Poker onlineRational Group ha pubblicato la nuova policy e le regole nel dettaglio per l'uso dei software di supporto per PokerStars e Full Tilt. Vi abbiamo spiegato a grandi linee quali saranno le principali novità, i tools che saranno vietati e quelli che sono stati modificati.
Per completezza, vogliamo pubblicare la prima parte integrale del documento ufficiale di Rational Group che è entrato in vigore da oggi e che disciplina in maniera dettagliata l'uso dei software.
Per ragioni di tutela dell'integrità del documento e per preservare l'interpretazione e lo spirito originale di tale policy, abbiamo deciso di pubblicarlo in lingua inglese. Quando il documento sarà reso disponibile da Rational Group in lingua italiana, sarà nostra cura darvi evidenza di questa novità.
Questa la prima parte del documento pubblicato da Rational Group per PokerStars.com:
This presentation is intended to be a supplementary reference guide beyond the information that is already available on our website. It is created for any third party developers or players that are interested in understanding some of the finer details regarding our policy towards the use of third party tools and services.
This presentation will:
• briefly explain the August, 2015 changes
• confirm what our official policy is
• detail what the common types of tools can and can not do.
In August, 2015, we revised our policy towards the use of third party tools and services. The main outcomes of this were:
- Reference material, such as starting hand charts, now have to be “basic in nature”. Anything considered to be sophisticated in nature can no longer be used whilst the client is open
- HUDs are no longer permitted to display non-numerical data, categorise players or dynamically display statistics specific to a certain situation
- Hand or Situation Analysers, such as programs that compute equities of various ranges of hands against one another, can no longer be used whilst the client is open
- Game State Reporters can no longer automatically or semi-automatically retrieve information from an otherwise permitted reference material. For example, tools can no longer notify an end-user that their starting hand lies in Group 1 of a statically defined grouping of hands.
- Table Selection and Seating Scripts can no longer time a player’s registration into a global waiting list. They must register players into specific tables or tournaments.
If you would like to skip to directly to the sections detailing these changes, you may do so by following the links above. Otherwise, we’ll start from the beginning
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Category 1 – Permitted at all times
The following types of tools and services are generally acceptable:
1) Tools and services that simply report basic game state information, such as pot odds or absolute hand strength.
2) Tools and services that are static reference material and basic in nature, such as a single table-based starting hand chart.
3) Tools and services that monitor and display numerical based statistics in-game, but make use of only information which you have accumulated through your own play.
4) Macros and Hotkey programs that don’t have any bearing on gameplay logic. For example, you can use AutoHotKey, MacroExpress or AutoIt3 to make it such that you ‘bet the pot’ when you press the 'P' key, but you cannot use these or other utilities to create an autofolder that folds poor starting hands, or that automates advice or actions from any other tool or service.
Category 2 – Prohibited only whilst the client is open
The following types of tools and services are prohibited only whilst the client is open:
1) Any tool or reference material that offers commentary or advice that goes beyond a basic level, such as a collection of individual stack-size-based starting hand tables, decision trees or heads-up displays that dynamically change based on actions, card values or player tendencies.
2) Any tool or service that computes advanced equity calculations, such as range vs range simulators, ICM or Nash Equilibrium-based programs.
Category 3 – Prohibited at all times
The following types of tools and services are prohibited at all times:
1) Any tool or service that shares hole card data with other players or services is colluding, and is
prohibited.
i. Hosting live streams on Twitch and other similar services is not considered as sharing hole card data.
2) Any tool or service that works off of a central database of player profiles, hands played or private results is prohibited.
3) Any tool or service that plays without human intervention (a ‘bot’) or reduces the requirement of a human playing. For instance, an ‘auto-folder’ is prohibited.
4) The practice of datamining (observing games without playing in order to build up a database of hand histories for future reference) is prohibited.
5) Any tool or service that offers real-time commentary or advice on the current game state that goes beyond reporting data and statistics.
6) Any tool or service that is targeted towards the manipulation of opponents in games in which you are unable to choose a specific table to play on, such as Spin & Go’s.
The functionality of most third party tools and services can be grouped into one of the following seven categories, which we will each look at in turn:
Common Third Party Tool Classifications
• Third Party Result Tracking Services
• Utility and Hotkey Scripts
• Reference Material – Push/Fold charts, Trees etc.
• Game State Reporter
• Player Tracking Databases and HUDs
• Table Selection and Seating Scripts
• Hand or Situation Analysers
There exists a range of services which collate and publish publicly available information, such as Sit & Go or multi-table tournament results.
These services are permitted, providing they abide by the following policy:
1) No player profitability data (i.e. ROI, net profit, etc.) may be displayed on any player unless they have explicitly opted into such display
2) No information may be displayed on any player if they explicitly choose to opt-out of such services
3) Players may signify their options by transferring $0.03 to opt-in and $0.01 to opt-out of all third party result tracking services to a PokerStars controlled account, ‘ResultSites’. In instances where a transfer is not possible, an email to Customer Support stating their desire is acceptable. These player options will be collated internally and periodically emailed (approximately weekly) to each service operator, which must action the player requests in a timely and accurate manner.
4) Instructions on how players can opt-in and out of their service must be prominently displayed and accessible
5) Any service operator found to be in violation of these rules risks having their access to the game clients restricted and/or their service impeded, including but not limited to the warnings of players who access their service.
Any tool or service which collates information considered not to be publicly accessible, such as hand histories, cash game results or Spin & Go tournament results, will prohibited per TPT clause 3.2 and 3.4.
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