Smoke'em Poker

Version 1.6
Several bug fixes and enhancements including

• added real card graphics with selectable card-backs, graphic shuffling
• better sound handling, including random sounds for each game event
• added a standard installer
• changed auto-play mode to let you rejoin when only one computer player is left
• added hand # to window title and icon caption
• changed tabbed dialogs (Options, Stats) to remember your page
• changed some cosmetics (buttons, labels, cursors, etc.), and shortened window to fit on small Win95 screens (above taskbar)

Version 1.7
Bug fixes plus the following enhancements which mainly affect player statistics

• added a toggle-sound button in main window for convenience, and added a corresponding SoundOn sound folder
• added an Odds window for showing odds of improving hand, pot odds, winning % of hand
• statistics window
• changed modal dialog into a modeless window that you can leave open (auto-updated after each hand, can be minimized to icon)
• changed graph to simpler, faster format that can show 100 hands at once
• merged player stats into one page
• stats are visibly reset before the first hand of each new game
• stats are blank for inactive players
• graph legend is updated immediately after changing Reveal Skill setting in Options dialog
• window layout (visibility and position) is saved between sessions

Version 1.8
A few minor bug fixes and the following enhancements:

• added configurable betting styles for the simulated players
• added more card-back designs
• spruced up the Options dialog and About dialog
• changed the Pre-select your discards option to default to OFF, since new players were sometimes confused by it
• improved the logic for playing sounds for close showdowns, big smokes, and uncontested pots
• added fly-by help to the player's cards (when discarding) and to the Odds combo box
• added some error-checking for playing from read-only disks
• added Help button to error dialogs
• renamed some sound files
• updated installer to remove unused files left over from previous versions

Version 1.9
Lots of improvements:

• can now save/load games
• new options for: redealing if no one opens, four-card draw on ace-high hands (thanks: Phil Geary), starting final bets with opener or last raiser
• revised the Options dialog
• new welcome dialog
• changed key shortcuts to allow (mostly) one-handed play (thanks: Bob Copps)
• new sound folders
• improved sound handling & fixing of sound bugs (thanks to Steve Hohman and Tracy Yott)
• changed X-discard cursor
• can now restart game automatically after changing Rules/Opponents
• improved face-up dealing & auto-sorting
• Odds & Stats changed to mini "floater" style & updated Help accordingly
• added odds of improving 4-card hands to pair
• fixed nasty "black-card" bug (thanks: Mark Puckett, Cindy Davidson, & Buddy Akins)
• fixed Sound Push button
• minimized Stats & Odds windows now restore to full size when their buttons are clicked