Guide
Questions we get asked
One question per page, answered before you install anything.
2026-10-09
Getting started
- A poker tracker on a Mac
There is almost no poker tracker for macOS. Poker Exploit runs on it, in preview: a free download, and how the first launch goes.
- How to read a hand history
What a hand history file contains, line by line, and what a tracker extracts from it that you cannot see by reading.
- Why your tracker finds no hands
The reasons a poker tracker imports nothing, in the order they actually happen, and what to check for each.
- A poker tracker without a shared database
Why the shared database behind most poker trackers is what gets players banned, and how a tracker answers the empty seat without one.
A HUD for your room
- A HUD on Winamax
What a HUD can show on Winamax, what it must never show, and why the field figures come from your own hands rather than a shared database.
- A free HUD for Winamax
A HUD on Winamax tables, free for good: what it shows, the one Winamax setting it needs, and where it reads your hands.
- A HUD for PokerStars
A HUD on PokerStars tables, free for good: what it shows, the one PokerStars setting it needs, and where it reads your hands.
Coming from another tracker
- An alternative to PokerTracker 4
PokerTracker 4 or Poker Exploit: their prices read on their site, what you gain by switching, and what PT4 still does that we don't.
- An alternative to Hold'em Manager 3
Hold'em Manager 3 or Poker Exploit: their prices read on their site, what you gain by switching, and what HM3 still does that we don't.
- An alternative to Hand2Note
Hand2Note or Poker Exploit: their plans read on their site, what you gain by switching, and what Hand2Note still does that we don't.