Poker tool software company
PokerTracker Software, LLC is the name of a poker tool
software company that produces the PokerTracker line 9️⃣ of poker tracking and analysis
software.[1][2] PokerTracker's software imports and parses the hand histories that
poker sites create during online 9️⃣ play and stores the resulting statistics/information
about historical play into a local database library for self-analysis, and for in-game
opponent 9️⃣ analysis using a real-time Head-up display.[1]
The software allows the user to
monitor each poker session's profit or loss, hands played, 9️⃣ time played, and table
style. It calculates and graphs statistics such as hands per hour, winnings per hand,
winnings per 9️⃣ hour, cumulative profit and loss, and individual game profit and loss
across multiple currencies.
Products [ edit ]
The logo associated with 9️⃣ PokerTracker
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PokerTracker Software, LLC produces poker analysis software. Examples include
PokerTracker Holdem v2, PokerTracker Omaha v2, PokerTracker 3 Hold'em (PT3) 9️⃣ for Texas
Hold 'em, PokerTracker 3 Omaha (PTO) for Omaha Hold 'em, PokerTracker Stud for Stud
poker, and TableTracker.[3] The 9️⃣ company previously developed the PokerAce Head-Up
Display, also known as PokerAce HUD or simply PAHUD, which provides real-time
information for 9️⃣ live online poker play;[4] the functionality from this formerly
separate application was eventually incorporated within PokerTracker 3. Collectively,
the company's 9️⃣ software has been described as "among the most comprehensive software
programs in the online poker industry" by PokerSoftware.[5] The company 9️⃣ subsequently
developed PokerTracker 4 in 2012 and 2013, which is its most recent software
development.
PokerTracker 3 [ edit ]
The general 9️⃣ info tab view of a sample database in
PokerTracker Holdem v3.00 beta 29, including user customized columns such as final
9️⃣ tables and highest percentile finish.
In September 2009, the company announced that as
of March 31, 2010, PokerTracker Holdem v2 would 9️⃣ no longer be supported. The decision
was made because PokerTracker 3 had been released on May 15, 2008, nearly two 9️⃣ years
prior to the end-of-life date. The company felt that discontinuing support of v2 would
avail resources which could be 9️⃣ dedicated to improving PT3 and providing exceptional
customer service.[6][7] Similarly, on December 31, 2010, PokerTracker Omaha v2 would no
longer 9️⃣ be supported, as its features have been completely integrated into the
PokerTracker 3 product line.[8]
PokerTracker 3 supports online poker from 9️⃣ the following
poker networks and/or sites: 888 Poker Network, Bodog, Boss Media, Cake Network, Cereus
Poker Network, Entraction Poker, Everest 9️⃣ Poker, Full Tilt Poker, IPoker, Microgaming,
Merge Gaming Network, OnGame, PartyPoker, PokerStars and Winamax.[9] PokerTracker is
available natively for both 9️⃣ Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X-based
computers.[7]
PokerTracker 3 competes against several similar programs.[10] According
to Total Gambler, its most notable 9️⃣ competitors are Hold’em Manager and PokerOffice,[10]
while Pokersoftware considers only Hold’em Manager to be a serious
competitor.[11]
PokerTracker 4 [ edit 9️⃣ ]
PokerTracker 4 is poker tracking software that
is designed for several types of online poker: No-Limit, Limit, or Pot-Limit cash
9️⃣ games, Sit N’ Go's and Multi-Table Tournaments for both Texas Holdem and Omaha
players.[12] It is compatible with almost all 9️⃣ online poker websites' software and
interfaces.[13] PokerTracker 4 began public beta testing in March 2012.[14] In August
2012, the company 9️⃣ commercially launched a Microsoft Windows version of PokerTracker
4.[15] In January 2013 as PokerTracker version 4.05.10 was rolled out, the 9️⃣ company
began alpha testing an Apple OS X version of the software.[14][16] PokerTracker 4 was
produced from scratch rather than 9️⃣ by refining PokerTracker 3 and other earlier
versions.[17]
Software features [ edit ]
Sample Hand History PokerStars Game
#27738502010: Tournament #160417133,R$0.25+$0.00 Hold'em 9️⃣ No Limit - Level XV (250/500)
- 2009/05/02 13:32:38 ET Table '160417133 3' 9-max Seat #8 is the button Seat 9️⃣ 1: LLC
4Eva (9182 in chips) Seat 2: 618shooter (25711 in chips) is sitting out Seat 3:
suposd2bRich (21475 in 9️⃣ chips) Seat 4: ElT007 (60940 in chips) Seat 5: Orlando I (18044
in chips) Seat 6: ih82bcool2 (8338 in chips) 9️⃣ Seat 7: kovilen007 (8353 in chips) Seat 8:
GerKingTiger (4404 in chips) Seat 9: Phontaz (23553 in chips) LLC 4Eva: 9️⃣ posts the ante
60 618shooter: posts the ante 60 suposd2bRich: posts the ante 60 ElT007: posts the ante
60 Orlando 9️⃣ I: posts the ante 60 ih82bcool2: posts the ante 60 kovilen007: posts the
ante 60 GerKingTiger: posts the ante 60 9️⃣ Phontaz: posts the ante 60 Phontaz: posts small
blind 250 LLC 4Eva: posts big blind 500 *** HOLE CARDS *** 9️⃣ Dealt to ElT007 [Qd Qc]
618shooter: folds suposd2bRich: folds ElT007: raises 2000 to 2500 Orlando I: raises
15484 to 17984 9️⃣ and is all-in ih82bcool2: folds kovilen007: calls 8293 and is all-in
GerKingTiger: folds Phontaz: calls 17734 LLC 4Eva: folds ElT007: 9️⃣ raises 15484 to 33468
Phontaz: calls 5509 and is all-in Uncalled bet (9975) returned to ElT007 *** FLOP ***
[2d 9️⃣ 2c 3c] *** TURN *** [2d 2c 3c] [8h] *** RIVER *** [2d 2c 3c 8h] [4d] *** SHOW DOWN
9️⃣ *** Phontaz: shows [9s 9h] (two pair, Nines and Deuces) ElT007: shows [Qd Qc] (two
pair, Queens and Deuces) 618shooter 9️⃣ has returned ElT007 collected 11018 from side pot-2
Orlando I: shows [5d 5h] (two pair, Fives and Deuces) ElT007 collected 9️⃣ 29073 from side
pot-1 kovilen007: shows [Kh As] (a pair of Deuces) ElT007 collected 34212 from main pot
*** SUMMARY 9️⃣ *** Total pot 74303 Main pot 34212. Side pot-1 29073. Side pot-2 11018. |
Rake 0 Board [2d 2c 3c 9️⃣ 8h 4d] Seat 1: LLC 4Eva (big blind) folded before Flop Seat 2:
618shooter folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 9️⃣ 3: suposd2bRich folded before Flop
(didn't bet) Seat 4: ElT007 showed [Qd Qc] and won (74303) with two pair, Queens 9️⃣ and
Deuces Seat 5: Orlando I showed [5d 5h] and lost with two pair, Fives and Deuces Seat
6: ih82bcool2 9️⃣ folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 7: kovilen007 showed [Kh As] and
lost with a pair of Deuces Seat 8: 9️⃣ GerKingTiger (button) folded before Flop (didn't
bet) Seat 9: Phontaz (small blind) showed [9s 9h] and lost with two pair, 9️⃣ Nines and
Deuces
On most online poker sites, players can have the client software create a
locally stored text file that 9️⃣ records the hand history as shown in the 'Sample Hand
History' example. These hand histories summarize the details of the 9️⃣ hand in a format
that can be parsed by computer software. PokerTracker reads these files and extracts
the relevant information, 9️⃣ which it converts into a database for later review or
statistical analysis.[11] The software is capable of combining hand history 9️⃣ details of
multiple accounts from different online poker services, which allows a user to
aggregate his or her data.[18] Statistical 9️⃣ summaries can be consolidated from different
poker sites regardless of whether the user's screen name is the same at each
9️⃣ site.
PokerTracker is capable of analyzing cash ring games in which players play for
cash during each hand, sit and go 9️⃣ tournaments in which players compete for set prizes
after the prescribed number of competitors join the tournament, and multi-table
tournaments 9️⃣ in which players compete for tournament prizes based on the total number of
entries at the scheduled start time. Statistics 9️⃣ can be tracked by position, session,
tournament, best & worst hands, and hand results. This helps the user analyze
statistics 9️⃣ based on starting hand or final hand. The software also enables the user to
replay any specific hand.[19]
Sample Tournament Summary 9️⃣ PokerStars Tournament
#165494542, No Limit Hold'em Buy-In:R$0.25 90 players Total Prize Pool:R$22.50
Tournament started 2009/05/21 10:19:54 ET Tournament finished 2009/05/21 9️⃣ 14:09:17 ET 1:
ElT007 (Chicago),R$6.20 (27.55%) 2: Rogoslav (??????),R$4.17 (18.53%) 3: zibi23
(Warsaw),R$3.16 (14.04%) 4: Samskn (Veltem-Beisem),R$2.14 (9.51%) 5: thyrandy360
9️⃣ (Valkenburg),R$1.57 (6.97%) 6: Lil Advocate (Göteborg),R$1.18 (5.24%) 7: hungrong
(wien),R$0.95 (4.22%) 8: CKWIFE (LIVRY GARGAN),R$0.81 (3.60%) 9: NaiVang
(Maplewood),R$0.67 (2.97%) 9️⃣ 10: SONAG777 (??????),R$0.55 (2.44%) 11: zofiaj
(newark),R$0.55 (2.44%) 12: alinjef (bigspring),R$0.55 (2.44%) 13: Richt_Ace (Solna),
14: slongadonga (Port Pirie), 15: 9️⃣ dadou187 (a cote de chez toi), 16: SainttAA (Greve),
17: MaxFox123 (Moscow), 18: Suxela (Lubertsy), 19: Albazax (??????), 20: michmach69
9️⃣ (köln), 21: patriot1011 (Moncton), 22: scotticus08 (Australia), 23: jajay211 (Jacobs
Well), 24: pitcherplaya (Oklahoma City), 25: Caraxe (Utrecht), 26: robygrasu
9️⃣ (bucuresti), 27: DrKuzma (Paracin/Great Serbia), 28: Pot`Nbeer (Mautern), 29: jdcecil
(Middletown), 30: Loushje (Bergen), 31: ancuta010601 (botosani), 32: redmarian111
(alcorcon 9️⃣ (madrid)), 33: drbobo69 (Warszawa), 34:R$700straight (Frankfurt am Main), 35:
SportModel (Oakland), 36: mietze166 (Essen), 37: diannepoesje (arnhem), 38: emivallejo
(San 9️⃣ juan), 39: mamo54 (Fort Worth), 40: DEANO247365 (LONDON), 41: BigBenefit$
(sydney), 42: Lin Pi Yama (Ermelo), 43: fishmunga (sydney), 44: 9️⃣ tissy26 (Hamburg), 45:
Thomas Less (Helsinki), 46: ptrperfect (sydney), 47: maxouu31 (Toulouse), 48: franssuh
(horst), 49: snöby (månkarbo), 50: SaberKt 9️⃣ (Kutina), 51: tupac_thegod (charny), 52:
miguel1076 (famalicao), 53: Vitilo (Gijon), 54: ARENA83 (Fuerth), 55: JOBABIS4799
(BRUNTAL), 56: slawus (Bilgoraj), 57: 9️⃣ zamgod (morelia), 58: bd1968 (ceres), 59:
darkcity007 (Durham), 60: Elias2010 (Köln), 61: Roti82 (Montevideo), 62: soerer
(berlin), 63: N.O. SLIMM 9️⃣ (Harvey), 64: xenys2804199 (Riga), 65: Mrs. Natalie
(St.Petersburg), 66: elnoblecigar (Dortmund), 67: chequeulater (Perth WA), 68:
Roleeka86 (Budapest), 69: Repanocha 9️⃣ (Las Palmas), 70: WinningPKSTR (Khren), 71:
realnice11 (Amsterdam), 72: Athazoth (Novi Ligure), 73: verdugo617 (cumana), 74:
LadiLiberty (Las Vegas), 75: 9️⃣ madmirko78 (ahaus), 76: Lvpokeragain (Fremont), 77:
MortyO3 (naples), 78: LEONA999 (Montreal), 79: luislamm (tucuman), 80: makul1974
(Granowo), 81: JokerSTV23 (??????????), 9️⃣ 82: el traga (rojales), 83: zlaja75 (gradac),
84: DieciCapello (CPH), 85: luca.elisei (castelldefels), 86: AVELÃ (lisboa), 87:
retiredn86z (Redding,ca.), 88: 9️⃣ tradechp (?????????), 89: hurco007 (lalin), 90: Derekas
(Toronto), You finished in 1st place.
The software's database uses tournament summaries
such as 9️⃣ the 'Sample Tournament Summary' example and hand histories to provide a three
section summary (see infobox screenshot). The top section 9️⃣ of the general information
tab provides tournament summaries of profit/loss as well as ordinal placement summary.
The other sections summarize 9️⃣ situational statistics based on the level of the blinds
and the starting hand. Additional tabs in the software produce detailed 9️⃣ information for
various statistical interests.
PokerTracker's probability graphs, as well as historical
statistics of the hands a user and his or 9️⃣ her opponents have played, enable the user to
analyze conditional statistical possibilities and optimal betting amounts. The
situations it analyzes 9️⃣ are conditional on the opposition's playing characteristics and
the player's position relative to the dealer.[20] Graphs can be produced for 9️⃣ a single
session or for any part of one's playing history.[19] One of the biggest improvements
in PokerTracker 3 over 9️⃣ PT2 is that it is fully customizable so that all statistics and
reports can be tailored to the individual user.[11][21] 9️⃣ The Guardian claims most
serious players use PokerTracker during online play to constantly calculate situational
optima.[22]
PokerTracker 3 version v3.00 beta 9️⃣ 29 Profit graph
PokerTracker 3 is also
known for its integrated heads-up display, a transparent video overlay data
presentation that makes 9️⃣ statistics and notes are readily available during play. The HUD
allows an online poker player to focus his attention on 9️⃣ the poker table he or she is
playing at, rather than on the PokerTracker application. The HUD provides a vast 9️⃣ array
of realtime statistics for in-game analysis, customizable to the user's preference.[19]
In addition to the statistics available constantly during 9️⃣ play on the poker window,
detailed statistics are available in a pop-up window, accessible via a single mouse
click.[23] Marbella 9️⃣ Slim of the Daily Star used the vision of Arnold Schwarzenegger's
Terminator character in an analogy with the HUD: "In 9️⃣ some scenes, you get to see what
the robot Terminator is seeing and he has all these data streams in 9️⃣ front of his vision
- it's a HUD or a head-up display."[24] Unlike other poker tracking products,
PokerTracker 3 includes 9️⃣ a HUD as part of the basic program.[11] The PT3 HUD, which
automatically overlays a player's opponents' statistics next to 9️⃣ their avatars, is
essentially a built-in version of the formerly available PokerAce HUD.[21]
PokerTracker
v2 will no longer be supported after 9️⃣ March 31, 2010.
PokerTracker 3 also offers a
monthly subscription-based service called TableTracker. TableTracker is an integrated
service that automatically identifies 9️⃣ ring tables with competition suitable to the
user's playing style.[21] PokerTracker's servers constantly monitor which players are
playing and what 9️⃣ tables they are playing at on various major poker sites,[25] which
allows TableTracker to find the weakest players across multiple 9️⃣ online poker
websites.[19] The user can search based on the software's built in scoring system or
any other statistics of 9️⃣ his or her choosing.[25]
Use and legality [ edit ]
PokerTracker
3 includes a HUD overlay as seen in this Pokerstars online 9️⃣ poker session
Serious poker
pros and casual amateurs alike can benefit from the poker tracking software,[26] and
poker magazines such as 9️⃣ Card Player repeatedly remind poker players of the usefulness
of tracking software.[27][28] Total Gambler says that in addition to experience 9️⃣ and
skill the other necessity for a gambler to become a professional poker player is a good
software package such 9️⃣ as PokerTracker.[29]
Several websites portray PokerTracker as
either the world's leading or the world's most popular poker tracking software. For
example, 9️⃣ Pokersource describes it as "the most popular poker tracking and analysis
software available"[2] and Party Poker describes PokerTracker as "the 9️⃣ original and
largest piece of poker tracking software".[21] PokerSoftware says "Poker Tracker has
been the industry standard ... for years".[11] 9️⃣ Total Gambler says that for more than a
two-year period PokerTracker 2 was the "prominent force in online poker tracking", 9️⃣ but
at the time of its December 2008 review it speaks of this leadership position in the
past tense, noting 9️⃣ that PT3 had not yet been "fully released" at the time of its
testing.[10]
Major online card rooms forbid the use 9️⃣ of software that gives a player an
"unfair advantage." This typically includes software that allows players to share their
hole 9️⃣ cards with other players during live play and software that automates decision
making. Since PokerTracker software doesn't fit into either 9️⃣ of these categories it is
generally allowed on most sites, including industry leader PokerStars.[2][30] Legality
aside, some players feel the 9️⃣ use of PokerTracker takes away from the game; for example,
Victoria Coren of The Guardian remarks "there is only one 9️⃣ downside [to using
PokerTracker]. Where's the bloody fun in it?"[22]
