Automated Poker Hand Folding via Predefined Criteria
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Solution Overview
Problem
Poker players struggle with discipline in folding hands, leading to unnecessary losses, as they often fail to fold in disadvantageous situations due to emotional attachment to the game.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system that allow players to set instructions for automatically folding specific poker hands based on predefined criteria, such as position at the table, using a graphical user interface and processor-driven comparisons.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If players manually decide whether to fold or continue each hand, then they can exercise discretion and adapt to specific situations, but they lack discipline and emotional attachment causes them to continue playing hands that should be folded
Solution Approach 1:
The system allows players to set up automatic folding rules in advance that self-execute without requiring manual intervention during gameplay. The processor automatically compares hands against predefined criteria and executes folds without player intervention, eliminating emotional attachment and disciplinary failures.
Solution Approach 2:
Players establish folding rules and criteria before the actual playing occurs. The system stores these predetermined instructions and automatically executes them during gameplay, ensuring disciplined folding decisions are made in advance rather than requiring momentary human judgment under emotional pressure.
2Loss of energy
If players continue playing all hands regardless of advantage, then they maintain entertainment and engagement, but they sustain unnecessary losses in disadvantageous situations
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes the parameter of decision-making from subjective human judgment to objective predetermined criteria. By establishing specific folding thresholds and conditions before gameplay, the system automatically identifies disadvantageous situations and executes folds that minimize losses while maintaining player engagement through strategic play.
3Reliability
If the system automatically folds hands based on predetermined criteria, then folding discipline is improved and losses are reduced, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The automatic folding system is segmented into distinct functional components: a interface for rule input, a processor for hand evaluation and comparison, and an execution mechanism for automatic folding. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function independently, making the overall complex system manageable and maintainable.
Solution Approach 2:
The processor acts as an intermediary between the player's predetermined rules and the automatic folding execution. It receives folding criteria from the player, evaluates each hand against these criteria, and executes appropriate folds, simplifying the interaction between the complex automation system and the player while ensuring consistent, reliable decisions.
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AI summary
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided computer-implemented method for automatically folding poker hands, comprising: displaying, on a graphical user interface at a player computer terminal, a matrix of potential poker hands; receiving, from the player computer terminal, a set of instructions from the player to automatically fold a subset of the matrix of potential poker hands; comparing, by a processor, the set of instructions to a poker hand of a player; and executing an instruction, by a processor, to automatically fold the poker hand of the player.