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
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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]
