"Hello all. Has anyone discovered any open source software that'll allow Hero to practice NLHE MTT's offline vs 9 villains? The most important features of the program would be that the AI (computer) players are customizable and the blind & payout structure can also be customized. I already have DDpoker and PokerTH, but they are kind've lame once a person gets beyond a certain point skillwise. I'd like to get hold of an NLHE AI prog that I can setup to closely resemble the live tournaments that I play, and idealy the prog would allow me to assign custom ranges in various spots so that the players I'm up against resemble the villains in those tourneys. The most I've found so far are relatively small trial versions of PokerSnowie, PokerGenius, and PioSolver-free. They are all tempting according to the reviews and advertising that I've seen for each product, but I cannot afford any of the functional versions at this time. And, no internet connection kind've throws a mon
key wrench into things. If an open source prog doesn't exist, as far as anyone knows, then are there any better learning products out there that are better than DDpoker and/or PokerTH?"
... Still searching from time to time, but there still doesn't seem to be all that much available without paying for it (no surprise there). So far, I've tried some AI's online:
Nero; Cepheus (I think it's called); and a few others whos names I forget. Some of them are pretty good and worth a download, but none that I could find seem to be open source.
I also followed a few links from this site. One of them went to (I think) Auckland or New Zealand or something like that. The other was to an ~ Auburn University, or something like that. They've got a team of coders that are into that stuff, but I couldn't really find anything available for download and play/trial offline; just some links to that annual poker bot competition (seemed interesting).
Also checked out the link (pokerai.org) - I'll probably look into it deeper later, as it's got some forums that I'll do a bit of digging for info in.
I'm surprised that none of these poker AI makers offer non of there stuff as a standalone, downloadable exe or anything. I'm assuming that most bots learn by playing actual hands. Maybe it's unnecessary and a particular AI can just play vs itself to build up its pool of info to draw upon. But, if playing actual humans doesn't hurt and only helps, then I wonder why at least some of those AI progs (especially the ones that're freely available for online play already) aren't available for download and use offline. Like, in my case I only have internet access once in awhile... the poker AI progs could just store the played hands and then upload them to its server whenever an internet connection is detected, blah, blah... Or, since I'm usually using someone else's machine when I do get online, the only way that I'd be able to do it would be to maybe copy a log file or something and then submit it to the coder/maker when I'm near access.
There are maybe three other progs out there, but they are mostly just games and are pretty much rubbish. Even without an internet connection, I wouldn't waste too much time with them in case they encourage bad habits. Mostly, I fiddle around with the two that're mentioned above for the HH's, so that I can maybe spot some leaks later or something like that.
Anyone know of a link to an older version (for WinXP) of Poker Academy & Prospector that's still available online (post it if you know of one)? I haven't found one yet, but I've heard that some may still exist.
"Are you serious? Your whole post seems super suspicious." - bouglas
Really? How come it seems suspicious? Is it the part about not having a web connection? That's true. I'm too cheap to get on a 2 year contract right now, and my WiFi device went kaput (it was old anyway). For right now, I'm visiting someone & using their access (between that & free hot spots).
