Make sure you're importing from the correct folder. There's a short tutorial video I'd recommend watching. It's only a couple of minutes but will tell you all you need to know. It's in the upper right hand corner of the converter. Simple and sweet.

I'm unfortunately not an SQL expert, but I know if there's issues w/ .net or major system resource issues, it can start corrupting databases. I know HM2 has done a much better job in managing this. I'd try and update and re-install your .net 4.5 (don't repair, just re-install). Do some system scans and clean out any unnecessary registry entries you have that can be causing system slow downs (back up first before deleting anything).

I found a problem with the converter in a specific situation that comes up very rarely. If there is a dead SB posted it can cause HEM to say there is an error in the hand converted. I was able to fix it by manually editing the hand history taking out the dead SB information.

This was a change that was done in HM sometime back. There was an update a long time back in the converter that fixed this. You need to update and it will be fixed:

http://www.acepokersolutions.com/pok...-update#latest

That is the version of BHC that I currently have installed.

Why is it that when converting tournament hands only some of the hands played during the tournament will be collected. Sometimes I will have as few as 3-4 hands per level when many more than that were played. I often have tournaments where less than half the hands played are actually found and converted.

With cash games all of my hands are collected and converted 100% of the time

I sent you the wrong link (.46 is latest version). Sorry:

http://acepokersolutions.com/files/B...rter_Setup.exe

I'd guess that your database is corrupt or the hand history doesn't have that info. There's no errors or issues with the converter and tournaments. I'd check the HH first, and if it looks ok, try creating a new database as a test and import it into there. If it works, then you can try and do some maintenance on your existing database and see if that helps.

Any workaround yet for HM2 hole cards?

Other than using the .8079 version, no. You can e-mail HM and ask. They told us they were going to change this back, but haven't followed through.

408 errors from my last upload of ~3,300 converted bovada hands to PT4. Mostly "Invalid pot size for hand #xxxxxxxx" and "invalid pot size (1.00 vs pot:2.00 rake:0.00 jpt:0.00) for hand #xxxxxxxxxx (line #xxxx)"

I'm running BHC v. 1.0.46 and PT4 v4.14.10
Both very recent and reliable versions....

Are you sure you have PT selected in the config settings of the converter?

Does this converter work in particular better with HM2 or PT4?

It works the same w/ HM2 and PT4. Both work 100%. No errors or import issues. The only advantage w/ PT4 is that you can update and get known hole cards from opponents. If you want that options with HM2, then you need to downgrade.

OP,

Please view the picture below. I have issues importing to PT4. I don't have any issues with HM1. If you see the bottom left corner, I highlighted the hand total. It seems to think there's duplicate hands. The total at the bottom left shows the total number of hands that was converted (982). I updated PT4 to the latest version earlier today. These are PLO hands, I don't know if that makes a difference. I have Known Hole cards box checked in options. Any suggestions? It's missing some hands and doesn't reconcile to the amounts I've won.

You said you imported into HM1. When you switched the PT4, did you change the converter settings to PT instead of HM?

Yes, otherwise I don't think the converter would work at all. FWIW, I had this issue with Holdem hands too. This is why I use HM1 with the converter, but since I don't have PLO on HM1, I have to use PT4 to import PLO hands.

Gotcha. Yeah, well something is going on. The converter works though 100%. There shouldn't be any errors. Why don't you update to the latest and do all of the basics, reboot, etc..

I just had a guy on another forum have a similar thing. He rebooted and all hands imported. Strangest thing, but I can tell you that it works and we have zero reported issues. Everyone in this thread was a user issue that they eventually figured out.

Here's the latest version (.46):

http://acepokersolutions.com/files/B...rter_Setup.exe

I'm pretty sure I have the latest version, but I will try. If that doesn't work I'll try creating a new database.

Your screenshot showed you had version .45. There were some blind import fixes in the latest one, which was a couple of months ago. If you do still have a PLO hand with any issue, just send it to support with the original bovada hand. We'll check it out for you.

OP, maybe it's a combination of both, but I created a new database and updated to the new version of the converter and I didn't have any issues but I only imported 90 hands or so.

Ok, cool. Well, if you do have anything that pops up just let me know. It's likely the update, but I'm not 100% either.

would it be viable to convert the same hands into pt4 as well as hm2? Would like to see some known hole cards and rolling back hm2 is leading to issues with other sites.

Yeah, that's fine. But you need to change the settings in the converter to PT4, and then re-convert the original hands (they are all stored in that second directory that is listed on the converter interface).

I just started using Bovada Hand History Converter. Everything works great, but I noticed one quirk that I wanted to mention. The following applies to the Bovada -> PT4 converter.

In 6-max games where 6 people are dealt in, I get the expected UTG, MP, CO, BUTTON, SB, and BB labeling for players.

But in 6-max games where exactly 5 people are dealt in, I get UTG, CO, BUTTON, SB, and BB (and very few MPs, see below note). I always thought that the more useful convention is to replace UTG with MP in this latter case, so that the first person to act, who is 2-off the button, is called MP. It really messes up position stats when grouping both 6-handed and 5-handed games together (you get a whole bunch more UTG hands than MP hands).

One auxiliary note: If there are exactly 5 people dealt in, we DO get some MP hands; they are specifically for the case that there is only one BB posting (no SB), and you are 2-off the button (there is one person who acts before you). I believe that this implementation is fine as is.

Thanks!