Sonny Thomas Macdonald SONNY THOMAS MACDONALD 2010 Internet Computing Bsc

Introduction  Texas Omaha Poker  1-10 Players  4 “Hole cards” Dealt each (Face down)  5 Total “Community cards”  2 “Hole cards” + 3 “Community cards” To create the best possible 5 card hand judged by a hierarchy. SONNY THOMAS MACDONALD 2010

Hierarchy, Game terminology SONNY THOMAS MACDONALD 2010  “The Nuts” is a common poker term used for the best possible hand.  The second best possible hand is referred to as “The Second Nuts” and so on.  This can vary depending on the “Community cards” available.  “Shark, Card sharp” – ‘a person(s) who uses skill and deception to win at poker.’ In this project, “Sharks” are referred to as the team of players working for” AACS”  “Fish” – usually a person of low skill, profitable to play against, however in this project, someone who is outside the group of sharks. I.E The prey.

Game layout & Nuts example SONNY THOMAS MACDONALD 2010 Pre-Flop + Round of bettingFlop + Round of bettingTurn + Round of bettingRiver + Winning bets etc

Explain situation SONNY THOMAS MACDONALD 2010 SHARK A FISH SHARK C SHARK D SHARK B SHARK E

SONNY THOMAS MACDONALD 2010 SERVER CLIENT Card info FOLD CALL FOLD

Maths pre and post collusion  Sharks own 36 cards on the board.  Community has 5 cards on the board.  = 41, 52(deck) – 41 = 11.  11 choose 4, = 330 SONNY THOMAS MACDONALD 2010

Problems, Ethics and legality  Ethics  Legality  Problem SONNY THOMAS MACDONALD 2010

Focus Group Different views on:  Possible security flaws  Smoke screen strategies  Overall evasive techniques  Verbal/Text Communication possibilities SONNY THOMAS MACDONALD 2010

Practice sessions  Software is to be used using N testers on a live poker e-casino.  To be tested on fun money games to see how multiple clients on the server run.  Basic over bug testing and training of Sharks SONNY THOMAS MACDONALD 2010

Background Research  SONNY THOMAS MACDONALD 2010

Conclusion  Publishing of my findings  Submission to casinos and world game conference SONNY THOMAS MACDONALD 2010