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Message: [QUOTE="dmorris68, post: 1935862, member: 40397"] You seem to be approaching tracker software from the commonly held but largely incorrect notion that the main benefit is all about the HUD and getting stats on your opponents. And that this somehow makes a bad player into a good player. Not so. At all. Absolutely a HUD can be useful once you know how to interpret stats properly (typically not something a beginner can do effectively anyway). But a HUD alone won't turn a bad player into a good one. By far the greatest benefit to a beginning player is the self-analysis it provides you. The ROI would be so great that IMO it's a no-brainer even for micro-stakes players. A tracker costs less than 4BI's at 25NL and if used to plug even one leak, you would likely recoup that cost in only a session or two. Maybe I'd pass if you're playing 2NL as what you learn is less effectively applied at that level, or if you're just a recreational player who spews BI's just for entertainment and really has no desire to put in the work required to become a good player. But for players who want to win and move up at 10NL+ and say $5+ SNGs/MTTs you should be seriously considering it, provided you're willing to put forth the effort to use it properly. That said, of course you don't need them to play good poker or become a winning player, just like you don't need power tools to build a house. But the results sure come quicker. It's a tool that's perfectly legal and available to you and every other player. Whether or not you choose to use it is up to you, but you're putting yourself at a disadvantage. Totally not true. A lot of top players DO use them, even for MTTs. Witness nearly all coaches and many pros -- but then again when you're a professional MTT grinder or nosebleed player a HUD/tracker has little to offer you compared to the rest of us mere mortals. At that level there are few if any leaks to find, and a smaller player pool where you have history and better reads on players. Even so, a lot of pros use them for tax and record-keeping purposes if nothing else. It beats the hell out of keeping track of wins/losses by hand. I'm all for personal choice, but I sense that your reasoning is misguided, as is for most that speak out against trackers, i.e. the common "But it's cheating!!!! You can't use one live!!!!" excuses that comes from ignorance of knowing exactly what trackers provide for you. Again, if you choose not to use the tools available to better your game, that's up to you, but you're choosing to disadvantage yourself and I don't get the logic behind that. [/QUOTE]

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