Keeping Records
 

I was looking for a way to keep records on my computer. I dont play online much just at the casino. I have been keeping them on paper but thought it would be nice to have one on the computer that would have graphs or something.....thanks for the info.

Re: Keeping Records
 

There's a program called Excel from a little company called Microsoft that works well for this.

I am also a B&M only player and I keep records for date, game/casino, net profit/loss, hours played and comments/notes. One row per session, the above elements in columns. You can then have another column with a formula that calculates your hourly rate, and you can also easily calculate standard deviation and stuff like that. Also, graphs are easy to generate out of Excel. There are lots of books out there if you haven't used this product much.

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I enter some of my stuff into Excel. It does a good job of keeping up with the information. You can also make charts easily by using Microsoft Chart program. It is simple but it works.

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Thanks guys I actually have been doing that way I just wondered if there were any other programs out there for this reason. I am familiar with the program actually use it at work all the time.

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Statking from conjelco.com, it makes lots of pretty graphs, calculates your standard deviation, hourly win rate, confidence rate and you get to go visit the talking head.

Re: Keeping Records
 

Here you go.

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pokercharts.com is a little less than $20 a year.

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i love pokercharts.com

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I use a text file and add the numbers in my head. There are not many of them anyway.

I am going to start using pen and paper because the computer is too much work, plus I can keep better notes if I do it when I cash out. I am also prone to bouncing around on weekend nights and playing in 3 or 4 games sometimes so I like to have everything wrote down.

That and I hate MS Office.

Re: Keeping Records
 

Well, if you are an EXPOIT at Excel like me [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] it's no problem to keep track of all that stuff like hourly rate, SD, how many people you've kicked in the nuts this week [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img], etc etc etc. Excel makes some awesome graphs too, if you know what you are doing....

However, if you suck at excel, try statking. It works just fine, a friend of mine uses it and it's just fine.

al

Re: Keeping Records
 

I like staking, but it doesn't have a field to enter how many people you have "Caponed" this session.

Re: Keeping Records
 

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I like staking, but it doesn't have a field to enter how many people you have "Caponed" this session.

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There's a cheat in the software that lets you add this column manually. All you have to do is set it to search 2+2 forums... when it verifies that you've started a tipping thread, you're free to proceed.

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Re: Keeping Records
 

Does a NITISH semi rant about someone else being allowed to smoke a cigar in the poker room at Caesar's In count?

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Does a NITISH semi rant about someone else being allowed to smoke a cigar in the poker room at Caesar's In count?

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Ah, sure. I feel like kicking someone in the nuts today anyway, don't need much of an excuse. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

al

Re: Keeping Records
 

The clear answer here is Statking. Regardless of whether you are an Excel god or not, the reason to use Statking is because of Bob Dibble's excellent import utility, which provides for 1-click importation of PT data.

Re: Keeping Records
 

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The clear answer here is Statking. Regardless of whether you are an Excel god or not, the reason to use Statking is because of Bob Dibble's excellent import utility, which provides for 1-click importation of PT data.

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Wow, I didn't know I could use PT to track my live play.

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The clear answer here is Statking. Regardless of whether you are an Excel god or not, the reason to use Statking is because of Bob Dibble's excellent import utility, which provides for 1-click importation of PT data.

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Wow, I didn't know I could use PT to track my live play.

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What.. the places you play at don't have USB ports in the side of the table? [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Re: Keeping Records
 

Live play hours accumulate so slowly, and across so many different limits, that I never bother to analyze them because I think the data is meaningless w/out years of records. I write them down in a diary that I keep with money bankroll, but aside from the one time that I sat down out of curiosity and added up a combined P&L for my live play, I can honestly say I've never looked at these numbers.

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I update Statking after evry session at the B&M. It keeps you honest about how you are doing. The biggest fish on the planet believes he is a winner because he has selective memory. He counts the wins, sometimes twice, and accidently forgets about a few loses here and there.

Staking keeps you honest, you can't argue with red type face.

Re: Keeping Records
 

There's a free tracking tool available here.

It's not as full-featured as StatKing and doesn't include any charts, but is useful for what it does. StatKing isn't exactly expensive, but this is free and does some basic calculations.

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Statking is less than 3 Big Bets at 5-10 and having to be honest about where you stand is priceless or at least +EV.