ODDS CALCULATOR

[snoopy1239]

Hi gang.

Blonde are looking into implementing a poker odds calculator into the hompepage.

Does anyone know where we can get one cheaply and of decent quality?

Cheers in advance for any assistance.

snoops

[Graham C]

A stand aside one or one that connects to the software?

There is an odds calc at www.best-hand.com

is that the sort of thing?

[mikkyT]

EDIT: SCRATCH THAT ITS NOT A PHP SCRIPT... balls.


If you want anything better, like the cardplayer.com one I think you are going to have to pay for it.... or perhaps speak very nicely to some kind of software engineering type chappies and perhaps offer him (or her) some freebies, maybe a sponsorship even.

[snoopy1239]

cheers

What do you guys think of the one at bluffmagazine.com?

Also, if we were to purchase one, what you consider to bea reasonable yearly fee?

Unfortunately, my knowledge of odds calculators is limited, so any words of wisdom is appreciated.

I've always been a fan of the one at cardplayer. Found it very easy to use.

[snoopy1239]

Lol - I'm listening to 'We Love to Boogie' on my I-Pod and I'm sure those dancing bananas are bopping to the beat. 

[Bongo]

I believe the twodimes calculator is based on an open source (ie free) odds calculator.

The poker calculator and mini calculator (for mobile browsers) are powered by the open source poker libraries available on sourceforge, specifically the pokenum example program that is included with them. For complex non-holdem requests a 500,000 sample simulation will be used in lieu of complete enumeration.

It shouldn't be too hard to tweak the visuals/input method to your liking (and similarly the output).

[Ironside]

i love twodimes

its easy to use and it gives the odds based on the real odds rather than simulations like some calulators this can be flawed by a faulty RNG

[mikkyT]

If I find the time, I dont mind doing this... esepcially if there is also source available I can convert into php. The comment above was my usual jokey self

[snoopy1239]

Do you not find the interface off-putting?

[Ironside]

the interface can be changed as easy as 1,2,3 by and good programmer

[snoopy1239]

Okay. cheers

[redimp]

Might be way of with this but this is the one my Hubbie had on favs for me,might be abit low tech for you guys
http://www.cardplayer.com/poker_odds/texas_holdem/index.php

[mikkyT]

Card player one is great... thats the minium i'd be aiming for if I was writing one. Modifications i would make is to be able to select the type of game you want to play within the same script (so not a seperate link for omaha etc)

[snoopy1239]

what about the two dimes one mikkyt?

[Bongo]

I think the cardplayer one doesn't have the best thought out layout.

You goto the page and are presented with a table and 5 seats etc - so far so good, but then I think it goes a bit wrong. For the record I have a 15" TFT set to 1024 * 768 res, not and entirely uncommon layout and it suits me just fine at the minute. Now at this resolution you have to scroll down to see the cards, again nothing wrong there, but the problem occurs is that you can scroll down enough to see the cards but not see the box to select how many players are in the hand.

The instructions are then below this.

Now the typical order of actions of someone who wants to use the thing would be:

1) Read Instructions
2) Set number of players
3) choose cards.

The order the card player site has it:

1) cards
2) players
3) Instructions.

Obviously you're not going to want to see the instructions everytime but it might be better to make the table/chairs bit slight more compact and maybe have a summary of the instructions to the side of that - with a link to more detailed instructions for first time users etc.

It would also be nice to be able to calculate more than 5 handed, full enumeration not monte carlo and other games.

Also, once you're used to it it's far quicker to use the twodimes calculator than the cardplayer one.