Poker calculators: the economic aspect

First, came poker, then online poker and now comes poker calculator. If you are a regular online poker player, you will surely be using the poker calculator. But have you given this a thought-"Why leading poker websites like Ultimate Bet, Party Poker, Paradise etc. and rest major websites don't offer these calculators for free?" The thing is when you can you can do something good, why do it free. Root of these calculators is money, but perception is also one of its faces.

The leading poker websites have a scale of millions usually so if one player finds a distinct way to gather money, the site can lose a lot in just blinks. Due to this a major chunk of poker website's funds are used for security reasons. However, these thousands of new sites are joining this marvelous game every month, every year, but the big sites still have "oligopoly" than "perfect competition". They even allocate bonuses to old hibernating accounts just to gather the losing interest and making sure you play a lot. The poker sites provide you variety of calculators to entice you in their very hands. The more poker you play, the more hands you make, the more money they can earn. It is just to use the invested money multiple folds and in multiple scale.

Also since the growth e-paying websites like Paypal etc., this thing has become more and more easy. The thing is simple, the more the cost, the better the calculator, and increased chances of winning. So, why a trapped person will not beg for more? Even the big-poker websites are paying up poker calculator marketer's money to make them registered to their website. In addition, to add, 80% of the poker websites do so. The calculator sellers show an affiliate form asking you to register first at a Big Poker website. The reverse perspective also happens. If a person makes a very good poker calculator, he himself approaches these big sites for a joint earning venture.

The marketers get a fixed sum, based on the initial deposit by the player. They also cut from your bankroll based on the hands you played at a predetermined rate for a given period. It is good for both the marketer and the poker website.  As a result, it may happen that the poker sites may bring forward their own brand calculator. That is simply business!