PokerTracker 3
Community Rating
4.02
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Synopsis
License:Free trial, $89.99 to buy
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Features:
- Quickly import thousands of hands
- Includes an excellent Heads Up Display
- Graphing app helps for bankroll tracking
- Fully customizable, see only the stats you want
- Player list helps you find players who are weak or strong players to avoid
Full Review
PokerTracker is the industry leader and was the very first software of its kind. Version 3 is a huge improvement over previous incarnations of the program, operating quickly and smoothly. Every report can be customized, the user interface is simple and easy to learn, and common tasks are intuitive. The things that caused problems for users in the past, like learning to import hands or setting up the HUD, are much simpler in the new version.
If you are new to PokerTracker, the power of the program is remarkable. Here are a few of the basics of how PokerTracker works.
1. When you play a hand on most online poker rooms, a text file is created on your computer which records the hand history, basically telling the story of the hand.
2. PokerTracker reads these files and extracts the important information from them and stores it in a database.
3. PokerTracker includes a Heads Up Display or HUD, which can display statistics from the database right on the table next to your opponent's avatar. These are fully-customizable, displaying anything from how often your opponent sees the flop to how much money he makes per hour or how often he or she check-raises on the turn.
4. You can browse the stats in your database from within the program, finding holes in your own game or looking for weak players to add to your friends list. This information can be invaluable, finding hands that are losing money and avoiding them or finding situations where there is more money to be made.
The original release of PokerTracker 3 had a number of problematic bugs and some users were completely unable to get the HUD to work properly, but these problems have almost all been fixed and on a typical machine the program should run smoothly. Users of earlier versions of PokerTraker will be pleasantly surprised with how quickly PT3 imports hands and how easy it is to customize any of the reports.
PokerTracker 3 does have one real competitor in Hold'em Manager. Our recommendation is that anyone who is interested in this type of program download the free trial of both programs and see which one works better for them and runs well on their computer. Both programs work wonderfully and neither currently holds a major edge in features, reliability, or performance. Watch the video on this page for an introduction to all that PokerTracker has to offer.
Member Reviews
5.00 Member Rating
Poker Tracker 3 Review Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 by skylowlow Finding your online card room and game of choice has never been easier than it is today. You can easily open an account and practice your cash game or play a tournament. But if you want to make money with online-poker you have to analyze your play and the play of your opponents. Most online card rooms offer the option of keeping hand histories stored on your hard drive, allowing you to analyze and improve your play. To analyze your play manually is very time-consuming and difficult. The easier way is to use an analyzing software. One of the most popular analyzing software is Poker Tracker 3. Before you can begin you have to import your hand history files. There are two ways to do this: * Poker Tracker can import your hand history files directly off your hard drive as you play * For poker-sites that can’t be imported directly you can manually import them in the Poker Tracker database from hand history files you request by e-mail from the site. You can automaticly import hand histories from Party Poker, Poker Stars, Full Tilt, Everest Poker, the iPoker Network and the OnGame Network. Once you’ve imported your hand history files and are ready to analyze your play. One of the most useful functions of Poker Tracker is its ability to track your opponents’ play and show the statistics in realtime as a HUD-overlay at the table. Every player who ever sits at your table will tracked and stored in your Poker Tracker database, with all the same information available to you that you have on your own play. Poker Tracker will identify the maniacs, the bullys, the sharks, the calling stations, the rocks and the fish for you. You can individually choose which statistics will be displayed. Read the full article on http://www.all-about-poker.com
by SkyLowLow on 11/18/2008
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Cons:Not all Poker romms supported, not all funtions from version 2 implemented