Yeah, I'd go for Hold Em Manager too. I've used both programs for at least 6 months and HM is the better program. There are quite a few things HM does better than PO, among the most important are:
- Better HUD - the hud for HM can hold more stats, plus you get a pop-up with more in depth stats when you hover over the HUD. For example hovering over the steal stat will give you a pop-up with steal from cut-off, steal from button, fold to steal etc.
- Faster - PO can take a long time to generate a report on even a medium sized database. HM does this very fast. Imports and exports of hand histories are so slow as to be unusable in PO.
- More stats and filters - PO has no 3-bet and 4-bet stats and misses quite a few other stats as well. It also has very limited functionality to filter out certain situations. HM has filters for everything imaginable and it is done in a logical and user friendly manner.
- In active development - Take a look at the change list on the PO forums. There have only been bug fixes for ages now. They never add new functionality or improve on what they already have. HM has new features added constantly.
This is not to say that PO is a worthless program. It certainly was much more user friendly and better looking program than Poker Tracker 2 was. But with HM out and Poker Tracker 3 on the horizon I wouldn't buy PO anymore. It's been surpassed.
