The Bovada Poker Card Catcher will allow you to run any HUD from your Holdem Manager or Poker Tracker system. Gain the advantage of setting up your HUD and tracking all your sessions in real time.

Main Site link:
Bovada Poker Card Catcher HUD

Trial:
3-day Free Trial

Supports:
Limit, No-limit, and PLO

ok but how does this not get you banned i thought bovada was anti HUD? Also there was another thing that would do this, but it did not link into pokertracker i think

seems amazing thou

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Originally Posted by rumsey182

ok but how does this not get you banned i thought bovada was anti HUD? Also there was another thing that would do this, but it did not link into pokertracker i think

seems amazing thou

No, it's not against their TOC's. They are anti player tracking. You still can't track players from session to session, but you can run a HUD in game for that session.

Originally Posted by D'wilius

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It took us a lot longer than I had hoped to get this project done, but I love it. I've been using it on my own sessions for the last 4+ months.

Cool thing is if you have pokertracker then it will also take auto notes for you (or if you have notecaddy with HM).

FYI, anyone who has the bovada converter is going to get 25% off the price for the card catcher HUD. So if you own the converter you can contact support and they will set you up with the special link pricing.

Interested in Tournaments and SNG converter
PS: ask a question
each new table , does the converter rest the HUD data or I need to reset from HM2/PT4 by myself?

THank you in advance.

Originally Posted by XXPXXP

Interested in Tournaments and SNG converter
PS: ask a question
each new table , does the converter rest the HUD data or I need to reset from HM2/PT4 by myself?

THank you in advance.

If I'm understanding your question correctly, each new table that is added, a new unique ID is attached to each player / seat number. So the data is specific to that player that you're playing against on that table. If a player leaves, and a new player sits, then a new unique ID is created and new stats begin to get generated for that player / seat number.

This way when you review your hands in your database, you'll also be able to see what kind of player you were facing as well. Not to mention that in real time this is important as well.

Yeah, tournament support isn't too far behind. It's just a little trickier than cash games for several reasons.

I want to add since I'm getting a lot of e-mails and PM's about this:

If you have table mods, the HUD will not work as well. Also, you need to turn off game play and winning hand animations in your bovada settings window. If you do this, it will work like a charm. We've done over 5 months of testing with 10 beta testers. Some of the testers are from this forum too.

But any ways, I also have been using it and love it. It will take a couple of minutes to get everything setup like you want, but once you do you'll be happy.

Originally Posted by John A

I want to add since I'm getting a lot of e-mails and PM's about this:

If you have table mods, the HUD will not work as well. Also, you need to turn off game play and winning hand animations in your bovada settings window. If you do this, it will work like a charm. We've done over 5 months of testing with 10 beta testers. Some of the testers are from this forum too.

But any ways, I also have been using it and love it. It will take a couple of minutes to get everything setup like you want, but once you do you'll be happy.

just ask, are u able to provide a sample video, and uploaded to Youtube as demo ? looks pretty complicated to use this tools.
thank you in advance

In the software itself, there's a tutorial on how to use it. There's either 3-4 steps to setup depending on which database you use. Most everything is automated.

It's really not hard. It's not any more difficult than setting up and running HM or PT. Once you set it up which might take 1 minute to do, you just click catch hands and load your database from that point on. If you can play poker, you can figure it out, but if you have specific questions or get stuck on something, just ask and I'm more than happy to help.

We have a new version up (.10). Just working out some small kinks.

http://acepokersolutions.com/files/ Bovada_Card_Catcher_Setup_v.1.00.10_For_Testing.zip

If anyone needs an extended trial also, let me know.

A couple of areas of interest for me;

I assume that using this for ZONE games will not happen. With an ever changing player pool any data other than our own would be useless?

Also, in the case where there is a waiting list, and the instant a player leaves he is replaced, with a new player with the same player number. Does this software catch the change? Assume I am asking about a nearly instantaneous change of the player behind the number.

Originally Posted by dj11

A couple of areas of interest for me;

I assume that using this for ZONE games will not happen. With an ever changing player pool any data other than our own would be useless?

Also, in the case where there is a waiting list, and the instant a player leaves he is replaced, with a new player with the same player number. Does this software catch the change? Assume I am asking about a nearly instantaneous change of the player behind the number.

Yes, for zone games it's useless since there's no player names. Even if we could catch all the data, it's not helpful unless you can track a player (like on rush for example).

A random player ID is generated for every player so that when you review stats you can view the play against that kind of opponent and know how they played against you. When a player leaves and a new player sits, the software detects this and creates a new player ID.

Will this work without HM or PT? I plan on getting one of the two but unfortunately I need to find a solution to my mac troubles. Currently trying a trial of parallels.

EDIT: Any plans for mac support in the future so I won't have to use an emulator?

Thanks for the info! You have to be careful about these things.

Originally Posted by Jftwin

Will this work without HM or PT? I plan on getting one of the two but unfortunately I need to find a solution to my mac troubles. Currently trying a trial of parallels.

EDIT: Any plans for mac support in the future so I won't have to use an emulator?

No, you need HM or PT. No plans on mac support at this time.

Alright thanks for the reply john. Just one more question and it may be a silly one but bare with me

I have plans to buy PT for my mac. I play on bovada, and would need your converter to download the hands (I can acess a windows computer for this)

Would it be better to buy your card catcher as is there some way I can convert hands with it? The problem is I play the majority of my time on a Mac but can use a windows computer to download hand histories

Well, if you were just on a windows machine, then the bovada card catcher is all you'd need. If you're going to be running PT on a mac, then this won't be possible, so you'd just need the converter instead.

Is there any specific order I should be loading card catcher vs the bovada table? Or any other thing I should do to get things working?

Everything was working fine this morning, but now I've loaded up BCC and the Bovada table and nothing is being caught. No handhistories are being written to my Bovada Card Catcher/handhistories/ folder whereas earlier today it was creating and updating a file for my table.

I'm not sure, but maybe close it again and try and start catching again? Hard to say without seeing exactly what you're doing why it isn't grabbing a file, but that would be my first basic suggestion.

Judging by my log file it's having problems if I resize the window, throwing out index out of bounds of array errors.

Strange, since I was using it resized earlier without a hitch. It seems to be ok using the default Bovada window size now.

Since I'm assuming the card catcher is using some sort of OCR, how finicky do I have to be? Can I change background colors using the default Bovada client (not using any mods)? Minor quibble, but the default red starts to melt my eyeballs after awhile. Also, do I have to be careful in my placement of the HUD over certain areas of the window?

Re-sizing shouldn't be an issue, but we have had a couple of problems in the last version. But in general it should not be an issue, along with background colors for the tables, and 4 color decks. The only main issue comes up with mods, and those can be a problem.

No placement of HUD does not effect anything.

I put up a new version (.12) that should be vastly improved for PT. HM was already functionally really well, but this should significantly improve the PT imports.

Originally Posted by John A

Re-sizing shouldn't be an issue, but we have had a couple of problems in the last version. But in general it should not be an issue, along with background colors for the tables, and 4 color decks. The only main issue comes up with mods, and those can be a problem.

Maybe it shouldn't, but it's definitely causing issues on my end. Catcher works great if I keep Bovada window default, but when I resize it, I get this error in BCC.log multiple times per second (I'm literally watching the log file size grow by about 5kb per second when resized and catcher is on):

System.IndexOutOfRangeException: Index was outside the bounds of the array.
at BovadaHHGenerator.BoardModel.UY2fydd3FH()
at BovadaHHGenerator.BoardModel..ctor(Bitmap bmp, Int32 tableType, GameType gameType, String path, String stake, Size size, String tableTitle, StacksModel stacks, BetsModel bets, MainPotModel mainPot, TotalPotModel totalPot, SidePotModel sidePot, CurrentHandModel currentHand, CommunityCardsModel communityCards, PlayersCardsModel playerCards, PlayersCaptionModel playerCaptions, HeroSeatNumberModel heroSeatNumber, IntPtr handle)
at BovadaHHGenerator.Game.hUsmT0XbrL(IntPtr )

What version do you have? Have you tried the .12 I put up yesterday?

I was using 1.00.11.

I tried 1.00.12 and I couldn't get it to work either resized or just normally. I've since reverted back to 1.00.11 and have been using it on the default window for now.

Was hoping ya'll would make this.(I have hand converter already and) I was hoping to see ya'll make this as well. Going out of town to visit my sister, but I'll be using the trial and hopefully sending an e-mail shortly after. Thank you!

trying it now ill check if its good

Originally Posted by jalthi

I was using 1.00.11.

I tried 1.00.12 and I couldn't get it to work either resized or just normally. I've since reverted back to 1.00.11 and have been using it on the default window for now.

So .11 is working ok for you, but .12 would not at all? I'd like for the developer to see that log file. Not good if the latest is working worse.

Hello, any schedule for releasing HUD for tournament?
thank you in advance.

Originally Posted by XXPXXP

Hello, any schedule for releasing HUD for tournament?
thank you in advance.

It should be pretty soon. It's being worked on. Trying to work out any anomaly issues with cash games first.

If anyone was having trouble with it not starting, there's a new .13 release. You can download it and re-install. This should address a lot of issues and has a lot of fixes. If you need a new trial you can also PM me or contact support.

New build is up (.14) and a lot of major improvements. Flashing should be reduced and resources as well.

New settings feature to change hero name as well.

I just downloaded the trial and I am getting a lot of import errors in pt4. Out of 35 hands I have 11 errors so far.

The type of errors I'm getting the most are:
Error: PokerStars: Invalid pot size for hand #2884737384
Error: PokerStars: P3_665632JB invalid raise (Hand #2884742964) (Hand #2884742964)

I also got this once:
Error: PokerStars: Unable to import hand (#2884737695). Reason: Unable to execute query: COPY cash_hand_player_statistics FROM STDIN;; Reason: Fatal Error (ERROR: invalid input syntax for type numeric: "-1.#J" CONTEXT: COPY cash_hand_player_statistics, line 1, column val_f_raise_made_pct: "-1.#J" )

I have a problem getting the hud to show up multiple tables. It only works on 1 of them. I got it to work earlier but I don't know how. I keep restarting poker tracker and the hand catcher, but it doesn't work. Now the hud dissapeared on the first site and I cant get it back on.

It seems like it doesn't work when I tile the tables. I opened BCC.log and it says:

At 2014/07/01 21:00:40

System.IndexOutOfRangeException: Index was outside the bounds of the array.
at BovadaHHGenerator.PlayersCardsModel.OaA6y51Ktj(Bit map , Bitmap )
Error in: PlayerCardsBMPtoValue(Bitmap playerCardBMP)
Table size: {Width=640, Height=430}
Card size: {Width=14, Height=23}
Card color:
Card value:

I'm trying it out again. At one of my tables it was working alright and only getting a few errors, but at my other table it only got the first hand and the rest errors.

05:57:43 pm: Error: PokerStars: Invalid pot size for hand #2885765346 (Hand #2885765346)
05:59:30 pm: Error: PokerStars: No players listed (Hand #2885765723) (Hand #2885765723)
06:00:40 pm: Error: PokerStars: No players listed (Hand #2885766685) (Hand #2885766685)
I also get a invalid raise size error.

If you're getting a lot of errors, then try running the tables in default or minimum size. This will increase the accuracy a lot. Right now the main issue is with re-sizing, and on some resolutions it's great, others not so great and that's where we're working on improving it. There will be a new .15 version coming out today I believe.

Alright thank you. Is there anyway I can get another trial to see if it works for me?

hi i have the trial version of bovada hand catcher. I want to know why am i getting so many errors?It seems i get more errors then hands that get picked up. Thanx

Try going over the troubleshooting. You likely need to adjust your table type or remove a mod. Those will cause errors. If you have it setup correctly, it will work very well.

Update: We're adding an auto timebank for PT users in this next release. Finishing some testing and it will be up soon.

.20 version update is up now. You'll need to go to the website and download it.

-Auto time bank added for PT4 and HM2 users.
- Import issues resolved.

When I first tried to use this it was on Sunday. Pokerstars was green arrowed, I tried adding it to the auto import folders. After I add this folder Pokerstars goes to a caution sign. I have no clue on how to work with this because I can't access Pokerstars, I'm not really sure how to get around that. Also have Windows 7 32 bit, so isn't 86 everything else is there just not the 86. I've tried deleting it and nothing has worked, downloaded the new hm2 release today and Pokerstars again was green arrowed. Even tried downloading the latest result as soon as I add it to Pokerstars auto import I can get no further.

If it's caution arrowed that's ok. When the catcher asked you what database you use, you chose HM2, and then when you looked at the auto import folders it wasn't setup automatically, is that correct? So you manually added it?

I can get you up and running.

Originally Posted by John A

If it's caution arrowed that's ok. When the catcher asked you what database you use, you chose HM2, and then when you looked at the auto import folders it wasn't setup automatically, is that correct? So you manually added it?

I can get you up and running.

I could be wrong, but I don't believe I was ever given the option to chose which hud I used. Watch tutorial is the only dark option, the two below are grey
Install HM2 H....
Install PT4 H....

On install it asks you what database you use so it can setup the auto import folders. If you didn't do that, then you'll need to manually do it, and the tutorial video does explain how to do it.

.21 version is up on the server

- Last hand support added (you have to click on the catcher for the table to view the last hand that you want. Not the table itself).

Originally Posted by John A

On install it asks you what database you use so it can setup the auto import folders. If you didn't do that, then you'll need to manually do it, and the tutorial video does explain how to do it.

.21 version is up on the server

- Last hand support added (you have to click on the catcher for the table to view the last hand that you want. Not the table itself).

I've already tried all this. I don't get the option to auto import, so I manually added it. I will try to completely uninstall and reinstall see if that gets me a
anywhere else. Not sure if hands are supposed to show up in the hand history, but it is completely blank, but this may be due to not getting it to sync up with hm2. Hm2 and Pt4 are both in grey also fwiw. Also I'm sure my 3 day trial is up to, but I have never got it to work lol, so I don't know if that makes things more difficult.

When I first tried to use this it was on Sunday. Pokerstars was green arrowed, I tried adding it to the auto import folders. After I add this folder Pokerstars goes to a caution sign. I have no clue on how to work with this because I can't access Pokerstars, I'm not really sure how to get around that. Also have Windows 7 32 bit, so isn't 86 everything else is there just not the 86. I've tried deleting it and nothing has worked, downloaded the new hm2 release today and Pokerstars again was green arrowed. Even tried downloading the latest result as soon as I add it to Pokerstars auto import I can get no further.

Can you put up a screenshot of what you mean by green arrow, caution sign, etc... I don't have any of that. I'm sure we can get you up and running.

http://pbrd.co/1rD7B7m