Hellmuth

A javascript poker tournament/game engine for bots

Running a game

{Game} = require 'hellmuth'
{Player} = require 'hellmuth'
{NoLimit} = require 'hellmuth'

describe "Basic game", ->
  beforeEach () ->
    @noLimit = new NoLimit(10,20)
    @players = []
    chips = 1000
    misterCallsAll =
      act: (self, status) ->
        if self.wagered < self.minToCall
          self.minToCall - self.wagered
        else
          0
    for n in [0..6]
      @players.push new Player(misterCallsAll, chips, n)

  it "should play the game to completion with run()", (done) ->
    game = new Game(@players, @noLimit)
    game.run()
    game.on 'complete', ->
      assert.ok game.winners.length > 0
      done()

Requirements

JS Sandbox

Figure out how to safely run JS code from contestants.

• Stop access to globals
• No require (No ability to require a file system module or network)
• Need a way to measure speed and stop slow bots(What's a good limit, 1000ms), fold/check on timeout
• Prevent errors, fold on error.
• Require certain attributes: Name
• Network layer provided, your bot simply has to respond to a game object
• Prevent setTimeout
• Run in seperate process, handle excess memory usage, process exceptions, timeouts

Game

• No limit Texas Hold'em

Frontend

• Need live updating scoreboard.
• Live stats, each player, hands folded, pots one, raises

Bots

• Build a sample bot for testing