Topic: Poker
The latest monthly newsletter from Pokerpages contains an interesting post:

Welcome news as major poker sites have begun scanning for, and suspending the accounts, of players who are using a certain 3rd party software add-on to gain an unfair advantage over their opponents. The current crackdown focuses on one particular program that even claims to automatically play the users hands based on an analysis of over 500000 outcomes, even going so far as to automatically bet, check and so on with the player having to take no part whatsoever. This news only came to light as this issue of the magazine was being completed, so expect a fuller story in the next issue. For now, suffice it to say that the poker sites are doing all that they can to protect us, the honest player, and to ensure that we all get a fair game."

I had no idea what this was referring to, until a friend asked me whether I had looked at www.poker-edge.com. The site claims to offer a service that "gives you access to a database of PartyPoker player statistics.... These stats break down your opponent's Pre-Flop, Flop, Turn and River play into numbers that tell a story about his or her poker game."

Is this the same thing? I intend to find out this week.