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License:R$99.99 for Professional version,R$159.99 for Pro Combo:

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Holdem

Manager 2 Synopsis

Holdem Manager 2 is an award winning tracking and analysis program

?? that is compatible with almost all of the major online poker sites. The Holdem Manager

franchise has been around for?? years and its newest incarnation, Holdem Manager 2, was

rolled out in late 2011.

We recommend Hold'em Manager to anyone who?? takes poker

seriously and wants to have every tool at their disposal.

Holdem Manager 2 Full

Review

Holdem Manager 2 ranks as?? one of the most popular pieces of software for online

poker players for a good reason. It's well put together,?? stable, fully featured, and

constantly being updated with more features. The program imports hand history text

files from almost all?? of the major online poker rooms and compiles them into a

PostgreSQL database. From there, it can provide multi-layered reports?? based on any

situation or scenario thanks to an innumerable number of features.

You can install

Hold�em Manager 2 in full?? for a 30-day trial period before committing financially.

Assuming you are satisfied, there are two editions available for purchase. First,?? a

Small-Stakes Version imports hands up toR$0.25-$0.50 No Limit or Pot Limit

Hold'em,R$0.50-$1 Limit Hold'em, and up toR$22 buy-in tournaments?? and sit and gos.

There is also a similar license for those who play smaller-stakes Omaha games.

The Pro

version of?? Holdem Manager 2 costsR$89.99 for Hold�em or Omaha, or you can payR$159.99

and get both forms of poker. The Pro?? version allows importing of hands from games at

any stakes. Each purchased registration code is valid on two computers.

For those

?? already utilizing Hold�em Manager 1, the upgrade to Hold�em Manager 2 costsR$40.19 for

the Small-Stakes Version,R$60.29 for the Hold�em or?? Omaha Pro Version, andR$100.49 for

the Hold�em and Omaha Pro Version.

Unfortunately for Mac users, both versions of Holdem

Manager will?? not run on the native Mac OS X and there are no immediate plans to develop

this capability. The workaround?? is to utilize virtual machine software such as VMware

Fusion, Bootcamp, or Parallels in a Windows environment. The good news?? is there is an

HM2 mobile app that will give you the ability to upload hands directly, which provides

the?? ability to filter, comment, review, replay, and share hands.

Setting up Holdem

Manager 2 is simple for new users and previous?? users of HM1 alike. Converting databases

from PokerTracker requires first exporting your hands from PT and importing them into

HM2.

There?? are five main tabs at the top of Holdem Manager 2: "Home," "Reports,"

�Active Session,� �Opponents,� and "HM Apps." The?? "Home" tab is the central point for

Hold�em Manager updates and news and can be found here:

The �Reports� tab is?? where you

will be spending most of your time on analysis and results tracking. You can view your

stats separately?? by cash games and tournaments. There are a dozens of reports you can

create along with a plethora of stats?? and filters you can easily add based on what you

want to review. There are also heat map reports to?? simplify some of this information.

The "Reports" tab is also where you can see your stats in graph form and?? look at areas

like your all-in EV, rakeback, and win rate when multi-tabling. Here is the "Reports"

tab along with?? a graph:

The �Active Sessions� tab is where you can view how you are

doing during a particular session:

The �Opponents� tab?? provides useful information when

analyzing your opponents' strengths and weaknesses:

The �HM Apps� tab is for

downloading third-party software that is?? compatible with HM2. These apps include Holdem

Manager Table Scanner (perfect for getting assistance finding the most profitable

tables), Table?? Ninja (a suite of invaluable tools for multi-tablers), Leak Buster

(which assists cash game players in finding leaks to improve?? on), NoteCaddy (for adding

useful information to your HUD), SitNGo Wizard (for SNG players to analyze and improve

their play),?? and Tilt Breaker (a bankroll management tool).

Possibly the most useful

feature in HM2 is its extremely powerful Heads-Up Display. There?? are hundreds of stats

you can put into your HUD and you can even configure multiple ones to come up?? for

certain situations. For example, you can have a HUD for full ring play on PokerStars

and a completely different?? setup for six-max tournaments on Everest Poker. When you

click on the HUD overlay for yourself or a villain, you'll?? be given a stat dialog box

with supplemental information to view:

A new feature of HM2 is that NoteCaddy notes can

?? be displayed in your HUD. These notes are generated automatically and you can drill

down to the actual hands that?? generated them while you are playing. There are free and

premium versions available.

As was the case with HM1, there is?? a hand history replayer

in Holdem Manager 2, which allows you to analyze and review your game. Hole cards are

?? shown for you and the opponents who were at your table, assuming this data popped up in

a hand history.

Another?? option instead of Hold'em Manager 2 is the new HM Cloud, which

is in Alpha testing. HM Cloud will allow?? you to store your database on its servers and

remotely allows you to use the HUD and database on your?? computer. Since the database

itself will not be on your computer, all of the processing, stat calculations, and hand

storage?? will not have any effect on your system resources, thus making your computer

processing time more efficient.

Another benefit of HM?? Cloud is the ability to review

your data on any device, including tablets and mobile phones. This new product doesn't

?? have all of the whistles and bells that HM2 has, but it's a great alternative for those

who want to?? always be thinking about poker and have their data accessible from anywhere

they are.

Overall, Holdem Manager is a fantastic hand?? history tracking utility that

comes fully featured for all types of poker players. Whether you are just starting out

and?? buy the Small-Stakes Version or are a soul-crushing regular using the Pro Version,

Holdem Manager will be a positive addition?? to your poker software library.