Poker Copilot 2.75 Now Available

Poker Copilot 2.75 is now available to download.

What’s changed:

  • You can completely disable the head-up display (HUD).
  • You can choose a custom font and size for the HUD.
  • You can show HUD stats for the current tournament
  • You can turn off the hero HUD panel while still showing stats for opponents
  • The bankroll chart now has the range axis shown on the right-hand side

What’s fixed:

  • Winamax split pots now have the all-in EV calculated correctly. Note that hands already in your Poker Copilot database won’t be corrected, but future hands will be.
  • Poker Copilot hopefully starts up correctly with Mac OS 10.4 (Tiger) once more.

Update Instructions:

  1. Download the latest version here.
  2. Open the downloaded file.
  3. Drag the Poker Copilot icon to the Applications icon. If prompted to replace an existing version, confirm that you do want to replace.

Now you are done and ready to hit the tables.

Coming in the next update: HUD Stats for current tournament

You’ve long had the choice in the Poker Copilot HUD whether stats should be either for the current session and table; or for all time. Many people have requested that for tournaments the stats can be for the current tournament. I’ve finally added this:

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Now as you move between tables in a tournament and reencounter players who were on your table earlier in the tournament, you’ll see their total stats for the current tournament.

 

Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) Users: Important News

Officially, Poker Copilot requires Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) or higher. However Tiger users are still able to use Poker Copilot, albeit with some unusual rendering and with a couple of features missing.

Poker Copilot 2.73 doesn’t seem to be working with Tiger at all. I’m investigating the cause, but for now you can download Poker Copilot 2.72, which does work with Tiger. You can download Poker Copilot 2.72 here.

For now, I’ve made the Poker Copilot home page and downloads page offer 2.72, until I solve this problem.

 

Update: If you are feeling adventurous, please try this Poker Copilot update which might work with Tiger. If you try it, please post in the comments whether it worked for you.

 

Coming in the next update: Turn off the Head-up Display

There’s a new preference in the Head-up Display preferences panel that enables you to completely disable the Poker Copilot head-up display (HUD).

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For most people the HUD is the killer feature in Poker Copilot. But there are some people who just use the analysis features and find the HUD distracting.

 

Coming in the next update: I Can Has Comic Sans?

The next update of Poker Copilot allows you to customise the HUD font. Here’s Comic Sans 20 point in the hand replayer:

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and at a Full Tilt Poker table:

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Use the Head-up Display Preferences to choose the font:

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Player Icon Definitions

Wondering what Poker Copilot’s player icons mean? Here are some definitions.

IconNameDescription
RockIs very tight preflop. If this player puts money in the pot pre-flop, chances are he’s got a premium hand.
WhalePlays almost anything. In poker a whale is a big fish.

(Everyone knows a whale is actually a mammal, but you are playing poker, not studying biology.)

FishPlays too many marginal hands.

These players offer easy money. It is like “shooting fish is a barrel.”

Calling StationLimps/calls too much.

These players are hard to  bluff, as they like to see how the flop unfolds. Even when they don’t hit the flop, they’ll often keep putting money into the pot.

GamblerPlays many types of hands, and if he reaches the flop, plays aggressively post-flop.
ManiacIf he puts money into the flop, doesn’t like to be outbet pre-flop. You’ll need to be prepared to often commit a lot of chips against these players.
EaglePlays a very solid all-round game, especially pre-flop.
BookPlays very predictably. This player reads a poker book or two and follows them exactly.



Red Circle, Green Triangle, Blue Square, Yellow StarThese are extra symbols you can use with your own rules.
IndefinableA player who playing style doesn’t fall into any of the other categories.

Pot Limit Omaha in Poker Copilot?

Pot Limit Omaha holdem poker is now probably the most requested feature in Poker Copilot. I’ve long intended to add Omaha support but it would be a large task, so simpler things keep overtaking it in my to-do list.

Some issues I need to consider:

  • Should Omaha be included in Poker Copilot or made into a separate product?
  • If in a separate product, should it cost extra or be included in the Poker Copilot price? If extra, how much?
  • If included in the existing Poker Copilot, how separate should it be from existing Poker Copilot features, like bank roll, recent hands, etc.
  • What stats are important for Omaha that are irrelevant for Texas holdem – and vice versa?
  • Will this be useful to enough people to justify the large amount of time needed to write additional parsers, alter the hand replayer, revise the database structure, upgrade the all-in EV calculator, enhance the hand evaluator, do the additional documentation, and handle user support?
  • Is it worth the opportunity cost? The time I spend adding Omaha support is time I can’t spend adding other features.
  • Do I even want to do this, considering that I never play Omaha?

Currently I don’t know the answers to any of these questions.

Feedback welcome, naturally…

 

Coming in the next update: Session Winnings in the Menu Bar

Here’s a preview (look at the bit that says $1.17):

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After each hand, the amount you’ve won or lost in the session is updated and shown in the menu bar (aka status bar). Blue for positive amounts, red for negative amounts.