Texas Calculatem

I've been looking at this place for a while and the program seems pretty nice (especially since you can get it for free) but do you guys think it's worth it?

Would a program like this really help my online game? I understand you can't just count on the program 100% to play for you, but would it help me?

Thanks

*sorry if you can't understand that, very very early for me

Poker tracker is good. But im still learing how to use it.

I got the free trial of Poker Tracker (same thing as full but only lasts for 1000 hands) and I don't know how the hell I'm supposed to use it. I also got PokerAce Hud but I'm having trouble using it :P

I also deleted poker hud ace because i couldnt get it to show the stats on the table. I really want it but just didnt bother anymore after i followed every tutorial and still couldnt get it to work.
Also, there is a way to get pokertracker free.

You really don't have to tell me that

Hmmm. Alternatively, you could do the right thing and get it through the CC link.

http://www.cardschat.com/announcement.php?f=10 (http://www.cardschat.com/announcement.php?f=10)

Yes, but the whole point of "free" is that you don't pay for it

There is only one valuable thing that you shouldn`t consider paying for.

This being a family-friendly forum, I`m not going to specify.

Lol @ Egon

Either way, I just want to learn how to use Poker Tracker. :P

Maybe a stupid question... but did you wait a few hands ? It'll "pick up" on the table after 1-3 hands.

well its not completely free of course , i got it a long time ago and it only works on certain site's this is calculatem of course, and you need to make a deposit to use it so if its not one of your sites that it works on you chit outta luck , the way i look at is i do good myself at the tables and if u dont know that q8off is not a premium hand and has a low hand ranking then u better go learn your hand rankings you can just watch the calculatum demo and see he folds most crap hands,but it does provide some valuable info

Ya but those %%% is something I never learned (I started playing poker without books or anything, I got some money sat down at a table and started playing). I think that something like this could help me make those hard folds knowing I only have a 5% chance of hitting that card I want or whatever :P

I waited for about 25 hands and it still didnt appear, i tried everything buy couldnt get it to work. I might try again soon though.

To 4aces07: You probably have a setting wrong, such as showing stats that are only on people in hands that are 9 handed for example. If you have the option set to 9 handed, and are playing a 6 handed ring game, the stats will never show up for the individual players. Also, the default setting is to only show stats on people that you have a minimum of 25 hands on. It took me a few days of messing around with PT and PAHUD before I got it working.

To the OP: These programs are a tool that can help, thats all. In poker, it's all about making the best decision you possibly can based on the limited information that you have. I think that any tool that can help with providing information can be useful to some degree.

PT and PAHUD have already basically paid for themselves already and I haven't had them all that long. For example, if someone is 5% VP$IP, I will simply not give them any action at all, but if someone is 40% VP$IP, my range of hands to put them on is far greater and I just might play that Ax in position.

I tried it, but after a while you start to feel "dependent" on it. Like a drug or a cane. It took away the human factor. It replaced my ability to make a calculated decision based on table circumstances and a players betting
style, rather than just numbers. I deleted it.

agree, even in the demo the guy makes a move on his own hunch and raises in position with a weaker hand cuz he knew the player would fold and stole the blinds .. there alot of feel in poker just memorize the top ten starting hands and or hellmuths top ten and the lower range hands and when to play them, or try the calculator

The 'Free' Poker Tracker is almost brain dead. Any useful thing I tried to do told me that I had to register (PAY). The help is not very helpful.

The way to get the 'trial' version to deal with more than those first 1000 hands is to reinstall the trial over the existing files. It's like a new trial (brain dead) version all over again.

As a demo of a products ability, I think it is a bad demo.

HOWEVER. I have seen many folks here show screen shots and rave about its ability, and I believe them. If they ever incorporate the ease of input that apparently happens nearly seamlessly from PokerStars into a FullTIlt friendly version, I will be seriously tempted to fork out the bucks.

I dont know what free verison you are talking about. But the free version i have is exactley the same as paying $50 for it.

Some people swear by pokertracker others swear at it. Check their forum out before spending any money. This will give you insight into if there is any value for you using this program.

PokerTracker owns. I'm so happy I have it.