Keys to Game Selection

[melioris]

HAHAHAHAHAHA look how stupid I am. I saved the file as a .exe and then also named it .exe. Thanks-I will buy you many beers one day!!!

[bunny]

Suggestion: Sticky Thread would nice.

Would be nice to have easy access to this great informational thread.

Excellent post, Shabi.

[johnp158]

Jesus Christ. This looks like it'll be more than worth my Saturday morning.

[johnp158]

I'm apparently pretty computer-illiterate. Do I need an editor to copy the iWitness script into? Can I just download one for free?

[melioris]

Dude, I promise you are bette than me with computers. It is all here, follow the links and it will all make sense.

[PShabi]

Alright, just made some major changes. The biggie is in the fishfinder section. I just posted a link for my Buddy Importer app and gave step by step instructions for getting buddies from PT to Party painlessly.

Also, a link was entered for the "All Snap" program. It's very minor, you almost don't even realize it's doing anything. Just makes windows align quickly and easily.

[JDMcNugent7]

Awesome post it will def. help alot of ppl out.
I still dont use Anything when i play. I havent even updated PT in prob. a week.
I have all the programs but personally, I think its just more challenging and helps ur game better to not use these programs - its not like ur gonna have them at a live poker table-
with that said tho I could prob be makin alot more $ if I did use these programs and I think it makes alot of sense for ppl to use them - I just dont.

[PShabi]

It's not like I'm going to be playing at a live table. And just so everyone knows, I do not run PT or PokerAce during NLHE tourneys. I don't find it necessary.

[Talking Poker]

Exactly. These are tools best used for multi-tabling cash games. That way, instead of having to remember who is who at each table (and notice when players come and go, etc), you can just glance at their numbers any time you need to. I find that I hardly ever even look at them, honestly, but I've never used anything for table selection, and I'm confident this will be extremely helpful.

I see no reason to sticky this thread though (bunny). It's already right here at the top of the forum where you can't miss it, and once you're set up (Tonight? Tomorrow? Sunday?), you're set up, so you won't need it any more. For future people, it will easily be found by doing a simple search.

[Talking Poker]

I decided to give this a whirl tonight, and while it seems overwhelming at first, it's really not all that bad at all. I went ahead and downloaded all the install files first and then tried to figure out where to go from there. A better idea would have been to seek out and install (and run) each program one at a time. You'll be able to see how everything works together better that way.

Anyhoo.... I have to say, after following the instructions in this thread pretty much line by line (including Boobie's posted PM to mel), it's actually fairly straight forward and so far, everything is working like a champ! The only thing that I didn't see mentioned was where to install these files. I made a C:\Program Files\Poker\ folder and gave each program a folder in there. That way, they are all together and easy to find.

I'm to the point where I can successfully mine data for 10 Party tables at a time. I did that for not very long... maybe 20 or 30 minutes, and then quit. You definitely want to NOT be doing anything else at the same time that you are mining, btw, because if any other program takes control (becomes the active window) at the same time that iWitness is running through the table list, crazy shit happens. This includes AIM, other poker sites (when they pop up), etc. Lesson learned.

So, after that, I followed pshabi's instructions and filtered my new data in PT, exported Fish.csv and used his Buddy Importer thingee to import them into Party. Damn, that was easy.

Now, I've never actually used Party's Buddy List before, but I did tonight, just for kicks. Sure enough (since I had just mined the data), a number of them were still active, so I went and joined a few waiting lists, and in no time, I was literally swimming with the fishes. I didn't actually play, because I'm doing other stuff, but I did get to the point where I could have...

I also have that AutoSnap program running (very nice), and I set up the AutoResizer program too. Haven't used it yet, but it looks like it's going to be VERY helpful - eliminating all that annoying crap you have to do every time you sit at a new table (not to mention the Party SPAM), etc. It's freaking beautiful.

Like anything else, I'm sure this will take a little getting used to, but the point is, it's all right there and very doable. Just follow the instructions.

I wonder how many new "buddies" I'll have by morning if I mine overnight.

Two thumbs up, pshabi!!!

[Aequitas58]

This is the second best post of the month, IMO.