The new Poker Analytics 4.1 is available on the App Store! Here are the new features:
Hand history keyboard (beta)
In the players list, players now have their picture next to their name
It’s finally possible to specify the year for your past sessions.
Already unofficially added, the 200 threshold of displayed sessions has been raised to 500.
We’ve added the hourly rate for sessions with multiple records.
The duration is added in the cell of sessions with multiple records.
A couple of details on the hand history keyboard:
We’re releasing a new custom keyboard. What does it mean?
Now, in any textfield throughout iOS, whether it’s in the Messages, Mail, Twitter app, or simply Poker Analytics, you’ll be able to access the hand history keyboard to write hand histories as fast as possible.
In order to use it, you’ll need to install it first. Go in the Settings of your iPhone. Tap on General > Keyboard > Keyboards > Add New Keyboard… and select Analytics 4.
To access it, you just pass through the different keyboard the same way you access the emoticon keyboard.
So why beta? We’re releasing the keyboard only in english for the moment, and we want to gather your feedback before making it evolve if necessary. Contact us if you have anything to say!
That’s it, we hope you’ll love it! Have fun at the tables!
Today we want to show you more about a couple of new features in Poker Analytics 4, two additions to the session screen.
Game selection control
You might have already noticed, but when you create a session, Poker Analytics shows you a micro report at the top of the screen.
Game selection control at the top of each new session
The app shows you two statistics:
On the left, you’ll see the hourly rate for the type of session you are about to start. We’re taking into account:
the stakes
the game
the format
whether you’re playing live or online
On the right, you’ll see the hourly rate of all your cash games sessions if you’re about to start a cash game, or the hourly rate of all your tournaments if you’re about to start a tournament.
It’s a great tool to familiarize yourself with the hourly rates of the different kind of games you’re playing, thus making you better at selecting the best games for you.
You’ll also be able to see if you’re taking good decisions when starting a game. If you’re starting to take shots at a higher limit, you’ll quickly be able to see if these games are more profitable than your previous games.
Bankroll variation
In the same fashion, at the end of each of your sessions, you can see your bankroll variation in the first section of the table. Please note that this is only displayed for the last session.
Bankroll variation when finishing a session
This is a great indicator to make yourself aware of how you manage your bankroll.
Heavy variations are an indicator that you might play above reasonable and that your chances of going broke are high. It can also be the results of a great performance in a tournaments, congratulations!
If the line is not showing up, it means your bankroll is in the red. You’ll probably want to learn more about bankroll management as it might be the most important poker skill you need to be a successful poker player.
If you feel some of the numbers you see in these statistics are unusually high, it might be time to take a step back and make some adjustment. Playing one level below might be better both for your hourly rate and your bankroll health!
We have a couple of tips explaining how the new reports works and what you can do to use them as best as you can.
Health
First of all, three of the new reports are connected to the Health app of your iOS device:
Sleep
Calories
Workouts
To be able to launch one of these reports, you’ll need to input some data into the Health app.
A number of apps now are helping you doing this. For example, you can use Sleep Cycle to track your sleep, or Runkeeper for running. You may already have one without being aware, so if you’re using some tracking app, check out in your Health app if you have some data.
When launching one of these reports, Poker Analytics 4 searches for sessions with health data and compute the maths to show you the influence of sleep and physical activity on your results.
Poker Analytics 4 needs the access to the Health data to do this. You’ll be automatically asked for this within the app. However, if you refused to give the app access to these data, you’ll have to change that in the Settings of your iPhone.
Samples
We usually like to keep things open to give you maximum control over your data. However, the default reports might require some filtering.
Typically, the duration report is an amazing tool for cash games, as you’ll be able to learn when you start getting tired. The point here is that this report won’t tell you much with your tournament data. When you play a tournament, the longer you last, the more chance you have to win big. So there isn’t much to learn for tournaments with the duration report. Also, mixing tournaments and cash games obviously won’t give great results. So what you need to do is to filter your data on cash games to be able to exploit the results of the report.
The algorithm we use averages your results. In poker, you should know that a small sample size isn’t representative of the reality. This is the same for the conditioning reports. In your data set, you’ll probably find some ranges with only a few results like a couple of sessions with 4 hours of sleep. Make sure that you don’t take results too seriously when the sample size is limited.
In the same fashion, some sessions with unusually good or bad results may have an big impact on the report. For example, you played a long cash game with a whale for 12 hours – whereas you never play sessions longer than 6 hours – and made a huge profit. The duration graph will show a great average result from 6 to 12 hours of play, but it doesn’t mean you should play longer. The purpose of the report is to show you when to stop due to fatigue, so make sure to filter out the sessions that present an exceptional factor.
To summarize, whatever you’re looking out, make sure that the sample size is relevant and take the time to analyze what you see before drawing a quick conclusion. Sleep well!
We recently released Poker Analytics 4 and wanted to tell you more about its breakthrough conditioning reports.
In this major version, we’ve added a new set of reports so you can really rock how you prepare for the game. You probably already know that having a healthy lifestyle is important, but now we’re bringing you the tools to optimize how you roll.
We’ve developed four new reports around 3 themes:
Sleep
Session duration
Physical activity
Since iOS8, Apple has given apps a way to exchange various types of data in the Health app. Some apps can write data, like how long you train, and some can read that data for different uses. Poker Analytics can read your sleep and physical activity data that has been recorded by other trackers.
To exploit this data, we’ve built a new engine that correlates your results with these different sources. We’re now able to show your average results depending on the duration of your sleep, sessions and physical activities, as well as the calories you’ve burned.
Sleep report showing the evolution of results (Y-axis) depending on the sleep duration (X-axis)
Sleep
We all know how sleep is important, but what you might not know is that you have a significant win rate drop when you sleep less than 7 hours.
Some of those days, you’ll probably feel good enough to play, and nobody will stop you from doing that. However, while playing, if you’re aware that you perform less in average, you’ll have an easier time to stop your session as soon as the first signs of fatigue will appear, and you’ll be able to get away from a game that might quickly become unprofitable.
Session duration
When you play a tournament, you’re not in control of the duration of your session. Actually, the longer, the better. In cash games, most of the time, it’s the opposite: the longer, the worse, except when you find yourself in a very good game. We all get tired after a certain point and it’s very important to know when to stop. Just last week, Daniel Negreanu reminded us how important it is not to play tired.
Getting tired means thinking less, being less aware at what is going on at the table, and being more subject to tilt. We all want to avoid that. So learning when to stop is a key factor for success. You might think you can play consistently 8 hours at a table, whereas your win rate starts declining after 6 hours. Even if your average profit stays the same when you play 6 hours or 8, it means playing those two extra hours isn’t achieving anything for you. We all love to play, but getting off the table an hour early can get far more profitable than continue playing.
This extra time can be used in various ways that will make your future sessions more profitable. You can take it to study your game and review your hands, you can go out exercise, actually you can use it to do whatever you like outside poker.
Playing a little bit less can also have two positive impacts on you. On one side, you’ll be less tired therefore less subject to tilt. Tilt can have many sources, whether it’s a mistake, a bad beat, or losing to a weak player. The more you play, the more chances you have to get badly affected. And on the other side, it can simply keep your hunger for the game and avoid lassitude.
Physical activity
The goal of the conditioning reports is to make you avoid playing tired, which can be costly. However, having some physical activity before playing can either have a positive or negative impact.
On one hand, having a small workout, or simply having a walk can improve your well-being, clear your mind and in the end make you play better poker. On the other hand, playing soccer for two hours or having a long run can really tire you out and instantly make you a losing player.
It’s important to learn where you stand in order to avoid long term mistakes. To learn more about yourself, we’re bringing in two reports: duration and calories. With these, you’ll be able to know whether you should or should not play after exercising, and maybe help you plan you day differently: light activity before playing and more tiresome sports after playing.
We hope these new kinds of reports will really help you in your preparation and make a big difference on your long term results. We’re always eager to hear from you so please tell us what you’ve learned after using them!
The app has just been released, and it’s time to show you all the amazing new features we’ve developed for you.
Conditioning reports
We’re really very excited about these new reports. It’s a first in the industry. We’ve developed a new engine to correlate your results with some parameters.
The duration of your sessions: now, instead of comparing your results between different duration segments, we are able to precisely trace a curve showing how you perform on average for any duration.
Sleep duration: In the same fashion, using your Sleep data from the Health app, you’ll see how much sleep you need to perform at your best.
Sport activity: We correlate your results with the calories you’ve burned and how long practiced to show you the impact of your physical activity on your results.
To use the latest two reports, you will need to use a sleep and a sport tracking app that input some data in the Health app. We recommend Sleep Cycle if you are looking to track your sleep. We do not have any recommendation for sport tracking apps as it often depend on the type of sport you are practicing.
Reports and charts
Duration chart
Heavily requested, we’ve added a new duration tab in your net result evolution graph, which will give you the total duration of play in the X-axis.
Chart legends
All legends have been reworked for clarity and better understanding.
Volumes
In most reports, you’ll now have an indication of the number of sessions played.
Filters
Some new filters have been added for tournaments:
Number of players
Completion percentage
Finishing place
Filters name can now be edited.
Sessions
Player notes
It is now possible to add some notes to players. The notes are automatically dated to get maximum relevancy.
A ‘Players’ tab has been added to edit the players and quickly see their profile.
In hand histories, you can also specify which player is playing, and have a look at your hand history with the player in its profile.
Game selection control
When starting a new session, we are now indicating your hourly rate for this particular kind of session, based on the stakes, the game, the format, and whether the game is live or online.
You’ll be able to compare this hourly rate with your overall hourly rate, for cash games or tournaments, and be able to judge if this is the best game for you.
Bankroll variation
At the end of a session, we are indicating the bankroll variation, to make yourself more aware of your bankroll management.
Other
We’ve refactored the format keyboard for a quicker selection.
The pause state of a session is better indicated
Custom operations and bankroll
Probably the most requested feature, is the ability to create custom operations. You’ll now be able to create operations for expenses, mileage, knockouts and other bonuses.
We’re also adding the ability to add an operation to a session, meaning you’ll be able to calculate your real winnings on the go.
As for all operations, it will be possible to see the total of each operation type in the bankroll tab.
But what if you spent 3 weeks at the WSOP? How much did you really win between your poker winnings, the hotel and the travel? Bankrolls can be filtered by date to get a precise breakdown of your trips or year.
Hand histories
The format, action and cards keyboards have been refactored
It is now possible to create multi-straddle hands
Aesthetics
The app icon has been beautified
There a new light graphical theme named Diamond
The app uses the San Francisco font
We’ve worked on the readability to make your eyes less tired
We’ve optimized the graphics for iPhone 6+ and 6s+
Devices
iPad
Finally, we finally support the iPad! Not much to say about that, but you won’t feel lost with the familiar feel of the app.
Apple Watch
Poker Analytics gets a simple Apple Watch extension which will help you manage your sessions directly on your wrist.
Other
The comments view have been refactored for better readability.
Tapping on a tab makes a table scroll to the top.
Your data files can now be directly imported from the Mail app using a long tap on the attachment.
Hand histories are now exported in the XML backups, and can be imported.
