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While building the OpenPPL library the developers had to create lots of internal supporting functions. Most of them are so technical that they are of no use for the end-user. However some of them might be helpful for people who want to extent the OpenPPL library with their own symbols. A function like SmallBlindChair mightRead more

Good news: contrary to Standard-PPL most position symbols are not restricted to first orbit preflop only. You can use them in later orbits too and also postflop. Positions are always BU — CO — MP3 — MP2 — MP1 — EP3 — EP2 — EP1 — BB — SB. If there are less than 10Read more

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Player- and OpponentSymbols   Name Meaning Limitations HandIsHeadsup True if two people compete for this pot. the hand might have been more-handed before. None LastAggressorActsAfterUs True (returns 1) if the last aggressor acts after us None Opponents The number of opponents that are currently in the hand. Does also count players that are allin (contraryRead more

Name Meaning Limitations IsFinalTable We are at the final table of a tournament Works only with OpenHoldem 2.2.0.+ and at casinos where the final table and normal tables can be visually distinguised. See the tablemap-symbol s$isfinaltable. Others Always true – mainly used for When Others Fold Force None Random Returns a random number in the range [0..100] Gets evaluatedRead more

HandStrength Symbols If a set is on board, “PairOnBoard” is also true; full houses do also count as sets and pairs, made flushes as flushdraws, etc. Therefore it is a strongly recommended to code made hands first (and strong made hands at the very beginning), then weaker holding with positive potential and weaker draws atRead more

Board Symbols If a set is on board, “PairOnBoard” is also true; full houses do also count as sets and pairs, made flushes as flushdraws, etc. One of many reasons why you should code strong hands first.   Name Meaning SecondTopFlopCardPairedOnRiver Synonym for SecondTopFlopCardPairedOnRiver SecondTopFlopCardPairedOnTurn Synonym for SecondTopFlopCardPairedOnTurn AcePresentOnFlop An ace is present on FlopRead more

Betsizes And Stacksizes Standard PPL is a bit restrictive: betsizes, stacksizes and potsizes may appear only on the left or on the right side of comparison operators — please don’t ask us about the exact rules, we forgot them. In OpenPPL you can put them anywhere you like.           WHEN (AmountToCallRead more

BettingAction Symbols Name Meaning AllOpponentsLeftSittingOut True, if all remaining opponents are sitting out. This symbol is especially meant for use in tournaments Bets The number of bets made by opponents this betting round, can only be 0 or 1 since the 2nd bet is a raise BigBlindSittingOut True, if the big blind is sitting out.Read more

Building Symbols On Your Own The philosophy of (standard) PPL is: provide poker-logical symbols, that can be used by any poker-playing person, no matter how much (or less) programming experience they have. Examples are e.g. MaxOpponentStackSize, StartingStackSize However this approach has some drawbacks: it shifts all work to the developers and limits the users, whoRead more