There are lots of questions from newbies like this so rather than repeat myself endlessly I'll just put a summary here.
- This is not an easy task and there are no easy answers.
- There is a good overview of the various academic approaches at
http://poker-ai.org/archive/pokerai.org ... 43&p=37506 - Browse our massive bibliographies at
viewforum.php?f=25 and
http://poker-ai.org/archive/www.pokerai ... .html?f=64- If you can play poker well yourself you might be tempted to build a bunch of rules around the cards you see and your opponents betting frequencies.
- If you want to calculate the strength of your hand you need an evaluator. See
viewtopic.php?f=24&t=2390,
http://www.poker-ai.org/archive/www.pok ... l?f=3&t=16,
http://poker-ai.org/archive/www.pokerai ... ?f=3&t=353- There is a good idea for a hole card finding algorithm at
http://www.ai.rug.nl/~mwiering/Tom_van_ ... Thesis.pdf- Amax posted some nice CFRM code at
http://poker-ai.org/archive/www.pokerai ... 335#p40335