<s>
Poker	B-Application
tools	I-Application
are	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
software	O
or	O
web-based	B-Application
applications	I-Application
that	O
allow	O
the	O
statistical	O
analysis	O
of	O
poker	O
players	O
,	O
games	O
or	O
tournaments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Poker	B-Application
hand	I-Application
converters	I-Application
allow	O
players	O
to	O
take	O
text-based	O
online	O
poker	O
hand	O
history	O
files	O
from	O
online	O
cardrooms	O
and	O
convert	O
them	O
into	O
formats	O
friendly	O
to	O
the	O
eye	O
and	O
suitable	O
for	O
posting	O
on	O
online	O
message	O
boards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Whether	O
the	O
latter	O
constitutes	O
cheating	O
depends	O
on	O
the	O
Acceptable	B-Application
Use	I-Application
Policy	I-Application
(	O
AUP	O
)	O
of	O
the	O
cardroom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
such	O
simulator	O
,	O
Poker	B-Application
Probe	I-Application
,	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Mike	O
Caro	O
in	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
commercial	O
websites	O
data	B-Application
mine	I-Application
the	O
results	O
of	O
online	O
poker	O
cardroom	O
tournaments	O
and	O
then	O
offer	O
rankings	O
and	O
return	O
on	O
investment	O
statistics	O
for	O
players	O
who	O
have	O
participated	O
in	O
these	O
events	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Datamining	B-Application
tools	O
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
hand	O
grabbers	O
,	O
record	O
the	O
game	O
play	O
information	O
of	O
online	O
poker	O
games	O
without	O
requiring	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
play	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Note	O
that	O
in	O
science	O
and	O
market	O
research	O
the	O
term	O
"	O
datamining	B-Application
"	O
is	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
act	O
of	O
extracting	O
knowledge	O
from	O
data	O
,	O
not	O
for	O
collecting	O
raw	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
