The Coolest Thing Ever!

We're not sure if it merits the title given to it of 'The Coolest Thing Ever' but Bluff Magazine's latest player aid certainly offers a useful way for poker buffs to track, interact, and satisfy their poker urges online. The Coolest etc has its origins in The Poker DB which as far back as 2004 has tracked hundreds of thousands of tournament results and been the catalyst for ranking almost 2 million players based on tournament performance, total winnings in the player's lifetime, biggest cashes and “streak” stats.

Bluff Magazine also claims there is not a more accurate way to track play or for players to compare their performance with the rest of the poker community online. "It is hands-down the largest player-accessible poker database anywhere on the planet," said a Bluff spokesman launching the facility on the newly designed Bluff Magazine.com website.

With a name like 'The Coolest Thing Ever', this tool has to be more than useful, it has to make poker more fun to play; and that’s what the new community tools are for. The new Buddy List allows players to track friends online, see where they are playing, and view their up to date results in a personally customizable interface. New Buddy Alerts notify users when their friends are active - live on PC, by email or on mobile phone via text message.
 

The real-time Custom Tournament Directory means that players can elude the hassle of loading poker software to find the tournament structure, game, buy in, prize range, site preference and starting time of their choice. The player now simply enters his or her requirements and the Directory does it all from there!

Bluff's Chief Technical Officer, Jeff Markley says, “'The Coolest Thing Ever' has been a massive technical challenge. Migrating and manipulating millions of records, and adding never-before used technologies has been a labour of love, but its something that, as a poker player, I know will be appreciated by the poker community.
All I can tell everybody is to try it – once they do they will never stop using it."