Woo!!

all codes are done in minutes

Just realised i did not post a link to the threat image: http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/...Forums/pt4.png
Again, this appears to be a false positive so nothing to worry about.

There are still 21 codes left...

-Derek

The Importingspeed seems to be pretty sick.

The text while importing is a bit confusing it shows everytime imported 128 Hands of 16361 and then "Extracting XXXX(in 1k steps) from *TotalamountofHands*" So if the extracting thing means imported hands then its at least 5x faster than HM2.

I`m looking forward for a good interface.

Hey I'm very interested in this seeing as HM2 seems to be an unmitigated disaster.

However, there's 1 feature that I really would like to see, the Database Syncing feature that HM2 offers, at a small charge per annum, is PT4 planning to offer anything similar?

nevermind got an email with link to client download

it doesn't. it extracts and THEN imports; the importing is taking longer.

Not sure it finished when the extracting was finished

really? for me the extracting went pretty quickly, but now it says "imported xxx,xxx hands of x,xxx,xxx" and is taking forever.

gotta check it out later Im midsession

Extraction is the process of collecting hand histories from your existing PT3 or HEM database, it is a preliminary step before importing the hands into your new PT4 database. HEM stores it's hands in a different format from PokerTracker, therefore this step is necessary to prepare for import.

I grabbed one of the beta keys. I'm so happy to be a part of this!

(I recently bought HM2 and was very dissapointed. So I'm back where I belong )

It is our intention to investigate syncing after PokerTracker 4 is released, and we are satisfied with database performance. No reason to put the cart before the horse - first make PT4 the killer app you deserve, syncing and other new products later.

thats cool, as long as it's on your radar, because its a really convenient feature.

Probably a silly question but how do i import hh's from a folder? And also does PT4 support HTML for Stars tournament histories?

thanks

Get Hands from Harddrive and then you can select file or directory. Obv chose directory.

Ok importspeed is slower than HM2 but I didn`t experience softwarelags yet and I like the interface more, going to import my HHs over Night and then check some things out.

On the radar yes. But we cannot make promises at this time... we need to worry about delivering PT4 first, then PT4 for Apple OS X, and then we will start to make plans for add-on tools.

We do not support HTML hand histories, but we do support PokerStars tournament summaries which can be imported automatically. In PokerStars choose Options > Tournament Summary Options to set the directory the summary will be saved in. Then in PokerTracker 4 choose Configure > Sites & Import Options. Select PokerStars, and click Auto Detect to add the new Tournament Summary folder.

Importing the hand is just one of many things that PT4 does during the import process. Each component of the hand is extracted to populate the many database fields needed in PT4. At the same time, street by street equities are calculated, automated tagging will take place (coming soon), and automated note taking occurs. Keep in mind in PT4 there is no longer any need to perform maintenance after a manual import is complete because in PT4 we create the cache (needed for operation of the HUD) during import - this will result in a slower hand per second manual import speed, but when adding both import and maintenance that was required in PT3 most people will find that PT4 is actually a little bit faster. Also it should be noted that when hand histories are in correct numerical order you will find importing speeds will increase because this will allow the cache to be created faster.

Of course all of the above is only relevant during manual import, the vast majority of PokerTracker 4 users will rarely need to conduct manual imports - they will mostly use our software for live importing while playing online. And it is safe to say that PokerTracker 4 really excels at live imports!

I had a trial version of HM2 (23 days), and was on the verge of buying it today, until I saw you had a demo of PT4. I purchased PT3 without trying it just so I can grab a PT4 beta key.

So far my thoughts are as follows:
HM2
-Interface is very graphic friendly and looks nice.
-HUD is big enough to read and has color ranges built in.
-Easy installation PostgreSQL built and database configured.
- I didn't even know it had a note system.

PT4
-Had to setup the database, but it was easy and it had this cool setup wizard.
-HUD is a lot faster and is scalable.
-It was so much easier to find everything.
-The stats such as graphs is easy to read and understand.
-I love the NOTE system, didn't have to play with it to get it to work.
-You can edit and save the layout of the HUD so that it won't be different the next time you use it.
-Editing the HUD has a search feature and you can watch a video to see what each stat does.

I'm still messing around with it, but you guys ROCK. You guys met your goal of making it friendly and easy to use. Great impulse buy for me. It would be nice for you guys to have color ranges for the HUD to be come configured. I had to use HM2's colors ranges for the stats instead.

When you request summaries from stars support (not the client) you get them sent to you via email in either HTML, HTM, xlsx or csv format. This is common practice If you missed saving hand history or tournament history to your hard drive so i think support for the above formats is essential. I can understand that not everyone is using office and xlsx or csv may not be necessary but i think HTM and HTML should be included in the supported formats.

In PT3, you can choose "blinds" or "LP" for a certain HUD stat; is there a way to do this in PT4 instead of having to choose one specific position or all positions?

Thanks for the great feedback! We're thrilled you like the software.

As for your question, PT4 gives you two ways to color code a stat in the Hud:

1. In the Hud editor, select a stat (or several stats) and then where the item properties are, click the "Color Ranges" page button and edit your ranges there. This lets you color stats based on their own values.

2. In Configure -> Statistics, you can select the stat you want to color, then go to the "Colors" page button and you can use any kind of expression (including using the values of other stats) to color the stat, for both the tracker and the hud. No other software, afaik, offers this level of power, and we've had it for years.

No, this is not possible. We split them up due to our users requesting more detailed positions. We believe separating the positions further (especially SB from BB) will give you a better idea of a person's play.

The CSV audit files should import fine. Are you having problems with them?

Actually the requested summaries came in html and xlsx formats. I was trying to export them into csv and pt4 did not seem to recognize the format.