As you likely know, on-line poker rooms each have their rules governing the use of software while playing at their site. The only way to be certain of your standing within the rules, is to first inquire of the poker room regarding your proposed use of a specific software.
In the case of SharkScope, it appears that the rules of a few poker rooms have changed from permitted to prohibited. I inquired of SharkScope support regarding Full Tilt Poker, and you can read my request and their response below.
Notice, also shown below, that the SharkScope website mentions that PokerStars prohibits the use of SharkScope. The PokerStars Prohibited Poker Software page confirms that SharkScope is prohibited.
Of course, that presumably leaves several hundred other poker rooms where SharkScope is permitted while playing. And, as a tool for post-game analysis, there could not be any enforceable prohibitions by any poker room against SharkScope.
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Provided At SharkScope Website:
•Is SharkScope use allowed by all sites?
SharkScope use is allowed by all sites, with the exception of PokerStars which recently prohibited the use of SharkScope whilst you are playing.
•Is SharkScope an unfair advantage?
Absolutely not. SharkScope use is an advantage but it is not an unfair one as:
◦Anyone can use SharkScope with the free 5 searches per day.
◦Anyone can block their statistics from public view.
◦All the data we provide is publicly viewable at the end of each tournament. Anyone could write down and collate these results if they wished.
◦SharkScope is an independant monitor of sites and believes in complete transparency. You can be sure that you are on a level playing and that no cheating is occuring by studying the available result patterns and using our head to head statistics for collusion detection. We are confident that on the sites we cover and for the tournaments we cover, a scandal such as the one to hit Absolute Poker recently would not go unnoticed.
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SharkScope Inquiry And Response:
Hi,
based on the Prohibited software page on the FullTilt website
SharkScope should not be prohibited. However FullTilt support have
recently started stating otherwise. Therefore if you have any
doubts/concerns you should email FullTilt themselves, but our software
will continue to work regardless.
best wishes
Isabella
SharkScope Support
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 10:55 AM, R. Steve
McCollum wrote:
> After reading the Full Tilt Poker EULA regarding prohibited software, I am
> confused about using SharkScope.
> Can you clarify for me the permitted uses of SharkScope while playing at
> Full Tilt Poker, if any.
> Is SharkScope prohibited while playing? Are there some features of
> SharkScope that are permitted, while other features are not, while playing?
> Since I am a subscriber, I am very interested in your answer.
> Thanks.
> Steve
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Copyright 2009 R. Steve McCollum
