pnt-dist

Privacy

PokerNow Tracker keeps a record of the poker hands you play on PokerNow, on your own computer. This page says what that record holds, where it goes, and what each of the extension’s permissions is for. PokerNow Tracker is not affiliated with PokerNow.

What it stores

• The logs of the games you open. Every line PokerNow’s own game log shows at the table: seats, actions, showdowns, stacks, and the names and PokerNow IDs of the players. Where PokerNow sends it to you, this includes your own hole cards.
• What you add yourself: which of a player’s IDs are the same person (aliases), notes on hands and players, marks on the hands you have reviewed, 🚩 flags, hand tags and saved spots.
• Your settings: the extension’s (server address, poll interval, side panel or floating), the HUD’s chosen stats, and which database and log folder to use.

Everything shown (stats, charts, reviews) is worked out from those logs on your computer.

Where it is kept

In the SQLite file pnt setup created on your computer (pnt where names it), plus a CSV copy of each game in your log folder (~/Downloads/pokernow-logs unless you chose another). Which database and folder you chose is kept in ~/.pnt/config.json, and the HUD’s chosen stats in the database. The local server listens only on your own computer (127.0.0.1), answers only requests that name this machine as their host, and takes writes only from the extension and its own pages.

The extension’s own settings are kept with Chrome’s synced storage, so they follow your Chrome account like any extension’s settings. Nothing else is synced.

What it sends, and to whom

• To PokerNow: requests for the log of a game you have open, or one whose link you gave pnt backfill. They go with your PokerNow login, exactly as the game page itself would ask.
• To the local server: the same logs, over your own computer’s loopback address.
• To the download site, to check for updates: an installed copy (a release, or a main.zip download from November 2, 2026 on) has its local server read https://jaaaayden.github.io/pnt-dist/latest.json (GitHub Pages), when it starts and then every 6 hours, with the user agent pnt. It compares the version there with the one you have. GitHub sees your IP address, as with any web request. Nothing is sent: no hands, names, stats, settings or login. Set PNT_UPDATE_CHECK=0 in the server’s environment to turn it off. A copy run from a source checkout never checks. pnt update downloads the new version from the same site, and only when you run it.
• Older main.zip installs, to GitHub: one downloaded before November 2, 2026 asks GitHub’s API instead, on the same schedule: GET https://api.github.com/repos/Jaaaayden/pokernow-tracker/compare/<commit>...<branch>, <commit> being the version you installed, with the user agent pnt. Nothing else is sent. GitHub no longer answers it, so that copy never shows an update; pnt update --from <wheel URL on the download site> once moves it onto releases.
• To anyone else: nothing. No analytics, no crash reports, no accounts, no remote server of ours. The extension itself talks only to PokerNow and the local server.

The data is not sold, shared, or used for anything but showing it back to you.

Permissions, and why

Permission	What it is used for
pokernow.com/games/*, pokernow.club/games/*	Read the game log of the table you are at, and recognise game tabs so the side panel can open on them
127.0.0.1, localhost	Send the log to the local server and read the HUD’s figures back
storage	Settings
sidePanel	Show the HUD beside the game, not over it
scripting	When the extension is installed or updated, re-attach its own log reader to PokerNow game tabs already open, so they keep recording without a reload. It runs only the extension’s own files, only on those tabs

Deleting it

Delete the database file (pnt where names it), the log folder and ~/.pnt, run pnt service uninstall, and remove the extension.

Questions

Email jaydenle360@gmail.com.