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Posted 2008-March-06, 04:56

Apologies if this is a common question.
I have found some threads from 2004 on this topic, but nothing recent.

What programs do people use to run their simulations?
Is a commercial program, such as Dealmaster Pro, better than the free ones on the web?
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Posted 2008-March-06, 10:23

I don't know if dealmaster pro is better than free ones... I bought my copy a long time ago.. at least 6 years. I like it... I haven't tried any of the free ones and don't known enough (actually, I know effectively zero) about programming to be able to assess them.
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Posted 2008-March-06, 11:21

DealMaster Pro has 2 nice advantages.
1 - its got a built in Double Dummy Ananlyzer (Deep Finesse) so you can get a DD evaluation of your simulation
2 - you can use its GUI to quickly define teh parameters

However, its not as powerful as Deal becaus DEal is its own programming language and if you take the time you can specify things in greater detail.

DMPro will probably cover >90% of the simulations you are interested in.
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Posted 2008-March-06, 11:28

I think there was something on this relatively recently.

I use a combination of :

1. Hans van Staveren's Dealer (double dummy and hand statistics) - this uses the GIB engine for double dummy analysis

2. GIB (single dummy)

3. My own software for generating hands - unfortunately it is not in any condition to let anyone else use it
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Posted 2008-March-06, 14:37

Jack (commercial s/w) is nice for generating deals.

I also use Bo Haglund's double dummy solver and Flip Cronje's command line interface to analyze best leads plus some homegrown stuff that ties things together and makes running simulations less tedious.
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