Hi Dustin,
I played the game quite extensively yesterday (not the 8.1 fix, but the original). It seemed like when I drew extra cards, I would often get the exact same 'value' cards in the exact same positions (suits were different). This happened VERY frequently, causing me to wonder if the dealing or shuffling algorithm needed looking at. Otherwise, I thought the game played pretty well. Good Job.
BTW, I play poker pretty extensively with a large group of people (5 card draw, Texas Hold'm, Omaha Hold'm, 7 Card Stud, Baseball, Follow the Queen, etc..). I found the computer to be a little bit predictable for me. You might want to try to have the AI "test" the player a few times. Maybe track how often the player folds to a heavy bet in the first betting round. If the player repeatedly folds often, the computer then knows that they can probably bluff with nothing but High Card. If their bluff fails and they get nothing on the draw, they can always fold out, and it only cost them their initial Bluff bet. Just a thought to make the AI a little more interactive. :)
I played the game quite extensively yesterday (not the 8.1 fix, but the original). It seemed like when I drew extra cards, I would often get the exact same 'value' cards in the exact same positions (suits were different). This happened VERY frequently, causing me to wonder if the dealing or shuffling algorithm needed looking at. Otherwise, I thought the game played pretty well. Good Job.
BTW, I play poker pretty extensively with a large group of people (5 card draw, Texas Hold'm, Omaha Hold'm, 7 Card Stud, Baseball, Follow the Queen, etc..). I found the computer to be a little bit predictable for me. You might want to try to have the AI "test" the player a few times. Maybe track how often the player folds to a heavy bet in the first betting round. If the player repeatedly folds often, the computer then knows that they can probably bluff with nothing but High Card. If their bluff fails and they get nothing on the draw, they can always fold out, and it only cost them their initial Bluff bet. Just a thought to make the AI a little more interactive. :)