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I'm sure you've heard of
PokerTracker (PT3) and possibly even Hold'em Manager (HEM), but
perhaps you don't really see the point in spending money on extra
software.
Well there are many
reasons for purchasing these programs. They differ depending on
what kind of poker you are playing.
Since this site is
catered to Poker Bots, I will explain why this software is so useful
to somebody who operates one.
First and foremost, it is
the best possible way to keep track of all your winnings and know
what rate you are winning at (BB/100 for cash games or ROI for
tourney's and Sit n Go's)*. If you want to know how much money you
won or lost between January 1, 2010 and January 20, 2010, this
software will tell you. If you want to track winnings with
different profiles, you can set up different databases. This is
great if you have a few different player profiles for you Poker Bot,
but don't know which one is winning the most money for you.
Another great way to use
tracking software is by tracking statistics in order to easily plug
holes in your game. When running a Poker Bot, you may see that you
are winning at 2.5BB/100 over a pretty good sample size. Perhaps
you're content with this, but wouldn't it be better if your Poker
Bot could win at 3.5BB/100 or 5BB/100? Of course. Tracking
software allows you to load up all of your hand histories, and break
them down hundreds of different ways. What hands are you losing
money with? Do you 3-bet too often? Are you losing money on the
button (the most profitable position)? This software allows you to
easily analyze all of these things and many more with a few clicks
of the mouse.
Using this approach and
tweaking just my Poker Bots preflop play, I was able to take a
profile winning at 3-4 BB/100 on pot limit games, to winning around
10 BB/100 on those same games.
Another added benefit
that can't be easily quantified, is a much stronger understanding of
poker. I played winning poker for almost 4 years before I got into
Poker Bots. I thought I knew everything there was to know because I
could win consistently on the $5 SNG's. I was as ignorant as one
could be. I literally knew nothing about playing poker, other than
a decent strategy that happened to win money. Tracking software can
be the window to theories, strategies and plays that you would
otherwise never know existed.
*BB/100 is the number of
big bets (usually twice the big blind) that you win every 100 hands,
ROI is simply the return on investment. If you pay $1 to enter a
tournament and win $2, then you have 100% ROI.
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Importance of Rakeback
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Why Start Poker Botting?
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Remote Software for Bots
• Tracking Software
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Bots and Table Selection
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Poker Bot
for Limit Games
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Purchased Hand Histories
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Omaha Poker Bots: The Advantage
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Poker Bots and VM's
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Poker Bots
in a Rush
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Poker Bots and MTT's
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Poker Bot Short Stacking
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