As anyone that has played with them knows, software tracking packages are one of the biggest advantages to playing online. These packages log all of the hand histories and use them to compute statistics on different players such as betting patterns and tells. You can them to get quick info on the players at your table or just analyze your own game statistically in order to pick off weaknesses.

Rush Poker momentarily froze all of these software packages simply because the conventional methods of real-time hand analysis were too slow for the 300+ hands an hour that players can reasonably expect to play when they are part of the Rush Poker experience.

That being said, it didn’t take one software package long to figure out a way around those problems. The Hold ‘Em Manager software package, currently the most popular poker tracking software package in use online, has figured out a temporary fix that will allow players the chance to use this software for Rush Poker and Normal Poker games played on Full Tilt Poker.

Essentially, a new option was added in the most recent update that allows for the exportation of notes at the end of each session of play. The notes are then calibrated to the players so that every time you see a player at a new Rush Poker table you can still bring stats up on that player. The notes process is more flexible to accommodate the quick table changes that take place in Rush Poker although the flexibility came at the expense of convenience. Right now, players will have to hover their mouse cursor over the player name in order to get stats that were previously available right on the heads-up display.

All of the normal functionality is still available for standard Full Tilt Poker ring games. In addition, the creators of Hold ‘Em Manager have promised a more permanent fix for Rush Poker in the near future along with other convenience updates. It likely won’t be that long before the other online poker tracking software packages follow suit with their own Rush-friendly updates.