[SixthSense]

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What the hell is PT Aggregator?

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PT Aggregator is a new tool that will take the data from multiple PT databases, summarize it and put it into one smaller, faster database. This datababase is then used to quickly score your tables.

PT Aggregator requires that Postgres is installed on your machine.

Note - you can choose not to use PT Aggregator, and SS will continue to score your tables as it did before, directly from the databases you configured for it.

The first time you run PT Aggregator, it will ask for your postgres password. This is needed so it can query for your current databases, and create the new "ptagg" database.

After entering your password, Config will show you a list of your Postgres PT databases. It is safe to leave them all checked. You must then manually add any MS Access databases you want to add. Then hit "Save & Close".

After the configuration is complete, PT Aggregator will run its first Import process. The first one will take a long time (approx 1-2 hours if you have 150k hands). However, running import again later will be MUCH faster because it only imports the new hands from those databases.

After the first import is done, you can test SixthSense to see that it should be scoring your tables much faster. SixthSense will now pull its scoring data from this summary database. This should be anywhere from 3 to 10 times faster than before.

You can leave PT Aggregator running, and it will automatically pull in the new data as needed. It doesn't take up much memory or CPU. Just hit the "X" button and it will minimize to the tray. You have to do File/Exit to actually shut it down.

The PT Aggregator database can be accessed by any poker application. If it becomes popular enough, programs like PA HUD might support it, to make showing your HUD stats faster.

-Ben