HandStrength Symbols
If a set is on board, “PairOnBoard” is also true; full houses do also count as sets and pairs, made flushes as flushdraws, etc. Therefore it is a strongly recommended to code made hands first (and strong made hands at the very beginning), then weaker holding with positive potential and weaker draws at the very last.
| Name | Meaning |
| HadOverpairOnFlop | Our pocketpair is/was of higher rank than the highest ranked flop card |
| HadOverPairOnTurn | Our pocketpair is/was of higher rank than the highest ranked turn card |
| HadPairOnFlop | We had a pair on the flop |
| HadPairOnTurn | We had a pair on the turn |
| HadSetOnFlop | We had a Set on flop |
| HadSetOnTurn | We had a Set on turn |
| HadTopPairOnFlop | Have/had top pair on flop |
| HadTopPairOnTurn | Have/had top pair on turn |
| HadTwoPairOnFlop | We had two pair on the flop |
| HadSecondOverPairOnFlop | We had 2nd over pair on flop |
| HadSecondOverPairOnTurn | We had 2nd over pair on flop |
| HadSecondTopPairOnFlop | We had 2nd top pair on flop |
| HaveSecondBestKicker | There is only one card that is better than our current kicker |
| HaveSecondBestKickerOrBetter | We have the best or second best kicker |
| HaveSecondBestOverPairOrBetter | We have the second best overpair (KK) or a stronger hand |
| HaveSecondNutFlush | We have the second best flush possible |
| HaveSecondNutFlushDraw | We have the second best flush draw |
| HaveSecondNutStraight | We have the second best straight possible |
| HaveSecondOverPair | We have a hole pair which is between the highest board card and the 2nd highest card rank on board |
| HaveSecondTopPair | We have the second highest pair |
| HaveSecondTopSet | We have the second best set |
| HaveThirdBestKicker | We have the third best kicker |
| HaveThirdBestKickerOrBetter | We have the third best kicker or better |
| HaveThirdBestOverPairOrBetter | We have the third best overpair (QQ) or a better hand |
| HaveThirdNutFlush | We have the Third best flush |
| HaveThirdNutFlushDraw | We have the Third best flushdraw |
| HaveThirdOverPair | We have a hole pair which is between the 2nd highest board card and the 3rd highest card rank on board |
| HaveThirdTopPair | we have the Third highest pair |
| HaveThirdTopSet | We have the Third highest set |
| HaveFourthNutFlush | We have the Fourth highest flush |
| HaveFourthNutFlushDraw | We have the Fourth highest flushdraw |
| HaveFourthOverPair | We have a hole pair which is between the 3rd highest board card and the 4tf highest card rank on board |
| HaveFourthTopPair | We have the Fourth highest pair |
| HaveFourthTopSet | We Have the Fourth highest set |
| HaveFifthNutFlush | We have the Fifth highest flush |
| HaveFifthNutFlushDraw | We have the Fifth highest flushdraw |
| HaveFifthOverPair | We have a hole pair which is between the 4th highest board card and the 5th highest card rank on board |
| HaveFifthTopPair | We have the Fifth pair |
| HaveBackdoorSecondNutFlushDraw | We have the 2nd highest backdoor nut flush draw |
| HaveBackdoorThirdNutFlushDraw | We have the Third highest backdoor nut flush draw |
| HaveBackdoorFlushDraw |
We have a flush, flushdraw or a backdoor flushdraw. Have BackdoorFlushdraw is only true, if
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| HaveBackdoorNutFlushDraw | We have a backdoor nut flush draw |
| HaveBackdoorStraightDraw | True, if we need 2 cards to complete a straight |
| HaveBestKicker | We have the best kicker |
| HaveBestKickerOrBetter | We have the best kickeBestOvr or a better hand |
| HaveBestOverPairOrBetter | Have the best overpair (AA) or a better hand |
| HaveBottomPair | We have a hole card that is paired with the lowest card on board |
| HaveBottomSet | We have a set with the lowest board card |
| HaveBottomTrips | We have a trips with the lowest board card |
| HaveBottomTwoPair | We have bottom two pair |
| HaveDoubleGutshotDraw | We have a double gut shot draw |
| HaveFlush | We have a flush |
| HaveFlushDraw | We have a flushdraw |
| HaveFullHouse | We have a full house |
| HaveInsideNutStraightDraw | True if the bot has an inside nut straight draw. An inside nut straight draw is defined as a hand with at least 4 ‘outs’ to a nut straight. Unlike NutStraightDraw, outs that make a flush possible are not excluded |
| HaveInsideStraightDraw | We have an inside straight draw |
| HaveNothing | We have nothing (no pair, overcards, flushdraw or straightdraw) |
| HaveNutFlush | We have the nut flush |
| HaveNutFlushCard | We have the nut flush card |
| HaveNutFlushDraw | We have the nut flush draw |
| HaveNuts | We have the best hand possible at this time |
| HaveNutStraight | We have the best possible straight |
| HaveNutStraightDraw | True, if we have a draw to the best straight; this means: if we hit, no better straight is possible. E.g.87 at a board of 653. A nut straight draw requires “at least 7 outs” according to Shankys definition. Therefore straight draws get discounted if there is a flush draw possible. Use HaveUnDiscountedNutStraightDraw if you don’t worry about possible flushes. |
| HaveNutStraightFlush | We have the nut straight flush |
| HaveOpenEndedStraightDraw | We have an open ended straight draw |
| HaveOverPair | We have a pocketpair higher than any card on the board |
| HavePair | We have a pair, a paired board doesen’t count |
| HavePocketPair | We have a pocket-pair like AA or 55 |
| HaveQuads | We have quads |
| HaveRunnerRunnerFlushAtRiver | We have Flush and we made it with Turn and River card |
| HaveSet | We have a set, i.e. three of a kind with a pair in the hand |
| HaveStraight | We have a straight |
| HaveStraightDraw | We have a straightdraw |
| HaveStraightFlush | We have a straight flush |
| HaveTopNonBoardPairedPair | One of our hole cards is the same value as the highest non-paired card on board |
| HaveTopPair | One of our hole cards is paired with the highest ranked card on the board |
| HaveTopSet | True, if we have a set with the highest board card |
| HaveTopTwoPair | The two highest cards on the board are paired with our hole cards |
| HaveTopTrips | True if we have the best possible trips |
| HaveTrips | We have trips, i.e. three of a kind with a pair on the board |
| HaveTwoPair | We have two pair, pair on board does not count |
| HaveUnderPair | We have a pocketpair lower than the lowest ranked card on board |
| HaveUnderStraight | We have the lower part of a straight |
| HaveWeakBackdoorStraightDraw | These symbolsdescribe hands that are so weak that we don’t consider them as regular holdings, e.g. the single-card idiot-end of a straight or a shared flush-draw at the board. |
| HaveWeakDoubleGutshotDraw | |
| HaveWeakFlush | |
| HaveWeakFlushDraw | |
| HaveWeakInsideStraightDraw | |
| HaveWeakStraight | |
| HaveWeakStraightDraw | |
| KingPresentOnFlop | A king is present on the flop |
| NutFullHouseOrFourOfAKind |
This symbol evaluates the strength of quads and full houses. Top quads are always rated as 1, bottom quads or best-full house as 2, next best hand as 3 and so on. This symbol does not take straight flushes into account. So it could return 1 even if our hand can be beaten by a straight flush.
Standard PPL returns 0 if we don’t have any quads / FH at all. However we think this is counterintuitive and causes problems, as a smaller number means a better hand. OpenPPL returns 999 for that case.
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| Overcards | The number of hole cards that are overcards to the board |
| PairInHand | True, if we have a pocketpair |
| SuitsInHand | The number if unique suits in our hand |
| TopPairRank | Rank of the hole card giving you Top Pair (2-14 where 14 is Ace) |
| SecondTopPairRank | Rank of our second Top Pair |
| ThirdTopPairRank | Rank of our third Top Pair |
| ForthTopPairRank | Rank of our forth Top Pair |
| FifthTopPairRank | Rank of our fifth Top Pair |
| TopPairKickerRank | Rank of the hole kicker card when you have Top Pair (2-14 where 14 is Ace) |
| TripsRank | Rank of our Trips |
| TripsKickerRank | Rank of the kicker of our Trips |