Abstract –
Computer based poker agents are a current hot research topic with many
universities producing publications and implementations about their advances
on the subject like the University of Alberta which produced Poki
and Vexbot. Also many hobbyist computer programmers
are implementing different agents and are constantly arguing on forums (such as http://www.pokerai.com)
which approach to implementing the perfect player is better. There are many
different approaches that can be taken when designing a poker playing program such as game theoretic methods,
game tree search methods, Bayesian methods, etc. and it is not always easy to measure
the competence of the program with regard to other players. Spate is a platform
and API that tries to eliminate this handicap by providing agents with a poker playing
environment and a detailed trace of the game later analysis and
measurements. The document will explain the architecture of the Spate system.
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