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> software you could run that overlays stats about every player you encounter

Is this allowed?

It was back when I played and probably is today. It was also openly used and talked about in large scale SAAS sites that offered training videos.

Back then most people used Poker Tracker or Holdem Manager. Things might have changed since then. I haven't played since "Black Friday" which is when the US cracked down on letting people play poker online.

PT4 and HM2 are still the dominant software products but more sites have popped up that either block all HUDs who limit your options to one or two random crappy offshoot HUDs that happen to work with that site for whatever reason. You can still usually export your hands to PT4 and/or HM2 after the fact.

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