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Resetting your Database
Advanced Features » Managing Databases » Resetting your Database
Resetting the database is intimately linked with the Ignore hand history file before settings, which is found in Tools -> Preferences -> General. Why would you want to reset the SharkScope Desktop database? Let’s try to answer the question with an example.…
DERBY Database Upgrade
Installation » DERBY Database Upgrade
Derby offers more reliable transaction persistence and recovery than H2, due to its use of a transaction log for durability even after system failures. While H2 can be faster in some embedded scenarios, Derby’s maturity, proven deployments, and strong adherence…
Backing up your database
Advanced Features » Backing up your database
Moving Poker Copilot to a new Mac Moving Poker Copilot to a new Windows computer Moving Poker Copilot from Mac to Windows Moving Poker Copilot from Windows to Mac
How do I delete a specific hand from the database?
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) » How do I delete a specific hand from the database?
At the moment, the only way to delete a specific hand is to find it in your hand history folder, completely delete it and then reset your database (in SharkScope Desktop’s menu -> File -> Reset Database). WARNING: resetting the database means that SharkScope…
Advanced Features
Advanced Features
Exporting Data Resetting your database Backing up your database Database Console Adding PokerStars tournament rebuys and add-ons Player Notes Record multiple hands as a video
Managing Databases
Advanced Features » Managing Databases
There are different reasons as to why you would like to handle more than one database… You may coach students, you would like to keep track of different applied strategies, or simply wish to start fresh without deleting older data. You may now add, remove…
Moving SharkScope Desktop to a new Mac
Advanced Features » Backing up your database » Moving SharkScope Desktop to a new Mac
You can manually backup and restore your SharkScope Desktop database as follows: Important note: We will move the SharkScope Desktop database so it doesn’t need to be built again. However, it is highly recommended that you move all of your hand history files…
Moving SharkScope Desktop from Mac to Windows
Advanced Features » Backing up your database » Moving SharkScope Desktop from Mac to Windows
This article describes how to move your SharkScope Desktop database and preferences from Mac to a Windows computer. Important note: We will move the SharkScope Desktop database so it doesn’t need to be built again. However, it is highly recommended that you…
Moving SharkScope Desktop from Windows to Mac
Advanced Features » Backing up your database » Moving SharkScope Desktop from Windows to Mac
This article describes how to move your SharkScope Desktop database and preferences from a Windows computer to a Mac. Important note: We will move the SharkScope Desktop database so it doesn’t need to be built again. However, it is highly recommended that you…
SharkScope Sync
Screen Reference » SharkScope Sync
SharkScope Sync is a powerful feature that ensures your local tournament database and your information on the SharkScope website are kept in step together. This sync happens automatically every 3 minutes, the following occurs: enables filtering hands by…
Why do SharkScope Statistics show **, --, ??
HUD (Head-Up Display) » Why do SharkScope Statistics show **, --, ??
Sometimes a SharkScope statistic won’t be able to show a number. Instead, you’ll see two punctuation symbols. Here’s what they mean: ?? = player not found in SharkScope’s online database XX = SharkScope player lookup disabled for this…
SharkScope Desktop system requirements
Installation » Updating SharkScope Desktop » SharkScope Desktop system requirements
SharkScope Desktop runs on any desktop or laptop computer with at least: OS: Windows 7, 8 or 10, macOS 10.11 or higher RAM: 4 GB (recommended 8GB) CPU speed: 2 GHz processor Free disk space: A minimum of 1GB of free disk space AFTER installing SharkScope Desktop…
Position
Screen Reference » Position
The Positions summary shows your hands grouped by position. You can get detailed information in the top panel on any of the positions by left-clicking. You can also drill down to individual hands by double-clicking. Because Poker is a game of position this screen can…
Hand History Folders
Settings » Hand History Folders
This lists all the folders that are scanned for hand history files and tournament summary files. The folders are scanned recursively, up to three folders deep. You can manually add or remove folders by clicking the + and – buttons. *Note: don’t add too…
Moving SharkScope Desktop to a new Windows computer
Advanced Features » Backing up your database » Moving SharkScope Desktop to a new Windows computer
This article describes how to move your SharkScope Desktop database and settings from one Windows computer to another. Important note: We will move the SharkScope Desktop database so it doesn’t need to be built again. However, it is highly recommended that you…
Stake Level
Screen Reference » Stake Level
This summary only appears for ring games. The Stake Level summary shows your profit based on the stake level you play. Select a specific stake level in the table, and you’ll see detailed information for that stake level appear in the top panel. If you drill down…
How can I stop the HUD lagging?
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) » How can I stop the HUD lagging?
If your database is very large, you may find that the HUD sometimes “lags”, that is, it takes a long time to update with new data after a hand. The problem is caused by having the main window open to a screen that takes a long time to update. Whenever…
Getting Started
Getting Started
Welcome to SharkScope Desktop! Improve your online poker game SharkScope Desktop combines the power of the SharkScope tournament results database with advanced statistics generated from your own hand history files as you play to give you an unprecedented amount of…
Why does SharkScope Desktop refer to Cut-off, Cut-off-1, etc instead of Middle Position, Under the Gun, etc?
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) » Why does SharkScope Desktop refer to Cut-off, Cut-off-1, etc instead of Middle Position, Under the Gun, etc?
To make things clear, we’ve chosen to refer to seats relative to the Cut-off. MP (middle position) refers to a different seat in 6-max than it does in full ring. Your database could have data from different table sizes, so it would be confusing data from…
Manual Update
Installation » Updating SharkScope Desktop » Manual Update
You can also update SharkScope Desktop manually by downloading the latest version on SharkScope Desktop’s website and by following the same installation steps. When asked to replace SharkScope Desktop with a more recent version confirm by clicking on Next. Your…
Automatic Update
Installation » Updating SharkScope Desktop » Automatic Update
SharkScope Desktop automatically checks for updates at start up and informs you when a new version is available. A window appears and gives the number of the latest version and the main changes to SharkScope Desktop. An update can take time especially when the…
SharkScope Icons
HUD (Head-Up Display) » SharkScope Icons
After SharkScope Desktop has requested player information form the SharkScope website, it will display an icon in each player HUD panel to indicate the status of this player. There are a couple of different icons that you might see after the request has completed.…
SharkScope
Settings » SharkScope
The SharkScope preferences panel let you control how SharkScope Desktop interacts with the SharkScope website and the statistics that come from the SharkScope database. Search Options Search Mode By default SharkScope statistics will be shown on all tables. If you…
Players
Screen Reference » Players
The Players summary gives an overview of all the opponents you’ve ever played with. By default, it will only show the most recently seen opponents (today). You can change this filter to show more opponents (last 30 days or last 3 months), and you can use the…
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
Can I use SharkScope Desktop on multiple computers? Why am I not seeing VPiP, PFR and Agg with my Silver subscription? List of compatible software How to request and save hand history files from PokerStars Requesting and saving tournament summaries from…
Adding PokerStars tournament rebuys and add-ons
Advanced Features » Adding PokerStars tournament rebuys and add-ons
PokerStars does not automatically save detailed information on rebuys and add-ons you’ve made in tournaments. To import this data: 1. In PokerStars choose Tools -> History & Stats -> Playing History Audit. 2. Make sure to select Text (CSV) as the report…
Detailed Statistics
Screen Reference » Detailed Statistics
The Detailed Statistics screen shows an in-depth summary of how you play. Every statistic recorded is shown here, broken down by street and by position where relevant. All the statistics are presented following the flow of a hand: preflop, blind stealing, postflop.…
Using SharkScope Desktop
Using SharkScope Desktop
SharkScope Desktop is a database of hands played and related statistics. SharkScope Desktop is designed so that each of the different screens in the main window function in the same way. The main window uses the same layout for each screen, and the three concepts of…