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This is exactly the sort of thing I was looking for. Thank you so much. Are there any other sites that allow this? I've accounted for this factor, and the statistics will reflect this fact.

1) I actually will accept limit hold 'em hands. I meant to say hold 'em, not NL only. My mistake.2) I don't want play money hands because (some) conspiracy theorists are convinced that real money software could be somehow "tainted". I figured it would be best to only base my statistics on real money hands.Important Note:For those that replied that they wouldn't send hand histories because it would expose how they play: I am not asking for hand histories from hands you have played necessarily. If you data mine and have a bunch of hold 'em hands that you didn't play in, I will gladly accept

Hey all...I'm bumping this post up because I'm still working on this project, and I'm still in need of as many hand histories as I can get. For anyone who might consider helping me, or who is skeptical, here are some bullet points that might clear up some questions: I need hand histories in text file format. I'm looking for NLHE hand histories exclusively. Real money games only. Tournaments and cash games are both useful to me. One other thing: are there any sites that will generate hand history files (text format) to you local hard drive if you install the software and open it up, but do n

I'm in Las Vegas right now on a business trip and would like to play some poker while I'm here. I've played onlilne for a long time, as well as frequently played 1/2NL at Turning Stone. I'm looking for information on the softest 1/2NL games here in Vegas, as well as any other general tips you guys might have for someone in Vegas for the first time.Thanks...

Wow, nice call:http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/17/mega.mill...=rss_topstorieslol

Ok, here's something I never understood about lotteries. More accurately, something I never understood about the people who play lotteries:Why do so many people go out and buy tickets when the jackpot gets up to 100 or 200 million (or some other large amount that is rare to reach)? I am specifically talking about people who don't normally play the lottery, but play in these cases.My question is this: Is 30 million, or even 10 or 5 million not enough money to change the lives of these people? Is it not "worth their time" to go out and buy tickets if the jackpot is only 15 million? They wai

Just to clarify: I'm not opposed to spending money on PokerTracker if necessary. However, I don't think that solves my problem because:1) I need hand histories from as many sites as possible.2) I need the data in text file format.Thanks,Kennedy

Thanks for the suggestions. Datamining FTP won't work because I do not have PokerTracker. Also, having the data in a sql database isn't desirable because I am writing custom software that will parse the (text) hand history files and analyze them.As far as incompleteness. That isn't a concern. I am not looking for trends or hand results or anything of that nature. All I am doing is analyzing every card that gets exposed (i.e., board cards and any cards that get shown down). Cards that are not shown will not impact the results of this analysis.Thanks again..

Wow, no one is interested in helping? If anyone has any specific concerns about doing this, I'd be happy to address them here. I don't know if I've gotten zero response because people don't want to give out their hand histories, or if it's because no one knows me and isn't interested in helping a total stranger.

Really? Nope, that wasn't me. I'll have to go over there and see if I can find that thread. If anyone is still willing to help out, that would be great.Thanks

One thing I should clarify that I didn't put in the original post: I am looking for No-Limit Hold 'Em hand histories only. It doesn't matter if it's tournament or cash game though.Thanks.

Hello all. I'm doing some research for school (Masters program at the Rochester Institute of Technology) and I'm hoping that some of you will be willing to help me. I'm working on a study pertaining to online poker software with particular attention being paid to the reliability of the (pseudo) random number generator algorithms being used. Essentially, I'm doing an empirical study of the random distribution of cards over a large data set. This is where you guys come in. In order to get any meaningful data, I will need a large sample size. I'm talking about hundreds of thousands of hands

Sounds like e-check is the way to go. I'm assuming that this is a secure transaction. I'm a little leary of giving out my bank account information on the internet, but I want to play, so I'll probably just do it. Thanks everyone.

Tried both my Mastercard and my Visa. Both were denied.

I actually don't have a debit card. I have credit cards, and a checking account.

So, I'm looking to make a deposit on PokerStars for the first time and hoped you guys could provide me some info. I read the info that was on the site, but I still am not 100% sure on the process.What's the deal with ePassporte? Is it essentially a way to bypass the restrictions my credit card has on charges to gambling sites? Are deposits instantaneous? Also, how do cash outs work?Also, are there any bonus codes or whatnot I should use for a first depost?Thanks in advance for any info you can provide.

"So, only in poker is there no luck?"No, I didn't say that either. What I said was that my original post pertained only to poker. I made this statement because another posted attempted to show the fault in my logic using a Vietnam war reference.

"What you're saying is that, because there is an average height and weight of the human animal, all human animals are the same size."No, that's not what I'm saying at all. That's a terrible analogy, and I've found that debating with people who rely on terrible analogies to support their opinion is impossible. Wow, I didn't really expect to cause such a controversy with my statement. I thought that since this was a poker forum with pretty knowledgeable members that what I was saying would be common sense to a good portion of the people.Also, to the guy who referred to Vietnam, my post was st

The actual (poker) luck scale:Every human on earth = every other human on earth.When poker players start realizing this they will be much better off. If you truly believe that Mike Matusow (or anyone) has worse poker luck over the course of their life than someone else, you need to take a statistics course.I'm sorry if this post makes me sound like an a-hole, but I'm pretty tired of all this "man, I'm so unlucky" garbage I keep hearing.Here's another secret I'll let you in on: You know why people like Matusow have gained a reputation for being "unlucky"? It's because the rest of the players

No love for double digits?

I think I'd keep my member number over any that I've seen in this topic so far.

Member #35 here

It is drug money:http://www.snopes.com/photos/crime/drugmoney.asp

Has anyone else noticed that Sit N Go's are taking much longer to fill up recently? I play on Pacific (I know, I know...), and these tourneys are taking MUCH longer to fill up and start. It just seems like less people are playing. I'm guessing it's somehow related to the new laws, but I could be wrong. Is anyone else seeing this on Pacific, or other sites?Thanks.

I guess I missed the memo that said you should try to be as annoying as possible when you win a pot.