Poker Office
Community Rating
2.65
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Synopsis
Poker Office was a viable alternative to PokerTracker for a few years, but it can't compare to PokerTracker 3 and Hold'em Manager unless you are only playing one or two tables. We're anxious to see how Poker Office responds and what new ideas they come up with for the next incarnation of the software.
License:$79 per year
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Features:
- Built-in heads up display
- Easy to learn and use
- Excellent graphing and real time opponent modeling
- Fast imports of large hand libraries and databases
Full Review
Poker Office does everything its major competitor (PokerTracker) does, just differently. PokerTracker is less powerful in some ways, but is simple and easy enough that it can used on eight or more tables at once, while that would be quite a task for Poker Office users. Data gathering works nicely, but Poker Office is simply not flexible enough yet to give the individual player everything they need.
The HUD is a prime example of Poker Office's advantages and disadvantages. PokerTracker and Hold'em Manager both come with excellent HUDs that are easily customized, while Poker Office has a fairly unwieldy display which is much harder to customize. It works smoothly, has no problem finding tables or displaying statistics, but it's not the choice of most serious players because it uses significant resources and doesn't quite compare to PT3 or HM. The flexibility just isn't there and serious players all have their own views about which stats are the most important and where they want those stats displayed.
We would love to see a few more improvements to Poker Office in the area of user customization and interaction that would allow Poker Office to give PokerTracker a run for its money. Currently, Poker Office is probably only a good program for people who play one or two tables at a time and are fairly new to online poker. For those players, it might be the best option available.
The HUD is a prime example of Poker Office's advantages and disadvantages. PokerTracker and Hold'em Manager both come with excellent HUDs that are easily customized, while Poker Office has a fairly unwieldy display which is much harder to customize. It works smoothly, has no problem finding tables or displaying statistics, but it's not the choice of most serious players because it uses significant resources and doesn't quite compare to PT3 or HM. The flexibility just isn't there and serious players all have their own views about which stats are the most important and where they want those stats displayed.
We would love to see a few more improvements to Poker Office in the area of user customization and interaction that would allow Poker Office to give PokerTracker a run for its money. Currently, Poker Office is probably only a good program for people who play one or two tables at a time and are fairly new to online poker. For those players, it might be the best option available.
