lover around the globe, players who love to play the game for real money, or just for fun, wherever they are in the world.

It goes without saying that some of these mobile poker apps are downright awful, but there are a few gems out there that we have managed to find, apps that we’d be happy to have on our own smartphones and tablets for those times when only a quick game of poker will do.

Best Poker Themed Smartphone and Tablet Apps: Zynga Poker

Easily the best play money poker experience comes from playing Zynga Poker, who claims to be the world’s number one free online hold’em poker game. Available on Windows phones, Android, iOS, and even on Facebook, Zynga Poker offers players the ultimate in flexibility.

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Millions of users play on the Zynga Poker app every day, meaning the tables are usually full of players regardless of the time you fire up the app, and you have the choice to play in casual or competitive tournaments every day.

Like most apps, Zynga Poker gives users some chips to start their day, and Zynga allows you to win up to 100,000 free chips on a daily basis. Should you bust your Zynga bankroll, it is possible to buy some play chips so you can continue having fun.

In our opinion, Zynga Poker is the best poker themed app for your smartphone or tablet, and we feel it is a shame their real-money poker endeavours never too off.

Best Poker Themed Smartphone and Tablet Apps: Governor Of Poker 3

This latest edition of Governor of Poker is Youda Games’ first foray into the world of multiplayer poker. Previously, Governor of Poker was only played offline against artificial intelligence (AI) opponents, but now you can play against your friends in cash games, sit-n-go tournaments, and more.

The graphics are colorful, with the top-down view being excellent as it shows vibrant backgrounds and tables. As your skill increases and you win more games, you move onto tougher lands and saloons, not too dissimilar to role playing games.

Best Poker Themed Smartphone and Tablet Apps: World Series of Poker

The most well-known brand in poker, the World Series of Poker (WSOP), has its own free-to-play mobile app, and it is rich with features that you would come to expect from any major poker company.

Head to places such as Las Vegas, Tokyo, Atlantic City, Paris, and Sydney – virtually, of course – and play in tournaments to climb various leaderboards. Improve your poker game with the most extensive statistics of any play-for-fun mobile poker app, which are perfect for preparing you to delve into the world of real money poker.

One great feature is you can play WSOP on your mobile or tablet app, then continue with the same bankroll and ranking when you log into your Facebook account, allowing for continuous play wherever you are.

Best Poker Themed Smartphone and Tablet Apps: World Poker Club

World Poker Club may be relatively new to the world of mobile poker apps, but you would never have guessed this was the case judging by its feature-rich offering for Android and iOS.

This app allows you to use gestures to control the action on screen instead of the traditional bet, call, and fold buttons. Double-tapping the screen makes you check, while an upward swipe raises the action.

While the graphics are not the best of the available poker apps, this gesture control helps make you feel part of the action, so the experience is more intense and exciting.

Best Poker Themed Smartphone and Tablet Apps: DH Texas Poker

This app is available on Windows, Android, and iOS and works very well. Getting started is very easy, you can either log in as a guest, via your Facebook account or by creating a DH Texas account.

Waiting time is limited on DH Texas Poker, with the interface being slick and fast. While the traffic is not as plentiful as some of its rivals, there are lots of games running, and you receive a generous stack of chips to start your DH Texas Poker career.

Other Alternatives

Although each of these apps is fun to play, you cannot beat the experience created by some of online poker’s more prominent sites.

The likes of PokerStars, partypoker, and PKR all have amazing apps that allow you to play for play money chips, but also have the added bonus of being able to play for real-money once your skills and confidence are at a level that you are ready to take on the world.

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Good poker note taking is all about gaining an edge over each opponent you encounter. Catching mistakes and tendencies and taking note of them will allow you to fully exploit your opponent’s play in the future. This is poker in a nutshell: Observe >> Think >> Adjust >> Win

Take note of your possible edges. Ask questions like: Where’s my edge vs Villain? What mistakes is he prone to making? How can I extract the max value from him?

Take note of loose and spewy plays, along with tight and competent actions. What do they 3bet with? Do they 3bet in bad or good spots? Do they cold-call 2bets or 3bets with wide or tight ranges? What types of hands does he showdown, and does he pot control or value bet rivers thinly or even overbet?

Most of your opponents are set in their ways: tight on one table is tight on all, loose UTG is loose in the SB and CO, tight in the EG is prolly tight in the LG, etc. Use notes to help you profile your opp’s, but realize that you have to be flexible and that there are never hard and fast rules in poker.

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You have to trust your notes, so make them as specific and exploitative as possible. Realize that a lack of notes is a read as well and this is prolly a Reg you’re up against and hasn’t been making many mistakes. Regs at higher stakes make different types of plays and mistakes than at the lower levels, so good note taking is key to making proper adjustments to them.

For MTT and SNG play, take notes on EG, MG and LG play as well as ITM and OTB play. For cash you can take notes throughout, and look for play slipping when they’ve been at the tables for a long time or how they play when they first get to a table.

During your post-session analysis, keep taking notes on your opp’s. These notes, while you’ve got time to really dissect your opponent’s play, will be invaluable in future confrontations, especially vs Regs.

Here are many of the abbreviations I use to take clear and concise notes on my opponents.

Game Flow

Players play differently depending on the game, and at various stages of tourneys. The notes you take should reflect this.

Cash/SNG/MTT/HU SNG – used to specify how opponent plays in different games

EG/MG/LG – early game, mid-game, late game for SNG/MTT play

OTB – on the bubble

ITM – in the money

HU – down to HU play or a HU pot situation

3w, 3wl, 4w, 4wl, etc. – 3way pot, 3way limped pot, 4way pot, 4way limped pot

Player Type, Tendencies & Color Coding

You should color code players after at least 300 hands. KISS and don’t get too crazy. I only use 5 colors myself. This also shouldn’t be the only read you have on an opponent. Color coding tells you player types at a quick glance (helpful when multi-tabling), but notes allow you to be more exploitative and make adjustments based on each player as opposed to generalizing strategies vs that player type.

For MTT and SNG play, using Sharkscope or OPR off the tables will help you to dissect your Reg opponent’s game. Knowing that they’re winning/losing players can influence some of your play, and seeing that their average buy-in is $7 but they’re in a $100 tourney now could mean that they’ll nit it up b/c the money may mean so much more to them.

Use your notes and color coding to help you to target players. In general, the more hands you play vs weak players the more you’ll make, so target the LP, TP and LAG players.

LP (FISH) – Loose/passive player (30/6 vpip/pfr) – use GREEN COLOR CODING

TP – Tight/passive (15/4) – use YELLOW COLOR CODING

LAG (DONK is a super LAG 65/42) – Loose/aggressive (35/22) – use ORANGE COLOR CODING

TAG (or NIT) – Tight/aggressive (10/8) – use RED COLOR CODING

REG – Regular strong player (18/15) – use BLUE COLOR CODING

SP/LT – Slow Play and Limp Trap (ex. checking as pfr w/AA on Axx flop)

ICM – Player is ICM aware (for MTT’s and SNG’s)

STATION – Calling station, so don’t bluff (ex. “TPWK STATION ftr .5pot” means calls ftr 1/2pot bets w/TPWK)

Position

Take note of players who give up the BTN easily, and who fold their blinds a lot (or conversely who defend very wide). If opponents treat IP and OOP the same, this is a key thing to know about them. If ranges are the same UTG as they are on the BTN, then you’ve got yourself a LAG and you can play them accordingly.

EP/MP/LP – early position, middle, late

SB/BB/UTG/HJ/CO/BTN – small blind, big blind, under the gun, hijack, cut-off, button

IP/OOP – in position and out of position

Pre-flop

pfr – pre-flop raiser

3bet/3bs/3bos – 3bet, 3bet shove and 3bet overshove

HBL – high blind limp, from Colin Moshman, limping w/ <25bb’s stack

LBL – low blind limp, from Moshman, limping w/ >25bb’s stack

ISO – isolate an open or shove by re-shoving or raising himself

Post-flop

post – notation for post-flop notes, ex. “post fit” meaning he’s fit or fold anytime post-flop

f/t/r or ftr – flop, turn and river or all three streets flop/turn/river (ex. calls 1/2pot ftr w/BP)

DBB – double-barrel bluff

TBB – triple-barrel bluff

1ad – one and done (cbet flop then checks the turn)

c/r, c/f, c/c, c/s – check-raise, check-fold, check-call, check-shove

Cbet – continuation bet

Donk – to bet w/out the initiative and OOP

Float – to bet w/out the initiative but IP and after the pfr checked

fit – he’s fit or fold post-flop, so he only bets when he’s got it and folds when he doesn’t

Hand Selection, Values and Board

Watch early position hand selection and bet sizing – this can tip you off to how they’re playing. Also for SNG/MTT play, many opponents adjust their ranges based what stage the tourney is at (like the “tight is right” mentality early in SNG’s). Every showdown hand should give you some info on your opponents, but due to time constraints and many tables, you might not have seen the prior streets. Mark exploitative hands (where mistakes were made) for later review.

AA, ## – pocket pair like AA or 99

A8s/A80 – Ace-eight suited and Ace-eight off

TPTK – Top pair, top kicker like AKo on Kxx flop

TPWK – Top pair, weak kicker like K7o on K84 flop

set – three of a kind w/pp

2p – Two pair

sc, scg – a suited-connector like 76s or a suited-connector gap like T8s

Ah, Kh, etc – Ace high or King high

fd/sd/sfd/oesd/gs – flush draw, straight draw, straight flush draw, open-ended straight draw, gut-shot draw

Ahfd or Khfd – Ace high flush draw or King high flush draw

BP – bottom pair

Mono, 2t – monotone flop (ex. As8s4s) and two-tone (As8s4d)

3fl, 3str – 3 to the flush or straight on the board

Bet Sizing and Stack Sizes

Bet sizing mistakes can be the key to correctly folding the second best hand, making a well-placed bluff-raise on the turn or correctly making that bluff catching call on the river.

minr/minbet/mino – made a min-raise, min-bet or min-open

os/cos/bos – overshove, call overshove, bluff overshove

18bb’s – 18bb stack

5bb – 5bb bet or call

#psb – % of pot-size bet. Ex. .5psb = 1/2 pot-sized bet, 2psb = 2 x pot-sized bet

ai – All-in

ss, ms, bs – short-stack, mid-stack, big-stack

Action Steps

1. Ensure you’re taking proper notes. This is a skill that you should actively be working on. If you review a poker game tape and find that you aren’t taking any notes, figure out why that is and work to correct the issue. If you encounter a player with 2,000 hands and no notes, you’re missing something (don’t worry, I notice this all the time). If you’re multi-tabling too many and don’t have the time to take notes, then so be it, but you need to devote more time to off-the-table study and observing your opponents and taking notes in your poker tracking software. Also, mark hands for note taking later.
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3. Add a new Note Taking tag within your poker tracking software. Doing this will help you to find ways to exploit your opponents off the table when you have more time to dissect their play. Here’s a video that will help:

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