diff --git a/pyfpdb/PokerStarsSummary.py b/pyfpdb/PokerStarsSummary.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python2
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+#Copyright 2008-2010 Steffen Schaumburg
+#This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+#the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.
+#
+#This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+#along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#In the "official" distribution you can find the license in agpl-3.0.txt.
+
+"""pokerstars-specific summary parsing code"""
+
+from TourneySummary import *
+from PokerStarsToFpdb import PokerStars
+
+class PokerStarsSummary(TourneySummary):
+    sitename = "PokerStars"
+    siteId   = 2
+    limits = PokerStars.limits
+    games = PokerStars.games
+    # = PokerStars.
+    
+    
+    re_TourNo = re.compile("\#[0-9]+,")
+    re_Entries = re.compile("[0-9]+")
+    re_Prizepool = re.compile("\$[0-9]+\.[0-9]+")
+    re_Rank = re.compile("[0-9]+:")
+    re_Name = re.compile(":.*\(")
+    re_Winnings = re.compile("\$[0-9]+\.[0-9]+ \(")
+    # = re.compile("")
+
+    def parseSummary(self):
+        lines=self.summaryText.splitlines()
+        
+        self.tourNo = self.re_TourNo.findall(lines[0])[0][1:-1] #ignore game and limit type as thats not recorded
+        
+        #ignore lines[1] as buyin/fee are already recorded by HHC
+        
+        self.entries = self.re_Entries.findall(lines[2])[0]
+        
+        self.prizepool = self.re_Prizepool.findall(lines[3])[0]
+        self.prizepool = self.prizepool[1:-3]+self.prizepool[-2:]
+        
+        #TODO: lines 4 and 5 are dates, read them
+        
+        for i in range(6,len(lines)-2): #lines with rank and winnings info
+            if lines[i].find(":")==-1:
+                break
+            rank=self.re_Rank.findall(lines[i])[0][:-1]
+            start = lines[i].find(":")+2
+            end = lines[i].find("(")-1
+            name=lines[i][start:end]
+            winnings=self.re_Winnings.findall(lines[i])
+            if winnings:
+                winnings=winnings[0][1:-5]+winnings[0][-4:-2]
+            else:
+                winnings=0
+            
+            self.addPlayer(rank, name, winnings, "USD", -1, -1, -1)
+            
+    #end def parseSummary
+        
+#end class PokerStarsSummary
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diff --git a/pyfpdb/Summaries.py b/pyfpdb/Summaries.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python2
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+#Copyright 2008-2010 Steffen Schaumburg
+#This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+#the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.
+#
+#This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+#along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#In the "official" distribution you can find the license in agpl-3.0.txt.
+
+"""This file is to fetch summaries through IMAP and pass them on to the appropriate parser"""
+#see http://docs.python.org/library/imaplib.html for the python interface
+#see http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2060#section-6.4.4 for IMAP4 search criteria
+
+import sys
+from imaplib import IMAP4_SSL
+from Summaries import Summaries
+from PokerStarsSummaries import PokerStarsSummaries
+
+#TODO: move all these into the config file. until then usage is: ./ImapSummaries.py YourImapHost YourImapUser YourImapPw 
+configHost=sys.argv[1]
+configUser=sys.argv[2]
+configPw=sys.argv[3]
+
+server = IMAP4_SSL(configHost) #TODO: optionally non-SSL
+response = server.login(configUser, configPw) #TODO catch authentication error
+#print "response to logging in:",response
+#print "server.list():",server.list() #prints list of folders
+
+response = server.select("INBOX")
+#print "response to selecting INBOX:",response
+if response[0]!="OK":
+    raise error #TODO: show error message
+
+neededMessages=[]
+response, searchData = server.search(None, "SUBJECT", "PokerStars Tournament History Request")
+for messageNumber in searchData[0].split(" "):
+    response, headerData = server.fetch(messageNumber, "(BODY[HEADER.FIELDS (SUBJECT)])")
+    #print "response to fetch subject:",response
+    if response!="OK":
+        raise error #TODO: show error message
+    if headerData[1].find("Subject: PokerStars Tournament History Request - Last x")!=1:
+        neededMessages.append((messageNumber, "PS")
+        
+tourneys=[]
+if len(neededMessages)==0:
+    raise error #TODO: show error message
+for messageData in neededMessages:
+    response, bodyData = server.fetch(messageData[0], "(UID BODY[TEXT])")
+    if response!="OK":
+        raise error #TODO: show error message
+    if messageData[0]=="PS":
+        tourneys.append(PokerStarsSummaries.PokerStarsSummaries(bodyData)
+
+for tourney in tourneys:
+    print "tourney:",tourney
+
+server.close()
+server.logout()