Poker Hand XML

MuppetBingo · #1 08-01-2007, 05:21 PM

Thanks for your comment, there's 4 ways to handle antes I think:

1) Have an ante-attribute on <rounds>, it would then be implicit that every player that is not sitting out will pay the ante before the first round.

2) We could assume that ante was taken out before we started the hand (as you suggest), but then we should have a "initialPotsize" somewhere to say how much was taken out in ante

3) The way I have done above, with an <antes> block

4) put antes into the first round as forced actions before small and big blinds.

I initially went with 4), but I think that becomes a bit t cumbersome and I think option 1) is probably the best solution, ie. to remove the <antes>-block and add an optional "ante" attribute on <rounds>.

Having ante taken out of the stack sizes before the hand begins is not as good, because I think paying ante is something that happens during a hand of poker, not before.

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Version 1.2

* removed <antes> block
* added optional ante attribute on rounds
* changed attribute sittingout to active in <players> block. We now don't distinguish between those that were sitting out before we began the hand, and those who chooses not to pay blinds or antes and "active" is a more generic term.

<font class="small">Code:</font><hr /><pre>
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<pokerhand id="11082740019" timestamp="2007-07-31 11:21:43">
<context>
<location online="true">
<room name="Absolute Poker" />
<table id="562102981" name="Denmark Dr." seats="10"/>
</location>

<game type="texasholdem" format="tournament" bettingtype="nolimit">

<tournament buyin="10" vig="1" id="56210298" currency="USD"/>

<cashgame maxbuyin="400" bigblind="2" currency=""/>
</game>
<players>
<player id="MuppetBingo" stack="1500" seat="1" active="true"/>
<player id="KermitIsGreen" stack="1500" seat="4" active="true"/>
<player id="Animal" stack="1500" seat="5" active="true"/>
</players>
</context>

<rounds ante="2">


<round id="preflop">

<deal>

<cards playerId="MuppetBingo" open="false" value="Ac Ad"/>
</deal>

<actions>




<action type="bet" playerId="MuppetBingo" forced="true" name="smallblind" amount="10"/>
<action type="bet" playerId="KermitIsGreen" forced="true" name="bigblind" amount="20"/>
<action type="bet" playerId="Animal" forced="false" name="straddle" amount="40"/>
<action type="bet" playerId="MuppetBingo" amount="10"/>
<action type="bet" playerId="KermitIsGreen" amount="30"/>
<action type="call" playerId="Animal" amount="30"/>
<action type="call" playerId="MuppetBIngo" amount="20"/>
</actions>
</round>
<round id="flop">
<deal>

<cards open="true" value="7c 2s Qh"/>
</deal>
<actions>
<action type="check" playerId="MuppetBingo" />
<action type="bet" playerId="KermitIsGreen" amount="50"/>
<action type="fold" playerId="Animal"/>
<action type="call" playerId="MuppetBIngo" amount="50"/>
</actions>
</round>
<round id="turn">
<deal>
<cards open="true" value="9h"/>
</deal>
<actions>
<action type="check" playerId="MuppetBingo"/>
<action type="check" playerId="KermitIsGreen"/>
</actions>
</round>
<round id="river">
<deal>
<cards open="true" value="Kc"/>
</deal>
<actions>
<action type="check" playerId="MuppetBingo" />
<action type="check" playerId="KermitIsGreen" />
</actions>
</round>
</rounds>
<result>
<hands>

<hand playerId="MuppetBingo" mucked="false" cards="Ac Ad"/>
<hand playerId="KermitIsGreen" mucked="false" cards="As Ks"/>
<hand playerId="Animal" mucked="true"/>
</hands>
<pots value="278.5" rake="1.5">
<pot number="1" value="278.5">
<winners>

<winner playerId="MuppetBingo" amount="278.5" winningHand="Ac Ad Qh Kc 9h"/>
</winners>
</pot>
</pots>
</result>
</pokerhand>
</pre><hr />

MuppetBingo · #2 08-01-2007, 05:24 PM

btw. I agree with someone who wrote that we shouldn't try to nail the spec completely before implementing anything, though we're still in the early stages.

But when we agree on some pokerhand-xml-definition, people should try to implement a couple of converters to see if everything can be captured properly, and then revisit the spec.