Discuss - Use of Poker Tracker cheating or not ??

[Sheriff Fatman]

which sites still allow PT to be used for datamining purposes?


I asked on Pg 1, don't believe I got an answer,

thanx

Tough one to answer with any accuracy, as things are constantly changing.  Many sites don't specifically allow datamining but probably don't do anything to prevent it - Party used to be easily datamined by anyone as they wrote hand histories for observed tables to your hard drive.  This has now changed.  I've read that Full Tilt has the same 'weakness' but I've not looked into it specifically.

Basically, any site that gives access to hand histories for games you didn't play in can be datamined.

There are an increasing number of datamining tools being developed for various sites - I've just done a quick trawl on 2+2 and found reference to several.  Mainly they cover Party and Stars.

Stars is the only site I'm aware of to specifically ban data-mining.  Their policy is quite interesting reading in terms of the arguments made on this thread.

Sheriff

[AndrewT]

Someone has alluded that it is possible on FullTilt

I've certainly seen people post HH of the big Omaha games on Full Tilt over at 2+2, games in which they were not playing.

There's an app for Tribeca which datamines as well... 

[TightEnd]

It is possible on Full Tilt.

A friend has two computers and has one datamining on Full Tilt on a semi permanent basis

[matt674]

If you are logged in and playing at a table on pokerstars you can get full hand histories at other tables simply by opening the table in question then minimizing it on your taskbar. Your hand history will then also log all the hand histories from that table as well and will give you all the information apart from cards mucked at showdown.

i regularly do this when down to the final few tables of an MTT then when we are on a quick break i have a quick scan through them to see who is playing aggresive, who is passive, who the table captain is etc etc for when we get to the final table.