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I have never been to the prophecy site and like you, probably never will but I think I remember reading about it on 2+2. They have been using pokertracker or something like it 24/7 on many computers to harvest the play data on as many tables at Party as they can keep open. They have amassed a huge database and are selling it. The last time I checked, it had no way of tracking name changes.
To do something like this would be resource and time intensive.
If a player only plays a certain level (10/20 or 15/30 etc.) then he/she can basically do the same thing, but on a much smaller sample size. Of course when playing, even if you aren’t playing 4 tables, keep 4 open and when you aren’t playing keep 4 open and the software will continuously track. Doing this 24/7 for a couple weeks within a certain limit will amass a large database of players you are likely to be playing against.
I offer the pokertracker software through a link on my site and have a review of it that reccomends it. I have no plans to go any further than that. I will say that anyone who plays poker online for more than fun should absolutely try it, if only to analize your own game. It is a great tool. They have a free 30 day trial download (no CC or anything else required.)
If you don’t want your play tracked, it’s a good idea to change your player name on a regular basis. Pokertracker’s basically just a database program, so avoiding having a record of your play is as simple as changing your player name each session.
Pokertracker is an excellent software. I recommend it.
Hi, thanks for the info.
sounds like this software is what you’d make of it.
Meaning it sounds like that you would have to continually be opening games (I take it that the software doesn’t open the games by itself), or even if it did; sounds like it would definitely be resource intensive.
so what poker prophecy has done, is the leg work, so to speak, that you, or I would otherwise have to do ourselves, using this software.
Too bad they are spammers. Frankly I think it might be worth the money if you had a data base big enough to really be able to tell you the history of any player you’re up against.
keeping track of it myself, using my PC, sounds way, way out of my league in respect to resources available.
