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Why do you guys pay for Poker Tracker?
I have been working on a poker database for full tilt hand history for a short time now, and I am familiar with the pay software PokerTracker. I am wondering why you guys, some with programming experience choose a program that you must pay for to do the simple action of converting flat text files into a working database. All the tools that it uses are free, for instance postgreSQL, so why hasn't someone written a parser, it is a fairly simple thing to write, and I would get started on writing an open-source one, but I am still trying to learn the best way to store data that is this complex. If any of you who have paid for the software would like to contribute it would be a huge help for me to just see some sample data of a couple hands so I can make my database somewhat compatible using PT for the base, and adding all the features that I think are necessary.
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Re: Why do you guys pay for Poker Tracker?
It isn't always worth it to re-code a working program. The time you are spending programing has a value, so even though you will not have to pay for the program, there is still a cost. PT Pat is also gives very good support for when parts of the program break because a change made by the poker site.
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Re: Why do you guys pay for Poker Tracker?
I understand that, and I have also seen the PT forums, so I can tell they help their users, but as for the program breaking.. I am just trying to write a parser, how often do you really think the hand history format changes? I havn't seen it change yet, at least on FTP.
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Re: Why do you guys pay for Poker Tracker?
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I understand that, and I have also seen the PT forums, so I can tell they help their users, but as for the program breaking.. I am just trying to write a parser, how often do you really think the hand history format changes? I havn't seen it change yet, at least on FTP. [/ QUOTE ] the hand histories changed like 2-3mo ago as far as i can remember on FTP. |
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Re: Why do you guys pay for Poker Tracker?
It's like $50. People would rather be playing poker than coding their own software.
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Re: Why do you guys pay for Poker Tracker?
Just another $50 I could be playing with...
Just my 2 cents tho |
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Re: Why do you guys pay for Poker Tracker?
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It's like $50. People would rather be playing poker than coding their own software. [/ QUOTE ] Ditto. My time is worth more than this. |
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Re: Why do you guys pay for Poker Tracker?
What's a parsar?
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Re: Why do you guys pay for Poker Tracker?
Parsing text just means mangling the text into another format, in this case specifically just a text file in the right format to just COPY to an SQL DB.
Anyone want to contribute in the spirit of actually being able to get into the software and see how it works? Or are you all on the PT side and don't want to do anything that would mess with their income? |
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Re: Why do you guys pay for Poker Tracker?
As someone w/ 2 years C# development experience find this topic hilarious...
You could make the money to buy a 2-computer PokerTracker license in about 10 hours @ minimum wage. To make your own version that does as much as PokerTracker would take hundreds if not > 1000 hours. You would only "code your own Pokertracker" for the thrill of making your own or with intention of selling it. Then, yeah, you would have to spend hours updating it from time to time. |
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