We’re happy to release this new version of Poker Analytics!
Let’s be honest with each other, no major feature for this release, but a lot of small features that should ease your life.
We won’t list them all but here are the most important ones:
Your filters are now automatically sorted by usage. The more you’ll use a filter the more he’ll figure at the top of the filters list.
Year filter: There is now a dynamic filter for years. You’ll be able to select any year you played a session.
Hands group export: we’ve added a button that lets you export groups of hands.
We’ve changed the way hands and hands groups are displayed. You should have way less trouble finding recorded hands!
Also, we’ve fixed some bugs, especially around iCloud, and we’ve added the app support for iOS 11, which might be the secret major feature of this release if you’re fond of graphical changes!
Last year we launched a feature in Poker Analytics that might have been a little bit hidden: the hand history custom keyboard extension.
TLDR; we‘re extracting the feature from the Poker Analytics app to make it a standalone app.
The keyboard stays pretty much the same except for some graphical changes:
Does it look better?
What’s that keyboard again?
The hand history keyboard is a custom keyboard for iOS that you can display whenever you want, as long as your typing text. You can make it appear the same way your accessing your emoticon keyboard.
You just have to install it first as one of your keyboards.
Go to Settings > General > Keyboard > Keyboards > Add a New Keyboard and select the new Poker HH Keyboard. Easy!
What changes for you?
If you were using the keyboard in Poker Analytics, we recommend you to download the new one now right now as the keyboard in Poker Analytics 4 will be removed in the next release.
The app icon on the App Store
So that’s it for now, but we’ll soon have some Poker Analytics news for you!
The update is available! You can download the app now on the store, or go on the App Store to update it!
Let’s jump into it!
Reporting
In the app, there is a super powerful tool to look at anything you want, which is called custom reports, and gives you access to most of the computation engine of the app.
Unfortunately, maybe it’s difficult to find, maybe it’s difficult to use, but it appears you rarely use it.
So we chose to bring some of those capabilities more upfront to let you enjoy digging in your stats.
Concretely, we’ve added two gear buttons in two different screens:
Evolution chart: Choose a comparison key to see the breakdown of your stat by locations, game, day of week, anything…
Comparison chart: You’ll be able to change the statistic you’re looking out.
Pretty simple but we believe (and hope) you’ll love it!
Session sharing
We’ve seen that many users were sharing their results on social networks, so you’ll now be able to get a custom summary view to export to whatever medium you want!
Tips
We’ve implemented two changes:
Tips now behave like buy-ins, meaning you can add your latest tip to the sum of tips you’ve given.
Tips can now be added directly from your Apple Watch, no need to get your iPhone out of your pocket!
That’s sums it up for Poker Analytics 4.4! Better reporting, better sharing and better tips usability! Have some great games, please!
The update is now available on the App Store! Up to this date, Poker Analytics let users try the app with 15 sessions and it ended there, you couldn’t get more data in the app unless getting the pro subscription.
Poker Analytics is focused on pros and serious players, so today we are slightly modifying the offer to give more casual players the opportunity to track their sessions on the long-term.
So now, by default, any user will be able to save up to 6 sessions before choosing a plan:
1 session per month, or 12 sessions a year, is free for all users.
1 session per week comes at $19.99 per year for the United States. You can check the price for your country in your local App Store. When subscribing, you immediately get 52 sessions for the year to come.
Unlimited sessions, which is the yearly original plan, stay at its current price.
That’s it for the new plans!
We also changing the way the app exports XML and CSV files. You’re now able to choose how you want get your file, whether it’s by mail, on your cloud app or whatever. Files are additionally stored locally on your device.
For cash games players, the duration of sessions can vary widely, from a quick 30 minutes online to several days at a live table. The duration of a session most likely depends on a delicate and unpredictable mix of enjoyment, profitability and schedule.
For regular players, when maximizing your profit on a long run becomes your priority, it can be difficult to know exactly when to stop a session.
After playing for 7 hours at a live table and making a decent profit, it’s not always obvious if putting in an extra hour is worth it. You might be a bit tired, you might experience a lack in starting hands, maybe you feel like playing a hand or two for fun, but actually it might be a good time to stop, and maybe you should have done so one hour ago.
So why is it important to stop at the right time?
When getting tired, you’re prone to make more mistakes at the table, as you’re not in the position to follow all the action. You can miss some action, you can miss a tell, or just take a sub-optimal decision that can immediately cost you.
A single mistake due to inattention or an unconscious loosening of your game can have a big impact on your hourly rate. If you usually run on a +5BB per 100 hands rate, a 5BB mistake at the end of a session can cost you 4 hours of play if your table plays 25 hands per hour.
Cash games are forgiving because you can quit as soon as you’re not playing your best game. Doing mistakes at the end of a tournament is another story, as it can cost you much more. Making a bad move can send you to the rail prematurely and make you miss the big payouts of the final table.
Mistakes will also obviously increase your risk of tilting. You want to avoid tilt at any cost. A single occurrence of tilting is never good for your results and for your mental health. Some players really want to avoid tilt as it builds up over time and can end up with a disastrous impact on their bankroll.
In the long run, especially if poker is your first source of income, you’re also at the mercy of a lack of motivation and burnout. These can have a really bad toll on you and your bankroll, so you definitely want to be cautious about that. More often than not, it’s a good thing to stop even if you still want to play. You’ll be extra motivated to play the following session. Stopping a session exhausted, tilted, or because you’ve lost too much is never a good sign for your long-term goals.
Limiting the length of a session have a positive effect, as you’re getting some time back, time to:
Work on your game and get better;
Get in a better condition for future sessions with whatever works for you: working out, getting more sleep or meditating;
Enjoy your time with any other activities.
When should you stop, then?
There are many signs that can indicate you it’s time to leave the table.
If you recognize some of those patterns you should ask yourself if it’s a good time to leave.
Plain fatigue: You start to yawn, you feel uncomfortable on your chair, you just want to sleep.
You’re constantly distracted by what’s around the table, you’re having trouble following all the action at the table.
You’ve just lost a big pot and feel like you won’t be playing your best after that.
Here are other ways to call it a day:
You have a heavy schedule of 8-hour sessions five or more days a week, you might want to play one hour less every day and see how it goes for you. You can set an alarm to remind you to leave the table.
The whale at the table went bust or left.
The field is tough and the game won’t be very profitable.
You’ve played a significant amount of time, made a decent profit and decide it’s time to leave happy with your result.
So take your time management seriously as it has crucial impact on short and long-term. Give yourself a moment to think about your approach to poker as a whole, and see what you could do differently.
There is always a time where playing more won’t produce a positive effect, and there is probably a way to allocate your time to produce better results when you play. Think about what you want to achieve in poker, and go get those chips!
