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