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Adding hole cards to database

Posted:
Fri Sep 18, 2009 9:38 pm
by raster846
Hi, I belong to a group of poker players that meet and discuss, of all things, poker. we want to run through the PT3 replayer a tournament that several of us played. I was wondering if there was any way to add the known hole cards from player A into the PT3 database, so that hole cards for Players A & B would show up on the replayer for the same hand?
Sort of like this: Hand History # 1703078xx, players ABCD holecards[Ad.Ks] and then player cardshark holecards[Qd,Qs]
Is it possible to add hole cards into the PT3 database/table, multiple players holecards for the same hand?
Re: Adding hole cards to database

Posted:
Sat Sep 19, 2009 4:51 am
by WhiteRider
You could do this by adding the hole card information for each player as "showed" information in the hand history files before you import them, but there isn't a way to do this within PT3 once the hands have been imported.
Re: Adding hole cards to database

Posted:
Mon Sep 21, 2009 4:26 pm
by raster846
Hi, I am attempting to do as you suggested, adding the "playerA shows [x x]" into the hand history. Exactly where do I place this data?
For example the HH layout is like:
Header info, seat info, antes, SB, BB & Button positon and ***HOLE CARDS***
Then comes PF action, ***FLOP***, F action, Turn, T action etc.
and finally ***SUMMARY***
So where would I place the shows cards in the above layout? Is there a specific spot or is it trial and error?
This would be most useful for replaying in front of a group
Thanks
Re: Adding hole cards to database

Posted:
Mon Sep 21, 2009 5:24 pm
by kraada
It might actually be easiest to mimic the details at the end of a hand when a person chooses to voluntarily show cards.
What poker site are these hands being played at?
Re: Adding hole cards to database

Posted:
Mon Sep 21, 2009 5:54 pm
by WhiteRider
kraada wrote:It might actually be easiest to mimic the details at the end of a hand when a person chooses to voluntarily show cards.
Yes, that's what I was intending - this will be in the Summary section, but as kraada says the easiest thing to do will be to find a hand where someone shows voluntarily, although any showdown hand should show you the format you need.
Re: Adding hole cards to database

Posted:
Mon Sep 21, 2009 7:02 pm
by raster846
Excellent advice!! I added the showed cards to the summary as you mentioned. It works like a charm. Now hole cards for both players are displaying at start of hand in the PT3 replayer.
Oh, I used Textpad as the editor instead of notepad. It aligns the hand history perfectly and is much easier to read.
Thanks for your help!
Re: Adding hole cards to database

Posted:
Tue Sep 22, 2009 4:30 am
by WhiteRider
Great - thanks for letting us know.