Online Poker Controls: A Canadian Review
Compare & Review Information For Controls / Controllers For Poker
Lite Control 
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The Bad: Laser is pretty much useless unless you have a cat or dog to play with. Buttons seem to wear fast on this device. But the 2-year manufacturer warranty accepts upgrade options so it may be a good place to start. Overall Impression: You would be wise to spend a little more money and get the Plus control. |
Plus Control
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The Bad: This control is quite small and many buttons may take time to get accustomed to. Overall Impression: With poker control as well as movies and music, this makes a great value. |
Standard Mouse 
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The Bad: Sitting at a desk can get boring, uncomfortable and unhealthy for eyes, wrists and back. Poker players sit at computer tables longer than regular office workers and even they experience major wrist and back pains and/or suffer of weak eye sight. Nearsightedness (Myopia), Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, back pain, joint pains are just a few muscle strain injuries caused by overuse of a mouse. The mouse for online poker definitely causes many bodily harms. Overall Impression: Switch to a better, more fun, comfortable and healthier alternative. |
The Touch Pad
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The Bad: Unless you are a touchpad expert, you may have difficulty pointing to the poker action buttons and can get quite annoying using this finger coordinated device for longer durations. Overall Impression: A touchpad may be okay if playing for 1 or 2 hours, but if you're playing for several hours per day, you'd be better switching to something else. |
Poker Mouse
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The Bad: Much like an ordinary trackball, the cost is much too high with hardly many benefits. Difficult to control especially for online poker using the trackball to point to various poker actions may get tedious. The convenience is missing in this product. Overall Impression: Save your money for something better. There are several better alternatives at a lower cost. |
Poker Controls IPAD Application Support
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The Bad: The software is full of bugs and errors. Some game actions do not work with certain poker sites, and some poker sites do not work at all. The customer support is extremely slow, and responses are more or less useless. This app may work for you depending on your ipad setting, in effect with your windows settings, or you just may get a headache trying to get it to work. Overall Impression: For a few bucks lost, hey it's like paying a big blind! |
The Keyboard
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The Bad: A keyboard is a keyboard afterall. Unless it's wireless and a specialty keyboard, it's still big, bulky and not designed for poker playing. Average users may have quite some difficulty or near impossibility learning to reprogram their keyboards as an online poker control. Overall Impression: A decent alternative to using a mouse, but definitely not the best. |
Professional Control
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The Bad: No movie or music controls. For no apparent reason, this product has been removed from the shelves. Manufacturer tells me it will be available again next year or so? I guess it wasn't selling well compared to the Lite or Plus. Overall Impression: A very good professional poker tool and controls 4 poker tables. Price point is comparably very good and shipping is free. |
The Controller
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The Bad: This poker control is designed around sports and simulator game controllers. It may lack the convenience and comfort for playing online poker. The fold button (most commonly used) is placed at bottom most position making an awkward and uncomfortable grip for the thumb. Overall Impression: An idea for the online poker market but with few benefits. |
Duo Controller
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The Bad: No bad features found yet. Overall Impression: My personal favorite because I always play 2 sit'n'gos at a time. Controls 2 simultaneous tables with ease and is great for hold'em tournaments! |
Multi-Table Controller
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The Bad: A little small. A larger design might have made this one more comfortable to use. Manufacturer claims a release of a bigger "Multi-Tabler 2", size of a keyboard with up to 8 table support in the future. But they didn't say anything of a release date. Overall Impression: A good item designed strictly for multi-tablers. |