by WhiteRider » Tue Jun 24, 2014 3:13 am
888 has provided a special player positioning file for their SNAP Poker games. In a normal ring or tournament game PokerTracker gets this information from the hand history which is stored at the end of each hand. SNAP Poker games are different, since there are new players seated in each seat at the start of each hand a player positioning file is needed to allow PokerTracker 4 to determine which player is seated in each chair at the start of each hand. Without this positioning file, the HUD cannot work.
When 888 was still in the development stage for this game time, before SNAP Poker was released, the staff of PokerTracker consulted with 888 to assure that a HUD would be present anytime the positioning file existed. At the time, 888 told us that their policy would be to allow HUDs at Tournament tables, but not cash game tables. We did not expect to see the positioning file appear at cash game tables, our intention was to only support tournaments but it appears that this positioning file remained enabled by 888 for cash game tables. We believe this may have been an error on 888's part because their policy has been to not permit HUDs at SNAP cash game tables, all along the HUD should have only been supported at Tournament tables but PokerTracker 4 users were able to use the HUD at cash game tables unintentionally because the positioning file was present.
This past week it was discovered that 888 no longer stores the positioning file for cash games, which means 888's positioning file accessibility now complies with their HUD policy in SNAP cash and tournament games. PokerTracker has always intended to follow 888's SNAP HUD policy, the availability of the HUD at SNAP cash games was only a side effect of the data provided, it was never our intention to offer this feature.
Please contact 888's support with any questions regarding their SNAP cash game HUD policies, all questions on this topic should be directed to 888 directly. PokerTracker respects 888's decision, our intention all along has been to follow 888's policy at all steps of the SNAP HUD development process. Thank you for your understanding