Denis C. Bauer

Calculating the odds of winning a poker game given the cards you have is pretty handy especially for beginners or casual players. There are several desktop applications out there (see review of Poker Odds Calculators), however, calculating the odds at the table in a game on the fly using mobile applications for Poker Odds Calculations is the real world application.

Here I review five popular apps for Android.

App Name	Poker Odds Calculator	Poker Odds Calculator	CJ Poker Odds Calculator	Monte Carlo Texas Hold’em	texas holdem odds calculator
Version	1.30	2.0.1	1.2	1.3	1.0.1
Developer	Perun Labs	lyleapps	CJ Cheng	GreenBean	Mammut Software
Last Update	Dec 22, 2012	Aug 5, 2012	Jan 30, 2011	Jul 28, 2011	Jan 1, 2013
Rating	4.6 (795)	4.4 (381)	4.0 (142)	3.7 (80)	5.0 (2)
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App Permissions	Full Network Access	Full Network Access	None	None	None
Android Version	2.0.1 and up	2.0 and up	1.6 and up	1.6 and up	1.6 and up
Required Input	Hand	Hand	Hand	Hand	Hand
Optional Input	opponent’s Hand, Flop, River and Turn	opponent’s Hand, Flop, River and Turn	opponent’s Hand, Flop, River and Turn	Flop, River and Turn	Flop, River and Turn
Output	win, tie	win, tie	win	win	win, odds
Method	Calculation with approximation shown instantly	Calculation and Monte Carlo simulations	Approximation	Monte Carlo simulations	Calculation and Monte Carlo simulations
Players	unlimited	2 – 9	2 – 10	2 – 10	2
Clicks for Card Selection	2	2	2	2	1
Hand Rank Information					✔
Opponent’s Hand not Necessary	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Margin of Error for Simulations		✔	✔
Folding Adjustment	✔		✔	✔
Input Check*					✔
Tablet Support	✔	✔	✔		✔
Speed	instant approximation	adjustable accuracy	adjustable accuracy
Hide Own Cards					✔
SD Card Install	✔	✔			✔
Discarded cards	✔	✔
No Adds in Free-Version			✔	✔	✔
Revenue	Adds	Adds	NA	NA	Poker Wear

* Duplicate card checking is done by all but you can specify river and turn before flop for some.
Time of review Wed Jan 2 10:04:43 EST 2013