The top two online poker sites in the world, PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker, have recently released software updates. In addition to performance updates, there are a few site upgrades that add to a player’s experience. These additions have a ripple effect in the poker software industry, as every time there’s an update for a site, third party software developers must update their programs in order for them to continue to work.
On September 19th, Full Tilt Poker released a patch that fixed numerous problems for its PC and Mac clients. The first major fixed involved a crashing issue for Mac users during the login process. For PC users, there was a major lag issue when logging in that has now been fixed. However, if players are using a proxy to connect to Full Tilt Poker, parts of the site will become inaccessible. These sections include the FTP Store, the deposit screen, and the withdrawal screen.
Other issues cleared up by the recent Full Tilt Poker patch, which downloads automatically when players start up the site, include bug fixes for face down cards. Some players have reported that they were dealt a card or two face down during a hand, while others had their software client become unresponsive while in a hand. Finally, another glitch that was fixed featured tables not popping up to the front if they required an action, causing many to time out unknowingly. A representative for Full Tilt Poker, FTPDoug, responded on the PocketFives.com forum saying, “We’ve made a couple of changes to the table coming to the front code.”
PokerStars has had a few minor updates since its major overhaul released in August. The new update shored up some lag issues of its own and also introduced partial FPPs and synchronized breaks. The new Mixed Hold’em/Omaha games continue to gain steam with players and extended registration times allow for larger tournament fields.
The updates, mainly on Full Tilt Poker, have sent some third party software developers scrambling to get up to speed. Player tracking website PlayerGPS.com continues to say that reporting for Full Tilt Poker is not working and also has yet to release its Titan Poker update. Representatives from PlayerGPS.com told Poker News Daily weeks ago that a Full Tilt update was coming, but that has failed to come to fruition.
Hand history tracking programs Hold’em Manager and PokerTracker 3 continue to roll out updates to their software. In the last two weeks, Hold’em Manager has released three beta updates to its 1.09 edition. Some of the updates include fixing importing issues for Full Tilt and PokerStars hyper-turbo payouts. PokerTracker 3 released build 5.2 in August, which ensures the proper scanning and importing of hands from all the sites that it supports.
Shortcut programs continue to work on PokerStars, specifically Table Ninja. Players who update to the most recent version of the program, 1.1.44.0, will see that there are important bug fixes and features implemented for PokerStars users. Both TableNinjaFT (version 1.0.7.0) and Poker Shortcuts (4.0032) are reportedly operational with Full Tilt Poker and offer up plenty of shortcuts for players to use. Other software, such as Hold’em Genius, released an update last week to version 1.5.40, which fixes an important issue and now works with all PokerStars tables.
Whenever a site issues a software update, it’s very important for players to download and install it. These updates provide critical fixes to glitches in the program for a better poker experience in addition to dealing with potential lag issues. Once a poker site has been updated, be on the lookout for updates to third party software programs that you use, which are usually just hours behind. Staying up-to-date ensures a productive and more stable poker playing experience.
I can not get logged into full tilt.