[AKingdom]

I think the fact that you cannot datamine observed hands on Party mitigates to a large extent the perceived 'harm' of these tools. Basically you're getting a summary of hands that you have paid to partake in and witnessed with your own eyes. In this context I see Poker Tracker and other tools as mere 'enhancements'.

Whereas with Full Tilt for example, the ability to record observed hands to me is much more bot-like because the program records data without you even having to be at your computer. So without ever having sat with your opponents before you can possess in-depth knowledge about them. I find this kind of spooky and I could see a case being made for, and would possibly advocate, a banning of PT, Pahud etc. in this context.