I like the new PokerTracker, but it has a long way to go before it's completely debugged and has all the features I'd like to see. The bugs haven't caused me significant problems, but I know they've been more severe for many players.
So I finally gave in and bought Holdem Manager after hearing so many good things about it. It isn't quite as slick as PT should/will be, but it has lots of features that are just fantastic.
_ You can double click on a player's name in the HUD to flip between their total stats and their current-session stats.
_ You can take notes on players in HM rather than in the poker client.
_ Stats are displayed in a tighter box that takes up less screen space.
_ There are countless popup stats at your fingertips -- far more than PT's default.
_ Easy-to-read hand histories are viewable in a popout window, and they can be exported in several formats (including 2+2 and text).
The heads-up display has always been the most important part of poker database software. Holdem Manager has a clear HUD advantage.
PokerTracker looks like it will be better for away-from-the-table analysis, but it'll take a while for it to catch up with in-game features.
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Have you tried exporting hands from Holdem Manager? One of the things stopping me from running both (at different times) is that I would want the data in both databases. If you can export quickly, that might get me to try Holdem Manager. But I love PT3 as buggy as it is, so I am on the fence
Holdem Manager does not have an export feature yet, which is a pretty glaring omission.
But I found in a search of the forums that hand exporting will be included soon. It's "on the roadmap" to version 1.06, according to the HM forums. HM is currently on version 1.05.07.
I will be sure to save my HH archieve; surely I can import from that and have Holdem Manager not delete/move fresh hands. Right?
I would think saving your HH archive would work.
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