PokerTracker: The Next Generation (NEW SOFTWARE DISCUSSION)

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Competition (or even the suggestion of such) breeds progress it would seem [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Discussion of this collaboration began many many months ago. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]


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I would suggest PokerTracker work to drop all support for Access databases and therefore focus on improving the speed of DB functions using PGSQL... if nothing else, the RVG Holdem Manager thread suggests very fast performance is possible using PSQL, and I'm 90% certain the fact that PT's SQL routines are derived from / rooted in MS Access is a killer in the performance area.

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Database speed is a major focus and a very important part of the new software.


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Obviously 3bet / 4bet stats etc are desired, but this is under discussion (maybe even implementation now) already I know.

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Yeah, these will definitely be available.


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Focus more on NL aspects in general would be well advised, NL seems to have become massively more popular since PT started.

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Yes, this is true. Better support for tournaments too.


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A fully documented database schema would (for me anyhow) be fantastic, it is a huge waste of time trying to figure out what a certain column means / how values are encoded.

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Documentation and ease of use is something that is a huge focus in this project.


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Ideally, the database (game_players table mainly I suppose) would be re-structured (or maybe an additional table linked to it) so that the entire process of a hand could be reconstructed (therefore queried) after the fact, without the HH file. maybe that is not very clear... a new table (or modification of existing table) so that one could find e.g. "all hands where I was check-minraised on the turn" for example...

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Yes, the plan is to have every action available via the database without having to parse the hand history.