Mac Users / Poker Tools

hey,

I was on my way to create a thread for MAC TOOLS when i saw your post. I have a mac since january and I love it and its stability, reactivity etc but i hate its poker limitations. There is not much software for mac.

Luckily i got all the main poker rooms softwares : pokerstars, winamax, fulltilt, etc
I got Poker tracker 4, which i had to buy because i had HM2 before. It is even better than HM2 to me because of a better visibiity (i think).
But the others poker tolls it is more complicated....I hardly got omahaequilab from buying a 20€ (discounted) crossover which did not allow me to use any other programs, like holdem or omahaindicator, poker calculator, ICMizer etc....
So basically, let's do that MAC database
On my way , I was also looking for an Ipad/Iphone database too, or finally an Apple database. For Ipad/Iphone i was essentially looking for BRM apps.

Otherwise, I plan, basically to install parallel and use it for the soft i need, or even to buy a little side PC (sic).

Yeah, basically if poker is your priority use a PC. Period.

I'm in the same boat somewhat. I got my PC up and running again just to play poker. Stripped her down of all the crap that was on it, just to play poker and now finding my old HM that I had is slowing it down and/or crashing my computer when trying to run it. Will have to investigate about that one, or try and earn it free once again through HM2 website.

Now on to what I wanted to say was, Mac there is a tool it's called Poker Copilot. I used a demo version and it seemed pretty solid. Give it a try if your still using a Mac it's worth it I'd say.

Personnaly poker tracker 4 does the job perfectly. I can migrate it on PC if needed someday, too, which poker copilot can't.

Originally posted by BigSlickBaby
Yeah, basically if poker is your priority use a PC. Period.

We disagree, there are many reasons to choose either operating system. Most of the high stakes players that use our software refer the Mac OS X version of PokerTracker 4. We believe this is because the higher stakes players are less likely to need third party tools, and because they want a more secure operating system that minimizes the risks of hacking.

As we see it, if you own a Mac then your primary poker OS should be OS X; and we have a solution for that. If your a Mac OS X user and you wish to play fast poker games such as Zoom, Rush , or Speed Poker then you will have to use a Windows VM or Windows Bootcamp in your Mac to be able to play while using the PokerTracker 4 HUD (all other features work). 888's Snap Poker can be played while at a tournament table with the HUD enabled, but cash game tables will not work with the HUD due to 888's corporate policies.

RuiVieira78 asked about SNG Wizard, the core functionality of this application is built into PokerTracker 4. Of course if you wish to use the SNG Wizard interface then you must work in Windows.

Due to our recent partnership with Holdem Manager our combined company also has access to tools such as Table Ninja and Leak Buster. TableNinja 2 is a Windows-only application; it is not designed to be used while working within a Windows VM - but some users have had luck doing so on their own. A Mac OS X version of Table Ninja is not available. Leak Buster is a cross platform application, it can be used in both Windows and OS X.

EquiLab works well with WineBottler (not WinBottler) and WINE on Mac OS X. I use it all the time.

Hold'em Viewer also works.

EdVis works.

I think I may have tried CREV and/or FlopZilla last year, maybe one of the two worked, I don't remember.

Originally posted by PokerTracker
Most of the high stakes players that use our software refer the Mac OS X version of PokerTracker 4. We believe this is because the higher stakes players are less likely to need third party tools, and because they want a more secure operating system that minimizes the risks of hacking.

As we see it, if you own a Mac then your primary poker OS should be OS X; and we have a solution for that..

Well said.

By the way, I love my PokerTracker 4 and find new ways to customise it time and time again. Just today I colour-coded some ranges for my HUD stats after adding some stats, and yesterday I installed one theme for Heads Up as well as the Coffeyay Lite HUD for Heads Up.

So now, when I get Heads Up, I switch to the Heads Up HUD.

Now, if only you allow PT 4 to be scripted, then we can have automatic HUD switching based on the stages of the tournament, and much, much more.

One day I'll surely do more advanced custom HUDs with it.

I believe a good feature of COPILOT is receive informations from SHARKSCOPE.

Originally posted by vboll
I believe a good feature of COPILOT is receive informations from SHARKSCOPE.

We have been advised that this would be against the terms of service for some key online poker networks, therefore it cannot be an option in PokerTracker products. Our goal is to remain within the rules at all times, if there is any concern that something we would do is outside the acceptable rules, then we cannot consider that as a viable option for our users. The risks are too great.

We have seen scripted third party tools that change the HUD profile on-demand. It is possible - but not something we provide as a default in PT4.

Thanks for the information. Could you inform if Pokerstars and Fulltilt consider this against their term of services?

Originally posted by vboll
Thanks for the information. Could you inform if Pokerstars and Fulltilt consider this against their term of services?

Please ask PokerStars and FullTilt this question, they would be best suited to answer.

Hi, I am unable to get Equilab to recognise my machine through WineBottler. Did you have this problem at all? When singing in it quotes me a machine number of 000000000000 which I am unable to use to purchase equilab.

Thanks in advance for any help.
Steve