If the pros are using PokerTracker to constantly track their game as well as their opponents, don’t you think you should too? PokerTracker is the best software for the job because it not only will record every online hand of poker that you play, but will sort those records in a neat database that will explain to you precisely how you are playing the game, but even better, will show you how your opponents play theirs. Here is 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.
The software will let you look at how aggressively or passively you play your hands and how loose or tight is the play. Again, you will get all this information on your opponents as well. It will zero in on those times you get too relaxed with your beginning play and when you start playing too many hands. This is one area that you probably have not looked into yet, and PokerTracker finds it and brings it to your attention immediately. It will also keep stats on your checkraises, showdown wins, how often you go to showdown and a number of other vital statistics of your game.
With this software you can look at and judge the performance of every type of starting hand that you have played. These hands can then be sorted by position so you can see the places where you are making money and those where you are losing. Obviously, you want to cut out the losing hands and play only the winners making you a more profitable (and more formidable) poker player. If you cannot look at a history tracking the hands you have played in what position, you also cannot tell which hands are making you money and which ones are costing you. Most of us remember the outstanding winners and the big losers, but it is the not so memorable hands in between that separate the professional poker player from the amateur. Don’t be an amateur.
The author is a successful limit cash game player. He plays poker and receives Rakeback at Carbon Poker from Rakeback Solution.
