I've just recently started playing on
party poker after a break entirely from poker. Bit of a controversial time to choose Party Poker as my site it seems!
Have just noticed the 'My Game' feature and think it is actually very good. As someone who previously was using a HUD, it is comforting to be able to see those key stats on my own game to confirm I'm playing solid poker, and see where perhaps I need to adjust. For example I can see that over the 10,000 hands I played over the last week or so I've been at 24 VPIP 18 PFR. Quite a few useful pre and post flop stats are available. The tips and advice seem basic, but by having the potential leaks identified you can always go and look up more detailed strategy advice elsewhere.
Great to be able to see my winrate in bb/100 too. A couple of simple charting tools would be a nice addition to go along with this.
The scorecard grades could be taken with a pinch of salt in some cases, eg I think stats relating to stealing/BB defence and 3/4 betting are going to vary depending on the stakes you play and what your strategy is. This is no different to if you were using the leaktracker in something like PT4 though,'optimum' stats are going to vary a little.
To be critical, the hand re-player is a weak point, would be good to have more functionality here. It shows only a selection of biggest winning and losing pots. You can of course just use the better re-player available in the Party Poker software, where you can see more hands and filter them a bit too. Both re-players would greatly benefit from ability to add notes to villains (and of course be able to see villain names). I appreciate the drive to protect rec players, but I think doing manual reviews and note taking is a bit different to just using a HUD at the tables, and an edge that is deserved if a player is willing to put in the work/time.
Another critical point is that maybe there could be better promotion of this tool. Locating it under the 'Promotions' area of the software seems a strange decision to me, it is easy to miss. In my opinion it needs to be a bit more in your face, so rec players see it and get the opportunity to make use of it, should they want to. There is a 'My Game' tab, but without explanation of what it is I'm not sure everyone is going to check it out immediately.
Anyway with all the heated debate about Party Poker at the moment, I can at least give them a thumbs up for the My Game tool. A useful free tool to do some reasonable analysis on your own play and plug some leaks, if you're willing to put in the effort.
