Most people who browse any of the 2+2 forums know about the Bison converter. This is an application that will take hand histories from various sites and converts it into a nice format for displaying on 2+2 or other web sites. The main site is here. This WordPress plugin will take the output from the converter and make it more palatable for general web page usage. Yes, he has an “html” output, but you lose some detail. This plugin expects the output to be in “2+2 Forums” format for correct formatting. There are a couple of modifications to the output. First off, I remove the white color from the results. This is useful in the forums, but not so much here. I also use a four color deck.
Download from here.
To use the plugin, put it in your wp-content/plugins directory, then activate it in your Plugins admin area. That’s it. In order to have it parse anything, you should encolose the converter output in <bison> </bison> tags. An example output follows. Note that you do not have to do any manipulation of Bison’s output, just put it in between the tag and you’re set.
Party Poker 2/4 Hold’em (8 handed) [url=http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi]converter[/url]
[b]Preflop:[/b] Hero is UTG+1 with K:club:, K:diamond:.
[color:666666][i]1 fold[/i][/color], [color:CC3333]Hero raises[/color], [color:666666][i]2 folds[/i][/color], CO calls, [color:666666][i]2 folds[/i][/color], BB calls.
[b]Flop:[/b] (6.50 SB) J:heart:, 6:diamond:, 6:spade: [color:blue](3 players)[/color]
[color:CC3333]BB bets[/color], [color:CC3333]Hero raises[/color], CO calls, BB calls.
[b]Turn:[/b] (6.25 BB) 6:heart: [color:blue](3 players)[/color]
[color:CC3333]BB bets[/color], [color:CC3333]Hero raises[/color], CO calls, BB calls.
[b]River:[/b] (12.25 BB) 4:heart: [color:blue](3 players)[/color]
BB checks, [color:CC3333]Hero bets[/color], CO calls, BB calls.
[b]Final Pot:[/b] 15.25 BB
[color:green]Main Pot: 15.25 BB, between BB, Hero and CO.[/color] > [color:white]Pot won by Hero (15.25 BB).[/color]
Results in white below: [color:white]
BB has 9c 9h (full house, sixes full of nines).
Hero has Kc Kd (full house, sixes full of kings).
CO has Td Th (full house, sixes full of tens).
Outcome: Hero wins 15.25 BB. [/color]
While looking for an example hand, I noticed a “gotcha”. All of the hands that I grabbed came from Party’s new “on your hard drive” version which, while supported by PokerTracker, is not supported by the converter. Just keep that in mind.