More Tech Issues--Poker Has Ground to a Halt

July 22, 2013

I wrote this yesterday, but it seems that I forgot to post it.  So here it is:

I'm not going to post another long list of instructions for things that I have to do to make things work.  What I'm going to do is give you a timeline.  That doesn't solve anything, and you probably won't even find it interesting.

That said, there are people that I've been telling, for a long time, that I was going to make a go of this no matter what.  So, what follows will be a timeline of some the technical fiasco that I seem to be in the middle of.  I'm stuck for now, and for those of you to which I consider myself accountable, here is a timeline of recent events:

7/15/2013--Holdem Manager support gave me a long list of instructions on how to install the PostgreSQL database separately from the database, since I was unable to install them as a unit.  (Postgre works together with Holdem Manager to provide statistics and information via heads-up display and other methods.)

 

7/20/2013--I posted the following on the Official Americas Cardroom Help Desk thread on 2-2.

 

I am currently unable to play on Americas Cardroom.

I downloaded the major update, and that worked fine for one day. The next day, nothing worked, so I uninstalled and reinstalled ACR, and that worked for one day. Now it's not working at all.

Today, I once again uninstalled ACR and then attempted to reinstall.

I should mention that when I did the two uninstalls, I didn't uninstall everything. I used Revo Uninstaller, and when I got to the list of additional files that I had to check before they could be unistalled, I left those files alone. Some of the files were hand histories, and I didn't want to lose those.

Now ACR is not installed on my computer it, I can't play, and I get error messages that ACR can not be downloaded. What do I do now?

 

7/20/2013--No response from Americas Cardroom.

 

7/21/2013--Still no response from Americas Cardroom.

 

7/21/2013--While working my way through a long list of instructions on how to get the PostgreSQL database (see 7/15) installed separately from Holdem Manager 2, I found a list of files.  I was supposed to enter all of the file names into Comodo Antivirus as execeptions to files that could be blocked.

 

I was scanning the list of files when I saw, "C:\program files\holdemmanger2,", as well as several other Holdem Manager files.  I had been told that I could install PostgreSQL first, then Holdem Manager 2 after that.  (See 7/15.)  Since Holdem Manager 2 isn't installed yet, I don't have that file or two other Holdem Manager files that are listed.

 

Now I'm completely stuck, and waiting for further instructions from both Americas Cardroom and Holdem Manager. 

 

7/21/2013, 1952--This is frustrating not only because I can't make anything work, but also because it's taking a huge chuck of my time.  I'm on MIL duty 4 days this week (Thursday through Sunday), so if I do manage to solve some of these problems early in the week, I won't have much time to play.  The week is gone as far as playing poker.

 

I will get my records up-to-date (I am a few days behind), do some flash card work and reading, and look around online for fee poker training videos.  But I have to admit that as much as I try to stay disciplined, it's hard to keep fighting when week after week I have very little time to play.  I was hoping that I would be sitting on four days in a row, today (Sunday), Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, when I would have no obligations and lots of time to play a lot of poker.

 

Robert Burns had it exactly right:

 

The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men,
Gang aft agley,
An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain,
For promis'd joy!
(The best laid schemes of Mice and Men
oft go awry,
And leave us nothing but grief and pain,
For promised joy!)