Got PokerTracker
 

Finally got it and in the process of analyzing it. Alot of information there...

Before I'm told to RTFF I'd like to say I've been doing that however I think I want to post some information it has provided to me and get some feedback from you folks.

I just gotta figure how to export what I want to a .txt/.doc so I can copy and paste over.

Be on the look out.

Take a "screen shot" and post an image.

I just got PT too ... i bought it through Neteller - but the guy still hasnt sent me the registration code I need, i hope he does soon.

Yo.

He sends that shit right away.

Check your "bulk" mail folder in your email. Sometimes different filters will direct the PT emails there.

Is there any way of getting this without some form of payment? Or is there a program out there that is similar for free?

*sigh* Why do so many people expect to get something for nothing? Why can't the guy who created PT be rewarded for his work?

Anyway................. It's got a trial version (holds up to 1000 hands, I think), but it's well worth the cost.

If you download through my link (at the bottom of every page on this site), it would be appreciated.

Or just click .

I downloaded the trial version and put one or two tournaments in it. I am still completely lost. (It took me like 15 minutes just to set up the email!)

Wading through the help files now.

There is alot of good information on the pokertracker forums and I saw a couple good threads here.

I'm going to give it another whirl latter tonite but I'm a bit pissed you can't cut and paste sections of information from it to a word/text doc. That part sucks (if it is indeed not possible).

Written by Iggy and HDouble the great poker bloggers. Well worth the 20 bucks.

no, you can't.

That's why I said post a screenshot.

I can tell that it will go over all the real complicated stuff, but does it go over basic things too? Like how to simply get Hand histories into pokertracker from pokerstars (cuz i currently cant even figure that out)

Yeah it covers everything. It mostly focuses on party and cash games though.

What you are looking for is the lightning bolt in the top left corner. Click that and then just point it to the HH file inside of the pokerstars program folder.

Simply start the auto import every time before you start playing, and it does all the work for you.

You don't need to pay for basic instructions.

Have you tried the "help" file in the program. You can search PokerStars and it will basically hold your hand and walk you through it.

Nevermind, I tried to look and it is confusing for Stars.

Anyway, open stars and click on options.

Go to "instant hand history" and select "save to my hard drive" or whatever.

Select folder to save it to.

Open PT, click on the lightning bolt on toolbar.

make sure it says "look for files on my pc."

select "all text files in folder"

select configure and browse to select the file you specified at Stars.

Click OK and it should be on and poppin.

The pokertracker update killed my pick-me-up. :mad:

I'm sure this is a real stuid question - but - do u need to have Pokertracker up and running while ur playing for it to put the hand histories in ?

If the hand histories are getting saved on your hard drive (like pshabi's instructions above) then the next time you open up PokerTracker it will import the hand histories.

I always have it running so it will rate the people I'm playing against during the game.

If you want to have it auto-importing them in real time, then yes.

If not. You can just go back later and use the "import" feature (as opposed to "auto-import"). Manually select the hand history file and it's imported in a few minutes.

The advantage to having the auto-import going is big for me as a multitabling limit player. I don't use PT in real time when I play NLHE, btw.

How do u have it auto rate players while it is going on?

Also - how does PT handle tournies ??? Do i have to do something extra with tournament summaries or something ?

Get some auto rate stats for your primary game, and put them on (PT guide will help a lot with this stuff btw), then as you auto import they are automatically rated.

I don't use PT for tourneys, I don't think they can be auto imported though, I'm pretty sure that you have to have them e-mailed to a POP3 adress and read automatically or you have to copy and paste the histories into a wordpad doc, which is very very tedious. Maybe someone else knows a better way.

Where can I find autorate downloads and wutnot - does anybody have a good set of rules already defined that i could download.
I play shorthanded $1/2 NL if that makes a diff.

search the pokertracker forums for "autorate rules."