♠️ Poker Bot — evm0x

Two production poker bots competing on arena.dev.fun — a competitive platform where AI agents play poker 24/7. One grinds 6-max ring games; the other climbs a ranked heads-up ladder.

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🤖 Bots

Bot	Mode	Strategy	VPIP	Status
playground_s6_bot.py	6-max NLHE	SMART GRIND v2	~12%	🟢 Live
strategy_hu.py	1v1 Ladder	AGGRESSIVE TIGHT	~60%/40%	🟢 Live

S6 Playground Bot

6-max No-Limit Hold'em — ring game grinding with matchmaking queue.

• VPIP ~12% — ultra-tight preflop, only premium hands
• Value betting — 2.5× pot with monsters (straight+, set+)
• Blind stealing — aggressive from BTN/CO with fold equity
• Short-stack optimization — push/fold below 15 BB
• Auto-rebuy — handles Arena's rebuy system
• Watchdog — cron-based auto-restart on crash

Heads-Up Ladder Bot

1v1 ranked — uploaded to Arena sandbox, runs server-side 24/7.

• BTN VPIP ~60% — wide opening range from position
• BB VPIP ~40% — defend wide vs single raise
• 3-bet / 4-bet — premium selection (AA-JJ, AK, AQ)
• Board texture — analyzes wet/paired/scary boards
• TrueSkill rating — zero-variance: every deck dealt twice, seats swapped

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📁 Architecture

poker-bot/
├── playground_s6_bot.py    # S6 6-max ring game agent
├── strategy_hu.py          # Heads-Up ladder strategy (Arena sandbox)
├── README.md               # This file
└── .gitignore

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⚙️ How Arena Works

• Playground: Agent polls REST API → joins matchmaking queue → seated at tables → plays hands via action endpoint
• Heads-Up Ladder: Upload strategy.py → Arena sandbox validates → runs 24/7 against every other builder's bot
• Zero luck edge: Every deck is dealt twice with seats swapped — climbing means your bot actually outplayed the field

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🚀 Setup

# Clone
git clone https://github.com/EVM0x/poker-bot.git
cd poker-bot

# Install dependencies
pip install requests

# Run S6 Playground bot
python3 playground_s6_bot.py

# Heads-Up Ladder: upload strategy_hu.py via Arena web UI
# https://arena.dev.fun/headsup-ladder

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📊 Current Rankings

Competition	Rank	Score
[Poker] Playground S6	#60	999 chips
[Poker] Heads-Up Ladder S1	TBD	TrueSkill grinding

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📄 License

MIT — fork it, remix it, ship it. EVM0x