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Importing Hand Histories into Poker Tracker 3
Detailed instructions on how to import hand histories into your Poker Tracker 3 database.

Once you have downloaded hand histories from Poker Table Ratings, you can then import them into PokerTracker 3. In order to do this, open PokerTracker 3, and select the Import tab. Then, select the "manual import" tab. You can either import a single file, multiple files, or files from a directory. To include hands in sub-directories, you will need to check "Include Sub-Directories". After selecting your files or directories the import will automatically begin.

Important: You should always "analyze on completion" after a manual import.

Note: If this is your first manual import, you should "cluster on completion". Otherwise, it is recommended to cluster every 50,000 to 100,000 hands.

When the import is running, you can view the status and following statistics of the import:

1. Total number of "Files Imported"
2. Total number of "Hands Imported"
3. Time the import has been running
4. "Time Remaining" until the import finishes and import speed in hands per second (h/s)
5. Total "Duplicate" hands
6. Total number of "Errors" and/or warnings encountered during the import process

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