The January BETA release of PokerDaVinci is now available for download/testing. This is the first semi-public release. Up until this point, all testing has been private.
The short release notes and instructions are located at
http://www.pokerdavinci.com/sw/rel-Jan06.php .
PokerDaVinci is designed with the same goals as PokerTracker but intended to be much more powerful and flexible. It imports histories into a database and lets you analyze your play and the play of your opponents. Note that the current beta doesn't contain any live advisor aspect (although it eventually will and I also hope to work with 3rd party developers who currently have products that support PT).
Take a look at the screen shot page:
http://www.pokerdavinci.com/sw/screenshots.php?dir=2 for a feel...
A quick comparison to PT is here:
http://www.pokerdavinci.com/sw/compe...ysis.php?dir=2 .
You can also take a look at our website:
http://www.pokerdavinci.com/sw/overview.php?dir=2 for an idea of what PokerDaVinci is. However, since we are just leaving "stealth" mode, there are not too many real details there yet. As I find time to update it, I will...The blog has day by day details of what is being worked on.
A couple of notes about the beta release:<ul type="square">
[*]It is a BETA- not a finished product. There are many known bugs and incomplete features. I actually believe it to be a fairly stable beta or I wouldn't be opening it up to the public in general but you still need to have the right attitude. I am looking for people who will try out various aspects of the program and provide me feedback and suggestions!
[*]PokerDaVinci has higher system requirements that an app like PokerTracker. We use a real database system (Microsoft SQL Server) and .NET 1.1 as a platform. Don't expect to run it on a 7 year old laptop and be happy with the results. You are going to probably want a screen of at least 1024x768, a decent processor and 256MB+ of RAM. It requires Windows 2000, XP or Vista.
[*]The download is approx. 35MB which doesn't include .NET 1.1. If you don't already have this installed (most of you probably do), it will also need to download. You are going to need to be very patient if you don't have a broadband connection.
[*]The most tested/stable parsers are for PokerStars and PartyPoker. Ideally, you should have a number of histories from one of those sites just to be sure to have something that imports succesfully. We also have early versions of parsers for Paradise, FullTilt, Pacific, UltimateBet, Cryptologic, Ladbrokes, PokerRoom and TruePoker. [/list]
Thanks for all the interest and feel free to post questions here, or send me a PM/email...
-Jon