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Originally Posted by newrat
I'm posting this question here as I'm sure it must have been asked a million times, but I just can't find a beginner's guide to software.
what is the essential software to have starting out? I get the feeling HEM is superior to PT...is this the consensus here? And PAHUD seems to be the other one talked about regularly. So should HEM and PAHUD be the way to go for a beginner?
HEM has its own HUD so you don't need PAHUD which is out of date now.
From my experience PT is a lot easier to use as a beginner, everything is easy to find and set up and fairly intuitive.
Hem is harder to find your way around and the layout and menus aren't as easy to use to find what you want straight off the bat ,you have to click around a lot more (or you could always just read the instructions but wheres the fun in that!) to find where everything is.Having said that I like HEM better than PT .
Starting out I would get PT for its free 60 day trial first and get used to using a tracker and HUD with it before trying out HEM and its 15 day free trial when you have a lot more idea what you are doing .
The software forum is under the Internet Gambling heading in the Menu and the developers of both trackers are more than happy to answer questions if you need help.
Try both PT and HEM before you buy and see which one you prefer.
The other essential software starting out is pokerstove to help you develop an idea of hand ranges and how well hands do against those ranges.
Last edited by andyhop; 02-24-2009 at 10:24 AM.
Reason: adding the great pokerstove