Poker Tracker – Professional Poker Software
- Filed under: Poker
- Date: Oct 25,2009
The best software for evaluating your game and that of your opponents is PokerTracker. This remarkable software will make a record of each and every hand of poker you play online and sort them into a user friendly database so you can see your plays exactly, and even better, your opponents play. The pros use this, why not you? How it works:
Online poker rooms will automatically store detailed hand histories on your hard drive for every hand of poker that you play. PokerTracker will then import those hand histories into a database and allow you to compile stats on yourself to help to plug leaks in your game.
But maybe the greatest benefit of the software is its ability to analyze your opponents game allowing you to exploit their weaknesses just as you strengthen yours. PokerTracker keeps a record of how many hands played, the dollars you have won or lost, the hours expended in the games, gives you a rate of earnings per hour, and many other poker stats. Actually, the main virtue of PokerTracker is its ability to compile and report game statistics.
You have probably wondered at some point how aggressively or passively, or how tight or loose you play. PokerTracker will give this information to you on your game and on all your opponents as well. It will tell you when you lose focus and when you begin playing too many hands, an aspect that you have probably not looked into before. You also probably are unaware of the number of times you checkraise, win at showdown, go to showdown, and a myriad of other worthwhile facets of your game that you should be paying attention to.
The software will also allow you to look at the performance of every different starting hand from AA down to 72o. You can sort these by position as well to see where you are making money and where you are losing money. Cutting out losing hands is one of the most profitable things you can do as a poker player. Without some type of tracking software there is no way to know what hands are making you money in what position and what hands are costing you money. Generally you remember your big winners and your big losers. Its the hands in between that make or break a professional poker player. Make sure that you don’t have any gaping holes in your game.
The author is a successful limit cash game player. He plays poker online and receives Rakeback at Ultimate Bet and competes in the monthly Races and Rolls Rakeraces.
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