PokerTableRatings Introduces Automatic Search Suggestions

How many “r’s” are in Tom “durrrr” Dwan’s online moniker? Is it two? How about three? I work in the industry and constantly have to count to four as I punch the letter “r” into the keyboard. Now, the popular poker tracking database PokerTableRatings.com has a solution, automatic search suggestions. Text found in an e-mail sent by PokerTableRatings.com officials last week proudly boasts, “The search suggestions are meant to make it much easier (and much faster) to find the player you're looking for.” What’s not to like about that?

PokerTableRatings.com uses the example of an online poker player who hits the virtual felts under the screen name “aaaaaaaaaaa55555.” How are you possibly supposed to remember that he has 11 “a’s” in his name? Oh, and make sure to hit the number five on your keypad exactly five times, else you’ll be in really deep trouble. Now, your problems will be absolved. If you’re a Premium user of PokerTableRatings.com, make sure to take advantage of automatic search suggestions.

Here’s how the process works. Type the first few letters of a person’s screen name into the search box. Take “nanon,” for example, which is the first five letters of the popular high-stakes online poker player Randy “Nanonoko” Lew, whom PokerSoftware recently caught up with during the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP). When you type in those five letters, options for “nanonoko” on PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker will come up. Additionally, other players with the same five-letter combination will be displayed.

PokerTableRatings.com will soon be launching an advanced buddy list program for Premium users. The feature is expected to be rolled out in August and take a page out of PlayerGPS’ book by offering e-mail alerts and text messages whenever your favorite friends, family, or fish sit down at the tables to play. Text in the same e-mail reveals, “We have a secret buddy list that coming out for PTR Premium in August 2010. It'll let you get automatic e-mail alerts or text messages whenever your favorite fish sits down at a table. You'll also be able to add notes and player icons to your buddies.”

PokerTableRatings.com has been at the center of discovering a security vulnerability on the Cake Poker Network and also offers hand histories. The data mining arm of PokerTableRatings.com has sold hand histories to over 10,000 people at the time of writing according to a running ticker found on the front page of the site. Its loot is compatible with some of the most popular tracking and analysis programs including PokerTracker, Holdem Manager, and Poker Office.

The hand histories available from PokerTableRatings.com come from PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, PartyPoker, Absolute Poker, the iPoker Network, Cake Poker, and Bodog. PokerTableRatings.com promotes a money-back guarantee for those who purchase: “Satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. If you're not happy with the hand histories you download, we'll give you a full refund.”

Without the automatic search suggestions available to Premium members, you’re stuck with a long list of results if you type in an incomplete user name. The list might not even have who you’re looking for, making the process even more time-consuming.

Premium access is available for as low as $9.99, which will get you 200 searches. You’ll also have access to the site’s buddy list, Premium hand replayer, Premium table finder, Premium content, and even a Web HUD. For $12.99 per month, you can punch in up to 1,000 searches and for $32.49 per month, you can get up to 5,000.

Visit PokerTableRatings.com for more details.