The sanghoki Tracker website was hacked early last week, which resulted in the website having to be taken down until it was re-uploaded yesterday. The source of the hacking is unknown, but hacking has been rife over the last few months, with numerous popular sites being hacked and experiencing problems with running properly.

Hacking is currently very popular amongst Turkish webmasters, but it is not always confined to these regions. Hacking has become quite popular, and once a site has been hacked there is not usually anything malicious taking place apart from visitors being redirected to a random page of the hacker’s desire. It appears that the bigger the site that is hacked, the more impressive the hacker will appear within hacking communities.

Users of the sanghoki Tracker software will be relieved to hear that no part of the software was hacked, as all of the problems were confined to the website. So users should not be worried about safe usage of the software if they used it last week or are continuing to do so now. However, users may have found that they were unable to receive any updates during last week, but it should no longer be a problem as the site is now back up and running well.

It could be said that these non-malicious hacks may well be good for big websites in the long run, despite the fact that they are tedious and frustrating for the webmasters and users alike. After experiencing a hack, the webmasters can figure out how it took place, and take measures to make sure that it does not take place again in the future, and thus reducing the risk of future hacks and damage to the website.

If you are looking for something a little different to the Poker Tracker software, you can always head over to the Poker Office website and give their software a try using their free trial. The program does exactly the same thing as Poker Tracker, but it has a cleaner interface and has all the add-ons such as a table overlay and graphing software included within the price tag. You can also import hand histories from PT to PO, so there is no need to worry about having to start a completely new database up if

The stop and go

If you are short-stacked in a poker tournament and on the edge of pushing all in, there is a certain play that you can make to help improve the chances of keeping your tournament life. The play that you can use is known as the ‘stop and go’ play, and it takes place over the preflop and flop betting round when you have a hand that you are prepared to move all-in with.

If you are short stacked with a decent hand, and you find that an opponent has raised before you, the typical action by most players would be to stick all of their chips into the middle. However, this is the perfect opportunity to utilize the ‘stop and go’ to help improve your chances of survival. So instead of pushing all in preflop, you call your opponents bet with the intention of moving all in on the flop when the action gets to you.

This play increases your fold equity, as your opponent will have to consider whether they want to continue with the hand for the price you are giving them. Whereas if you are moving all in preflop, you are more than likely to be giving your opponent the right odds to call and see 5 cards to try and make the best hand. On the flop however, they will now have to call a bet to see a further two cards, and so it may be in the their best interest to fold if they have not improved their hand significantly.

Even if it turns out that your opponent hits the flop hard and calls it should not bother us, as we should remember that our chips were going to be put into the middle at some point, whichever play we decided to make. By calling before the flop instead of pushing, we are giving our opponent the opportunity to make a fold on the flop, regardless of whether or not we improved our hand. Therefore it makes it more advantageous to make this sort of play when short stacked if we have a half decent but vulnerable hand. If we have a monster like AA or KK however, it would be better to push all in rather than make a stop and go play.

A good stop and go situation obviously depends on the size of your short stack. If your short stack