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In terms of features, capabilities, performance, suitability for "serious" play, which piece of software wins and why? |
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From what I have read, both are fairly equal in terms of performance and suitability for serious play. About the only real difference I hear is that HEM is easier to use than PT3, but PT3 allows for more flexibility. In the end, I would recommend downloading both, since they both offer free trail periods, and finding out which one suits you the best. |
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HEM was a hell of a lot less buggy than PT3 when I first used it. The PT3 hud has improved a ton though... they did recently tout that the rush poker hud was working so I went and downloaded it to check it out, and it ran HORRIBLY. If you set it on higher levels then it lags the shit out of your computer. Still, I have a friend that really likes PT3 and he talks well about it. So, you should just try them out. |
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I just totally gave up on PT3 yesterday. Awkward interface, HUD problems. Started the 15 day trial of HEM and already I can't see myself going back. Obv there is a little adjustment period while I learn the new interface, but it hasn't been very hard. It's also fully Omaha capable which PT3 is just working out |
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This question gets asked every day, and the appropriate answer is that both HEM and PT3 have a free trial. You should head over to one's site or the other, and try both trials. HEM has a 15 day trial, and PT3 has a 60 day trial. So you can run for 2.5 months on trial HUDS. PT3 is quite stable I own and use a copy, and have used both the windows and the new Macintosh version (if you're a mac user that may be a huge plus). I like its customizability, and boy is there a lot if you're willing to get your hands dirty. HEM seems to have a very nice interface and appears to be more feature rich. I wanted to switch to HEM at one point but I had numerous issues with the trial (crashes, licensing issues) and I figured it just wasn't worth it for me to bother. PT3 came out with the mac version shortly thereafter and I haven't looked back. To summarize I found PT3 more reliable, I found HEM to be more feature rich, but you're going to have to find out on your own. Try both trial versions, its the only way to know what product is right for you. Lastly because I know a bit about your interests... OpenHoldEm can use PT3 data. As a side note I'm a programmer who's into playing too, and your blog is one of the big contributors for getting me into poker. |
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2 things make HEM stand out for me: 1) The 'Live player' stats window - Worth buying an extra monitor for imho! 2) The (much) greater level/depth of filters to apply to stats offline. PS: Glad to see you back blogging CodingTheWheel! THat live player stats window was one of the big things I was talking about when I said "feature rich" it didn't work well for me though, as in it wouldn't fill any info in, despite the fact that the rest of the app was working, which is one of the reasons I felt it was buggy. I think I'm going to have to give the HEM trial another try one of these days.
(Feb 08 '10 at 19:56)
Diabolic
I found you need to hit the 'refresh' button to populate the data window... Bit of a pain, but you only seem to need to do it once
(Feb 09 '10 at 07:23)
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