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Profiles
2.1 Using Different Profiles
Many alternative profiles targeting different game environments already exist for
our Holdem Bot. We encourage you to check them out in our support forum.
In addition, you can easily make the bot play any way you want for any poker
situation. There is a short learning curve for doing this, but it is not difficult.
The bot gets it’s playing instructions from one of four “levels,” the top overriding
level which you can alter and customize to your heart’s content. User instructions
for specific situations can be created and saved on a standard text file by using
Notepad, the text editor that comes with Windows. These saved playing
instructions are referred to as profiles. You don’t need any computer
programming knowledge in order to make your own profile, or to tweak an
existing profile to your liking. Just knowing basic poker terms is enough for most
people to be able to do this.
There are two types of profile formats: .ppl (a type of binary file) and plain .txt
(text files). A .ppl file started out as a .txt profile but was converted to the other
format to protect the profile from being copied. You cannot open a .ppl file for
viewing; only our software can access it. You can create and save profiles in .txt
format, but you cannot convert them into .ppl unless you have us do it for you, or
purchase the .ppl converter from us. (You don’t need to do this unless you plan
on selling or sharing your profile and want to copyright-protect it.)
The default profile that came with the bot is in .ppl format (and has been named
holdem.ppl so it auto-loads, as will be explained below). The only other way you
are likely to get that type of profile is if you decide to purchase one from a
reputable seller in the Marketplace section of our support forum. Most of the free
profiles in our forum, many of which are quite good, are text files that can be
opened, viewed, and tweaked to your liking.
At any given time exactly one .ppl profile and one .txt profile can be loaded
into the bot. No more. Either can be swapped out at will. Commands from a .txt