Importing entire Stars history

[Matthew Sanford]

I just bought PT recently but I have been playing on Pokerstars for years. I contacted Stars and they notified me that they could send me the hand history for every hand I've ever played. I believe this comes in a text file that lists the hands as shown below:

Hand #1

PokerStars Game #16058084106: Omaha Pot Limit ($5/$10) - 2008/03/17 - 22:26:35 (ET)
Table 'Pamina II' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Nogginthenog ($1941 in chips)
Seat 2: dont kill me ($497.25 in chips)
Seat 3: Miros ($960 in chips)
Seat 4: E.B. ($1000 in chips)
Seat 5: Matt McD ($179.50 in chips)
Seat 6: sappy123 ($475 in chips)
sappy123: posts small blind $5
Nogginthenog: posts big blind $10
E.B.: posts big blind $10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Matt McD [Ad 4s Jh 2h]
dont kill me: calls $10
Miros: raises $40 to $50
E.B.: folds
Matt McD: raises $129.50 to $179.50 and is all-in
sappy123: folds
Nogginthenog: folds
dont kill me: calls $169.50
Miros: calls $129.50
*** FLOP *** [7s 6h Ah]
dont kill me: checks
Miros: checks
*** TURN *** [7s 6h Ah] [7c]
dont kill me: bets $280
Miros: folds
*** RIVER *** [7s 6h Ah 7c] [2d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
dont kill me: shows [Qs 5d 6c As] (two pair, Aces and Sevens)
Matt McD: mucks hand
dont kill me collected $560.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $563.50 | Rake $3
Board [7s 6h Ah 7c 2d]
Seat 1: Nogginthenog (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: dont kill me showed [Qs 5d 6c As] and won ($560.50) with two pair, Aces and Sevens
Seat 3: Miros folded on the Turn
Seat 4: E.B. folded before Flop
Seat 5: Matt McD (button) mucked [Ad 4s Jh 2h]
Seat 6: sappy123 (small blind) folded before Flop

Hand #2

PokerStars Game #16058062961: Omaha Pot Limit ($5/$10) - 2008/03/17 - 22:25:36 (ET)
Table 'Pamina II' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Nogginthenog ($946.50 in chips)
Seat 2: dont kill me ($497.25 in chips)
Seat 3: Miros ($1000 in chips)
Seat 5: Matt McD ($1126 in chips)
Seat 6: sappy123 ($485 in chips)
E.B. will be allowed to play after the button
Matt McD: posts small blind $5
sappy123: posts big blind $10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Matt McD [4d Ac Qc 8d]
Nogginthenog: calls $10
dont kill me: folds
Miros: raises $30 to $40
Matt McD: calls $35
sappy123: folds
Nogginthenog: calls $30
*** FLOP *** [2c As Td]
Matt McD: checks
Nogginthenog: bets $128
Miros: folds
Matt McD: calls $128
*** TURN *** [2c As Td] [8h]
Matt McD: checks
Nogginthenog: bets $384
Matt McD: raises $496 to $880
Nogginthenog: calls $394.50 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [2c As Td 8h] [Qs]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Matt McD: shows [4d Ac Qc 8d] (two pair, Aces and Queens)
Nogginthenog: shows [Jh 2d 2h Ah] (three of a kind, Deuces)
Nogginthenog collected $1941 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1943 | Rake $2
Board [2c As Td 8h Qs]
Seat 1: Nogginthenog showed [Jh 2d 2h Ah] and won ($1941) with three of a kind, Deuces
Seat 2: dont kill me folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Miros (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: Matt McD (small blind) showed [4d Ac Qc 8d] and lost with two pair, Aces and Queens
Seat 6: sappy123 (big blind) folded before Flop

Can I simply copy the file into Pokertracker in this manner or will the "Hand #1", "Hand #2" part mess up the database? If I can copy and paste the entire hand history in this format please let me know how to go about that. I would really like to have my lifetime stats in PokerTracker. Thank you.

[ptrack pat]

You should be able to import the file using the File > Import Hand Histories/Tournament Summaries window, Select Files To Import button.

If the file is very large, over 1000 hands then I suggest you use the Utilities > File Splitter window to split the file into smaller files and import from the smaller files.

[Matthew Sanford]

Thanks for the quick response. Also if I get my entire hand history and import it will PokerTracker count the hands that are already in the database (i.e. the hands that I have played since I purchased PT) twice? In other words do I have to remove the hands that PokerTracker has already counted or should I just clear the database first?

[ptrack pat]

PT will not import the same hand more than once, it will skip a file if it's already in your database.

[tacticaltal]

Similar question. Is there a shorter way of uploading the summaries? I'm currently using Yahoo mail, and I have to go through several steps to download and save the summaries into notepad, then upload them w/ PT. With over 500 tournaments played, this is alot of work.

[ptrack pat]

Change to an email that allows POP3 like GMAIL so that you can use the POP3 option of the File > Import Hand Histories/Tournament Summaries window to have PT download and import the emails directly from the mail server.

[tacticaltal]

only option, I suppose. Okay, thanks Pat.

Change to an email that allows POP3 like GMAIL so that you can use the POP3 option of the File > Import Hand Histories/Tournament Summaries window to have PT download and import the emails directly from the mail server.