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Poker Tracker - Professional Poker Software

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.

The software also lets you see your opponents strengths and weaknesses so you take advantage of the flaws in their game. Since PokerTracker is such a great tool for record keeping, you will know how many hands you have played, for how many hours, how many you have won and lost, give you a rate per hour of your play, and whether you have a net profit or loss to show for all that. It actually does more than that, too, but the statistical capabilities of the software is what makes it such an essential tool for the serious poker player.

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.

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 of this article began playing poker seriously in 2000 and has played full time since early 2005. He currently makes the majority of his income from online poker and Full Tilt Rakeback.

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