<s>
PokerTracker	B-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
,	I-Operating_System
LLC	I-Operating_System
is	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
a	O
poker	B-Application
tool	I-Application
software	O
company	O
that	O
produces	O
the	O
PokerTracker	B-Operating_System
line	O
of	O
poker	O
tracking	O
and	O
analysis	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PokerTracker	B-Operating_System
's	O
software	O
imports	O
and	O
parses	B-Language
the	O
hand	O
histories	O
that	O
poker	O
sites	O
create	O
during	O
online	O
play	O
and	O
stores	O
the	O
resulting	O
statistics/information	O
about	O
historical	O
play	O
into	O
a	O
local	O
database	O
library	O
for	O
self-analysis	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
in-game	O
opponent	O
analysis	O
using	O
a	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
Head-up	B-Application
display	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
PokerTracker	B-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
,	I-Operating_System
LLC	I-Operating_System
produces	O
poker	O
analysis	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
include	O
PokerTracker	B-Operating_System
Holdem	O
v2	O
,	O
PokerTracker	B-Operating_System
Omaha	O
v2	O
,	O
PokerTracker	B-Operating_System
3	O
Hold'em	O
(	O
PT3	O
)	O
for	O
Texas	B-Device
Hold	I-Device
'	I-Device
em	I-Device
,	O
PokerTracker	B-Operating_System
3	O
Omaha	O
(	O
PTO	O
)	O
for	O
Omaha	O
Hold	O
'	O
em	O
,	O
PokerTracker	B-Operating_System
Stud	O
for	O
Stud	O
poker	O
,	O
and	O
TableTracker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
previously	O
developed	O
the	O
PokerAce	O
Head-Up	B-Application
Display	I-Application
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
PokerAce	O
HUD	B-Application
or	O
simply	O
PAHUD	O
,	O
which	O
provides	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
information	I-General_Concept
for	O
live	O
online	O
poker	O
play	O
;	O
the	O
functionality	O
from	O
this	O
formerly	O
separate	O
application	O
was	O
eventually	O
incorporated	O
within	O
PokerTracker	B-Operating_System
3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
subsequently	O
developed	O
PokerTracker	B-Operating_System
4	O
in	O
2012	O
and	O
2013	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
its	O
most	O
recent	O
software	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
announced	O
that	O
as	O
of	O
March	O
31	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
PokerTracker	B-Operating_System
Holdem	O
v2	O
would	O
no	O
longer	O
be	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
decision	O
was	O
made	O
because	O
PokerTracker	B-Operating_System
3	O
had	O
been	O
released	O
on	O
May	O
15	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
nearly	O
two	O
years	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
end-of-life	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similarly	O
,	O
on	O
December	O
31	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
PokerTracker	B-Operating_System
Omaha	O
v2	O
would	O
no	O
longer	O
be	O
supported	O
,	O
as	O
its	O
features	O
have	O
been	O
completely	O
integrated	O
into	O
the	O
PokerTracker	B-Operating_System
3	O
product	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PokerTracker	B-Operating_System
3	O
supports	O
online	O
poker	O
from	O
the	O
following	O
poker	O
networks	O
and/or	O
sites	O
:	O
888	O
Poker	O
Network	O
,	O
Bodog	O
,	O
Boss	O
Media	O
,	O
Cake	O
Network	O
,	O
Cereus	O
Poker	O
Network	O
,	O
Entraction	O
Poker	O
,	O
Everest	O
Poker	O
,	O
Full	O
Tilt	O
Poker	O
,	O
IPoker	O
,	O
Microgaming	O
,	O
Merge	O
Gaming	O
Network	O
,	O
OnGame	O
,	O
PartyPoker	O
,	O
PokerStars	O
and	O
Winamax	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PokerTracker	B-Operating_System
is	O
available	O
natively	O
for	O
both	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Mac	O
OS	O
X-based	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PokerTracker	B-Operating_System
3	O
competes	O
against	O
several	O
similar	O
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PokerTracker	B-Operating_System
4	O
is	O
poker	O
tracking	O
software	O
that	O
is	O
designed	O
for	O
several	O
types	O
of	O
online	O
poker	O
:	O
No-Limit	O
,	O
Limit	O
,	O
or	O
Pot-Limit	O
cash	O
games	O
,	O
Sit	O
N’	O
Go	O
's	O
and	O
Multi-Table	O
Tournaments	O
for	O
both	O
Texas	O
Holdem	O
and	O
Omaha	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PokerTracker	B-Operating_System
4	O
began	O
public	O
beta	O
testing	O
in	O
March	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
commercially	O
launched	O
a	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
version	O
of	O
PokerTracker	B-Operating_System
4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2013	O
as	O
PokerTracker	B-Operating_System
version	O
4.05.10	O
was	O
rolled	O
out	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
began	O
alpha	O
testing	O
an	O
Apple	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PokerTracker	B-Operating_System
4	O
was	O
produced	O
from	O
scratch	O
rather	O
than	O
by	O
refining	O
PokerTracker	B-Operating_System
3	O
and	O
other	O
earlier	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
most	O
online	O
poker	O
sites	O
,	O
players	O
can	O
have	O
the	O
client	O
software	O
create	O
a	O
locally	O
stored	O
text	B-General_Concept
file	I-General_Concept
that	O
records	O
the	O
hand	O
history	O
as	O
shown	O
in	O
the	O
'	O
Sample	O
Hand	O
History	O
 '	O
example	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
hand	O
histories	O
summarize	O
the	O
details	O
of	O
the	O
hand	O
in	O
a	O
format	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
parsed	B-Language
by	O
computer	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PokerTracker	B-Operating_System
reads	O
these	O
files	O
and	O
extracts	O
the	O
relevant	O
information	O
,	O
which	O
it	O
converts	O
into	O
a	O
database	O
for	O
later	O
review	O
or	O
statistical	O
analysis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PokerTracker	B-Operating_System
is	O
capable	O
of	O
analyzing	O
cash	O
ring	O
games	O
in	O
which	O
players	O
play	O
for	O
cash	O
during	O
each	O
hand	O
,	O
sit	O
and	O
go	O
tournaments	O
in	O
which	O
players	O
compete	O
for	O
set	O
prizes	O
after	O
the	O
prescribed	O
number	O
of	O
competitors	O
join	O
the	O
tournament	O
,	O
and	O
multi-table	O
tournaments	O
in	O
which	O
players	O
compete	O
for	O
tournament	O
prizes	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
total	O
number	O
of	O
entries	O
at	O
the	O
scheduled	O
start	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
's	O
database	O
uses	O
tournament	O
summaries	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
'	O
Sample	O
Tournament	O
Summary	O
 '	O
example	O
and	O
hand	O
histories	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
three	O
section	O
summary	O
(	O
see	O
infobox	O
screenshot	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PokerTracker	B-Operating_System
's	O
probability	O
graphs	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
historical	O
statistics	O
of	O
the	O
hands	O
a	O
user	O
and	O
his	O
or	O
her	O
opponents	O
have	O
played	O
,	O
enable	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
analyze	O
conditional	O
statistical	O
possibilities	O
and	O
optimal	O
betting	O
amounts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
biggest	O
improvements	O
in	O
PokerTracker	B-Operating_System
3	O
over	O
PT2	O
is	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
fully	O
customizable	O
so	O
that	O
all	O
statistics	O
and	O
reports	O
can	O
be	O
tailored	O
to	O
the	O
individual	O
user	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Guardian	O
claims	O
most	O
serious	O
players	O
use	O
PokerTracker	B-Operating_System
during	O
online	O
play	O
to	O
constantly	O
calculate	O
situational	O
optima	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PokerTracker	B-Operating_System
3	O
is	O
also	O
known	O
for	O
its	O
integrated	O
heads-up	B-Application
display	I-Application
,	O
a	O
transparent	O
video	O
overlay	O
data	O
presentation	O
that	O
makes	O
statistics	O
and	O
notes	O
are	O
readily	O
available	O
during	O
play	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
HUD	B-Application
allows	O
an	O
online	O
poker	O
player	O
to	O
focus	O
his	O
attention	O
on	O
the	O
poker	O
table	O
he	O
or	O
she	O
is	O
playing	O
at	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
on	O
the	O
PokerTracker	B-Operating_System
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
HUD	B-Application
provides	O
a	O
vast	O
array	O
of	O
realtime	B-General_Concept
statistics	I-General_Concept
for	O
in-game	O
analysis	O
,	O
customizable	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
preference	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
statistics	O
available	O
constantly	O
during	O
play	O
on	O
the	O
poker	O
window	O
,	O
detailed	O
statistics	O
are	O
available	O
in	O
a	O
pop-up	O
window	O
,	O
accessible	O
via	O
a	O
single	O
mouse	B-Device
click	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Marbella	O
Slim	O
of	O
the	O
Daily	O
Star	O
used	O
the	O
vision	O
of	O
Arnold	O
Schwarzenegger	O
's	O
Terminator	B-General_Concept
character	O
in	O
an	O
analogy	O
with	O
the	O
HUD	B-Application
:	O
"	O
In	O
some	O
scenes	O
,	O
you	O
get	O
to	O
see	O
what	O
the	O
robot	O
Terminator	B-General_Concept
is	O
seeing	O
and	O
he	O
has	O
all	O
these	O
data	O
streams	O
in	O
front	O
of	O
his	O
vision	O
-	O
it	O
's	O
a	O
HUD	B-Application
or	O
a	O
head-up	O
display.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
other	O
poker	O
tracking	O
products	O
,	O
PokerTracker	B-Operating_System
3	O
includes	O
a	O
HUD	B-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
basic	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PT3	O
HUD	B-Application
,	O
which	O
automatically	O
overlays	O
a	O
player	O
's	O
opponents	O
 '	O
statistics	O
next	O
to	O
their	O
avatars	B-Application
,	O
is	O
essentially	O
a	O
built-in	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
formerly	O
available	O
PokerAce	O
HUD	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
PokerTracker	B-Operating_System
3	O
also	O
offers	O
a	O
monthly	O
subscription-based	O
service	O
called	O
TableTracker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PokerTracker	B-Operating_System
's	O
servers	O
constantly	O
monitor	O
which	O
players	O
are	O
playing	O
and	O
what	O
tables	O
they	O
are	O
playing	O
at	O
on	O
various	O
major	O
poker	O
sites	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
TableTracker	O
to	O
find	O
the	O
weakest	O
players	O
across	O
multiple	O
online	O
poker	O
websites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Total	O
Gambler	O
says	O
that	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
experience	O
and	O
skill	O
the	O
other	O
necessity	O
for	O
a	O
gambler	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
professional	O
poker	O
player	O
is	O
a	O
good	O
software	O
package	O
such	O
as	O
PokerTracker	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
websites	O
portray	O
PokerTracker	B-Operating_System
as	O
either	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
leading	O
or	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
most	O
popular	O
poker	O
tracking	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
Pokersource.com	O
describes	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
poker	O
tracking	O
and	O
analysis	O
software	O
available	O
"	O
and	O
Party	O
Poker	O
describes	O
PokerTracker	B-Operating_System
as	O
"	O
the	O
original	O
and	O
largest	O
piece	O
of	O
poker	O
tracking	O
software	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PokerSoftware.com	O
says	O
"	O
Poker	B-Operating_System
Tracker	I-Operating_System
has	O
been	O
the	O
industry	O
standard	O
...	O
for	O
years	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Total	O
Gambler	O
says	O
that	O
for	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
two-year	O
period	O
PokerTracker	B-Operating_System
2	O
was	O
the	O
"	O
prominent	O
force	O
in	O
online	O
poker	O
tracking	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
its	O
December	O
2008	O
review	O
it	O
speaks	O
of	O
this	O
leadership	O
position	O
in	O
the	O
past	O
tense	O
,	O
noting	O
that	O
PT3	O
had	O
not	O
yet	O
been	O
"	O
fully	O
released	O
"	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
its	O
testing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
PokerTracker	B-Operating_System
software	I-Operating_System
does	O
n't	O
fit	O
into	O
either	O
of	O
these	O
categories	O
it	O
is	O
generally	O
allowed	O
on	O
most	O
sites	O
,	O
including	O
industry	O
leader	O
PokerStars.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Legality	O
aside	O
,	O
some	O
players	O
feel	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
PokerTracker	B-Operating_System
takes	O
away	O
from	O
the	O
game	O
;	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
Victoria	O
Coren	O
of	O
The	O
Guardian	O
remarks	O
"	O
there	O
is	O
only	O
one	O
downside	O
[	O
to	O
using	O
PokerTracker ]	O
.	O
</s>
