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Posted at June 12, 2006, 9:10 am:

For better or worse, I signed up to download the software, Hold'em Genius, to be a pot odds calculator for me. I noticed, however, that my firewall alerted me it was trying to get out when I was using it. I know with that site's offer that they "give" you premiums as you play more hands. Obviously, they are tracking how many hands you play.

I tried to block the program with my firewall, but it won't function then, not even as an odds calculator. My concern, then, if they know how many hands I play, they could also know what my hole cards are. Of course then they could be playing against me with a big advantage. Does anyone know anything about this? Does anyone know a way to capture the data that Hold'em Genius is sending out to see exactly what they know?

Thanks,
VolFan64

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