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**Improved estimation accuracy**
Agile Poker is a planning toolkit that includes four collaborative estimation methods for co-located and distributed teams. Based on the team's needs, experience, and backlog size, you can choose the best estimation method for you. | 
**Distributed but together**
During the sessions, team members can voice their estimates unbiasedly and collaborate during group discussions to reach a consensus and achieve more accurate estimates. | 
**Top notch estimation tools**
The app also provides advanced features to help form a balance between the speed of the estimation process and expected accuracy, including multi-field estimation, custom estimation values, reference work items, and more. |
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## A quick overview of Planning Poker
The app provides a set of tools to support teams during a consensus-based game, including an intuitive setup with advanced settings, reference issues, quick issue details and actions, and more.
### How does the game work?
The general idea of Planning Poker is that after a period of discussion, each participant chooses from their own deck the numbered card that represents their estimate of how much work is involved in the story under discussion.
All estimates are kept private until each participant has chosen a card. Then all estimates are revealed, and discussion can begin again.
This is all done inside the user’s Jira project. If you’re interested in trying out Planning Poker for Jira, check out [this article](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PP/pages/463995360) to get instructions on how to install the app.