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Short of finding a way to see your opponents cards, I wouldn't really say it was possible to cheat at poker. This service is just one step beyond the many odds calculator apps that are available already - would you consider those cheating, too?

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I've never been in a casino playing cash poker games that would allow someone to sit with an app on their phone calculating odds. Most wouldn't allow you to be using your phone at all if you are in the hand, some wouldn't allow phones at the table at all. And even if they did allow it, you would look like a moron.

So yes, I consider it cheating.

If you couldn't get away with it in a real game at a table, it's cheating IMO.

Part of the skill of poker is being able to work out those odds in real time, when money is on the line.

Gambling isn't a noble skill game. It's about winning and it involves cheating if you have the chance and if the way online systems are setup allow for this, it's their problem. They are probably doing rigged deals and/or using AIs as well, so even with this I doubt you can win in the long run when the algorithm specifically draws cards against that happening. If you sit at a real table with real people, obviously it would be stupid using this, but it isn't the case here. You'd be a moron not to use any help you can, you're basically giving them your money for some graphics and sounds.

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