The message shocked Max Silver. “We are no longer allowing gambling apps submitted by individual developers. This includes both real money gambling apps as well as apps that simulate a gambling experience.”
SnapShove was founded by Max Silver, and created with a team of poker experts. Max is a top ranked poker player with $3 million in cashes. Project Overview. SnapShove's data is based on a perfect ChipEV Nash Equilibrium solution, and while that may sound intimidating, it's really quite simple to use. Users simple fill in the information – including.
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A poker player and trainer, Silver is the proprietor of the SnapShove app and it had been removed from Apple’s iOS App Store – and he didn’t know why.
“I received no email notification about the removal,” Silver told USPoker on Monday. “It wasn’t until a user messaged me saying he had a new device and was unable to download that I investigated and found we had been removed. The only notification I got was via the internal Apple control center.”
The message from Apple said SnapShove had been removed from the App Store and that Silver could no longer distribute gambling apps from the account. The company noted that it is attempting to curtail possible fraudulent activity and illegal gambling.
“In order to reduce fraudulent activity on the App Store and comply with government requests to address illegal online gambling activity, we are no longer allowing gambling apps submitted by individual developers,” the message from Apple reads. “This includes both real money gambling apps as well as apps that simulate a gambling experience.”
Why SnapShove?
The move appears not to affect apps published by larger business entities. Apple notes: “Going forward only verified accounts from incorporated business entities may submit gambling apps for distribution on the App Store.”
As of Monday afternoon, poker apps by PokerStars, the World Series of Poker, Zynga, the World Poker Tour, and numerous others by major corporations were all still available and unaffected.
SnapShove is a mobile app offering game theory optimization for shoving all in as well as calling ranges for these types of situations. The app has been on the App Store since Silver began the business in February 2016, and he bills the service and website as “the best way to learn short stack perfection.” The service’s website says it has served 54,000 poker players worldwide including World Series of Poker bracelet winners (like Silver), super high roller champions, and many of the world’s top players.
SnapShove offers free access, but also more in-depth and unlimited access for those who download the “pro” version for $14.99. Silver notes that while the app serves those working on their poker game, there is no way to gamble on the app either directly or by simulation.
“I immediately appealed the situation citing the fact that SnapShove is clearly not a gambling app either in real money or simulated gambling and was swiftly denied,” Silver says. “It seems as they are expressly going after individual developers rather than corporations.”
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Apple’s access is crucial
As a businessman as well as a player, the ban is a tough hit to SnapShove. Apple makes up about 60 percent of its revenue. Targeting individuals and entrepreneurs seems a bit unfair, but Silver says it is more frustrating because his app offers no way to directly wager or gamble. SnapShove functions as a training and tutorial medium, not as a means to play online.
“It more seems unfair that the app is clearly nothing to do with gambling or simulated gambling,” he says. “It’s no different than an app teaching blackjack basic strategy.”
As he works to remedy the situation, Silver so far has had no problems with Android devices and is sending his students to his website to access the app. He’s also looking for other solutions to get his app back up on Apple.
“I’m currently in the process of incorporating and will have SnapShove back to the App Store as soon as possible,” he says. “I’d like to apologize to any users affected.”
Incorporating takes some time and effort, however, certainly a major inconvenience. That could have at least been planned for if Silver had received more notice.
Who else is this affecting?
SnapShove isn’t the only app affected by the crackdown. MacRumors.com reports that others have also been taken down, even those unrelated at all to poker or wagering. Slot canyon hikes in zion national park. In recent days, the company also began removing gambling and poker apps from the store in China and Norway as those governments asked the company to crack down on the offerings.
Like Silver, other independent app developers aired their frustrations on Twitter with the bans.
Just shy of its 10th anniversary, my Poker game (@thtouch) gets the boot from Apple. The reason? Gambling apps by individual developers are now banned. Doesn't matter whether it involves money or is just a simulation. ???? pic.twitter.com/Wqhx9adeeX
— Pit Garbe (@leberwurstsaft) August 9, 2018
Apple has not commented much beyond the same message that Silver received. Developers looking to get back on the app may have to seek a similar solution that he’s looking into. In the meantime, frustration has not only come from publishers of these apps, but also from users.
Ludicrous. The app doesn’t even simulate playing a poker hand. Only does calculations and a quiz game. This is a hell of a stretch by @AppStore
— Dylan Linde (@DylanLinde) August 17, 2018
There's a new poker app on the market, and it really is one all poker players should have on their mobile device.
SnapShove, available now on Android and iOS platforms, was created by poker pro Max Silver, who has more than $2.3 million in lifetime earnings, to help players determine proper shove ranges.
'While playing live, Max noticed there was no easy-to-use poker app with precise information on correct shoving ranges,' the app states. 'Even top pros can't remember every shoving range and a small mistake can cost your tournament life. Drawing on his poker expertise as well as five years experience working for gaming and poker companies, Max decided to fill that gap and set up the SnapShove team.'
SnapShove's data is based on a perfect ChipEV Nash Equilibrium solution, and while that may sound intimidating, it's really quite simple to use. Users simple fill in the information – including number of players, ante/big blind, their stack and position – and hit calculate. It's really that simple.
The app is available for free, but for users to get the full experience, they'll need to go pro — SnapShove Pro that is. For just $9.99, players will gain access to the full set of ranges, the Call mode, and unlimited sessions of Training Mode, designed to help take their game to the next level.
PokerNews recently had the chance to talk to Silver about his app.
PokerNews: What inspired you to create this app?
Silver: I decided to do a bunch of work on my short-stack poker game and while running simulations I had the idea for SnapShove. I looked around and there was nothing like SnapShove in a portable form. I can easily check hand equity calculations on my phone, but why not shove ranges? The actual learning curve was far steeper. I thought I could create something usable in a few weeks when in actuality it took me six months of careful revision and testing to get this out there.
For those who may be intimidated by an 'Independent Chip Model' and 'Nash Equilibrium,' can you explain in layman terms what they are and a general idea of what you app does?
Basically it's an unexploitable way to play poker in certain situations, for example when you are short stacked. A Nash Equilibrium poker strategy is a strategy in which its impossible for your opponents to gain anything by deviating from their own nash response; in other words to be 'unexploitable'. SnapShove will show you optimal ranges for shoving all in.
On the app it says 'precise ranges, verified by the pros.' Which pros have you consulted or worked with on SnapShove?
I've worked closely with a number of pros including Dominik Nitsche and my business partner, Sadan Turker, to make sure these ranges are complete and accurate. Several weeks ago I opened the app to a wider audience, letting pros and poker industry friends beta test before and during the Aussie Millions. I've had very positive feedback on the app from several of the top 100 ranked players on the Global Poker Index, as well as some good suggestions for improvements, which I've incorporated into the latest version.
There is a lot of debate about using tools/programs in online poker. Do you envision any problems with live players having access to an app during play? Any worries an app like SnapShove could be banned at poker events?
I think as long as players respect and abide by the existing rules of no electronic devices while cards are out there will be no issue. Push/fold charts are already commonly looked at before a hand is dealt to players of all ability. SnapShove is aimed at being a strategic planning and review tool, not a real-time device.
In addition, a key aspect of the SnapShove app is the Training mode. Players can use the hand simulations to brush up on range knowledge and speed up decision times when they're away from the table.
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