Hey there,

I am a recreational player and am planning to get back into the mix after a 3-year absence.

My main motivation is to improve as a player. That's what I find quite challenging. Now, obviously there are new pieces of software out there and I was just wondering which software to buy
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1) of course I need a tracker. And as HM2 isn't available for a mac PC I'll go with PT4.
2) What about a solver? I read a lot of great comments about GTO+ and was about to purchase it, only to find out it isn't available for Macs either. I loved their price and am not really planning to spend 200$ on a solver. So what should I do?
3) What about range builders + EV calculators. There are a lot of purchasable tools, but do I really need that or are the functions integrated in the solver software anyway? (I was thinking of tools such as flop falcon, equilab, flopzilla etc.) Is there a good free tool?

What would you say I really need?

I will be playing at the micros but for me it is less about beating the games (which of course you can also do without expensive software) but rather about improving and challenging me mentally.

Best regards