DD Poker 2

Version 2.0p1: Online host option to enable the use of the dashboard Advisor, odds and the Calculator Tool during online play; give player names to each of the computer AI player types so each personalized name will represent a play style; view the names of all the players from the join screen who are already in an online poker lobby before you enter; view the names of all the players on our web page who are in lobbies for games available and in games running; accurate standings on the web of players in stopped online games; new shortcut key 'F1' toggles between the chat window and the action keys; added an Advisor help topic; a few small bug fixes dealing with an action button freeze and alt-tab fixes.

Version 2.0p2: Online host feature that sends an automatic personal greeting to each player that joins their game; set the maximum number of players per table (2-10); export hand histories for import to other applications such as Poker Tracker; your reputation precedes you - AI players in practice tournaments no longer start their modeling of your play from scratch every time they're seated at your table; the host of an online game can now be an observer instead of a player; added Advisor Auto Pilot to the "When It's My Turn To Act" DD Dashboard item; tables are balanced for multi-table tournaments; individual players no longer get moved excessively in a multi-table tournament; fixed a minor bug where the raise symbol and sound did not happen when the ai had an option to raise on the big blind.

Version 2.0p3: Improved online stability reducing disconnect issues; faster indication of online disconnects; fixed an export formatting issue that caused Poker Tracker to crash when replaying hands won before flop; pause online tournament at start option now actually works.

Version 2.0p4: Big improvement with online disconnect issues.

Version 2.0p5: added a mute feature to allow users to mute all chat from an individual player if they find their chat is annoying or offensive - when a player is muted they are automatically added to a muted player list and are muted in all future games until removed; added a banned players list - prohibits any players you add to the list to join your hosted online games; option to disable the keyboard shortcuts to avoid accidental player actions when chatting online.

Version 2.0p7: Fixed a minor bug introduced in free update 6 where the showdown placards displayed the wrong cards.

Version 2.0p6: increased the maximum buy-in chip amount to accommodate for tournament structures with larger starting chips; fixed minor bugs with rebuys in online games; fixed a minor bug that occasionally caused an error in saved practice games; fixed a minor bug that did not stop the think bank timer of a disconnected player when the host of an online game clicked pause; fixed auto update problems for some individuals with a server side code fix.

Version 2.0p8: Added the "Player Info" DD Dash item for online games showing player's ranks, hands disconnected and sitting-out; added rules for an online game to remove a disconnected player after a preset number of hands; added rules for an online game to remove a player sitting out a preset number of hands; improved the online poker lobby connectivity due to issues with players unknowingly disconnecting in the lobby; fixed a minor bug preventing the game to continue with the Pause After Cards Dealt option ON; added a statement to the host quit confirmation dialog concerning the etiquette of quitting a hosted game; added more Leaderboard functionality with a server side code update.

Version 2.0p9: improvements to the pre-flop intelligence of the computer AI making better decisions based on position and first player in the pot; faster Pre-flop computer AI game play; AI advisor now provides a range of multiple actions to reduce predictability; expanded player ban capability - now banning an online name from the lobby will ban all of that player's online profiles.

Version 2.1: Major computer AI improvements; new AI player personalities; pre-loaded tournaments have new opponent mixes; added an "Invite List" for invitation only games - this allows you to choose which players are allowed to play in the game you host; added a "Player Style" Dash item for practice games and online games when dashboard items are enabled showing a graph of a player's tightness and aggressiveness; added the ability to cut and paste online profile names in the Invite List, Banned Players List, and Muted Players List; improved the online player transition from the poker lobby to the poker table.

Version 2.1p1: Fixed an online bug introduced in free update 10 that worsened the effects of brief disconnects.

Version 2.5: Tweaked tightness of AI in early position; fixed infrequent bug preventing user from raising and using raise spinner; performance tuning; running games list can now be viewed and joined from within game; calculator tool, in-game help, connection status screen and online chat lobby are now external windows; added feature for host to change them from observer to player or vise versa; player list for public games listed on online.ddpoker.com is updated as players bust out; added bell to indicate an online game has started and when rebuys or add-on popups appear; player action and think bank timers are now displayed as a timer bar; think bank now resets every hand and is adjustable on the fly by the host; lowered minimum player action timeout to 5 seconds for "speed poker" games; added online chat lobby (beta feature); added ability to copy and paste chat text; added ability to display playing cards in the chat; added UDP communication (beta feature); various other fixes and improvements.

Version 2.5p2: This release fixes some bugs introduced in version 2.5.

Version 2.5p3: Fixed an "unexpected error" bug that occurred during a table merge and color up; returned the card shuffle back to the redundant 3X shuffle removed in the 2.5 update; fixed a very minor customer requested shuffle bug.

Version 3.0: Most changes were related to making DD Poker a free product (including updates to the server and website); major new feature: Ability to take a photo (aka a screenshot) of the game using the camera icon on the poker table or keyboard shortcuts; updated installer and uninstaller; "My Profile" and "I Forgot My Password" pages on website.

Version 3.0p1: Fixed bug where multiple side pots were incorrectly calculated; Linux installer now working (tested on Ubuntu 8.10 Desktop which is running on Doug's old Mac Mini!) and opening external websites and the "My Files" button on the Support screen now work in Linux (as long as gnome-open is installed, which seems to be the case for popular flavors of Linux); fixed minor bug where tournament details would not display in the Join Online screen; fixed some cases where the poker table would not draw correctly; now disallow running multiple copies of DD Poker on the same machine - this means you can no longer run DD Poker 3 when DD Poker 2.5 is running on the same machine; fixed Leaderboard by ROI page - changing # of games or date would revert back to Leaderboard by DDR1.

Version 3.0p3: Added "Online Activated Players Only" tournament option to prevent impostors from joining games.

Version 3.0p4: Verify Online Activated player profiles before joining any game to prevent profile hijacking.

Version 2.0p1: Online host option to enable the use of the dashboard Advisor, odds and the Calculator Tool during online play; give player names to each of the computer AI player types so each personalized name will represent a play style; view the names of all the players from the join screen who are already in an online poker lobby before you enter; view the names of all the players on our web page who are in lobbies for games available and in games running; accurate standings on the web of players in stopped online games; new shortcut key 'F1' toggles between the chat window and the action keys; added an Advisor help topic; a few small bug fixes dealing with an action button freeze and alt-tab fixes.

Version 2.0p2: Online host feature that sends an automatic personal greeting to each player that joins their game; set the maximum number of players per table (2-10); export hand histories for import to other applications such as Poker Tracker; your reputation precedes you - AI players in practice tournaments no longer start their modeling of your play from scratch every time they're seated at your table; the host of an online game can now be an observer instead of a player; added Advisor Auto Pilot to the "When It's My Turn To Act" DD Dashboard item; tables are balanced for multi-table tournaments; individual players no longer get moved excessively in a multi-table tournament; fixed a minor bug where the raise symbol and sound did not happen when the ai had an option to raise on the big blind.

Version 2.0p3: Improved online stability reducing disconnect issues; faster indication of online disconnects; fixed an export formatting issue that caused Poker Tracker to crash when replaying hands won before flop; pause online tournament at start option now actually works.

Version 2.0p4: Big improvement with online disconnect issues.

Version 2.0p5: added a mute feature to allow users to mute all chat from an individual player if they find their chat is annoying or offensive - when a player is muted they are automatically added to a muted player list and are muted in all future games until removed; added a banned players list - prohibits any players you add to the list to join your hosted online games; option to disable the keyboard shortcuts to avoid accidental player actions when chatting online.

Version 2.0p6: increased the maximum buy-in chip amount to accommodate for tournament structures with larger starting chips; fixed minor bugs with rebuys in online games; fixed a minor bug that occasionally caused an error in saved practice games; fixed a minor bug that did not stop the think bank timer of a disconnected player when the host of an online game clicked pause; fixed auto update problems for some individuals with a server side code fix.

Version 2.0p7: Fixed a minor bug introduced in free update 6 where the showdown placards displayed the wrong cards.

Version 2.0p8: Added the "Player Info" DD Dash item for online games showing player's ranks, hands disconnected and sitting-out; added rules for an online game to remove a disconnected player after a preset number of hands; added rules for an online game to remove a player sitting out a preset number of hands; improved the online poker lobby connectivity due to issues with players unknowingly disconnecting in the lobby; fixed a minor bug preventing the game to continue with the Pause After Cards Dealt option ON; added a statement to the host quit confirmation dialog concerning the etiquette of quitting a hosted game; added more Leaderboard functionality with a server side code update.

Version 2.0p9: improvements to the pre-flop intelligence of the computer AI making better decisions based on position and first player in the pot; faster Pre-flop computer AI game play; AI advisor now provides a range of multiple actions to reduce predictability; expanded player ban capability - now banning an online name from the lobby will ban all of that player's online profiles.

Version 2.1: Major computer AI improvements; new AI player personalities; pre-loaded tournaments have new opponent mixes; added an "Invite List" for invitation only games - this allows you to choose which players are allowed to play in the game you host; added a "Player Style" Dash item for practice games and online games when dashboard items are enabled showing a graph of a player's tightness and aggressiveness; added the ability to cut and paste online profile names in the Invite List, Banned Players List, and Muted Players List; improved the online player transition from the poker lobby to the poker table.

Version 2.1p1: Fixed an online bug introduced in free update 10 that worsened the effects of brief disconnects.

Version 2.5: Tweaked tightness of AI in early position; fixed infrequent bug preventing user from raising and using raise spinner; performance tuning; running games list can now be viewed and joined from within game; calculator tool, in-game help, connection status screen and online chat lobby are now external windows; added feature for host to change them from observer to player or vise versa; player list for public games listed on online.ddpoker.com is updated as players bust out; added bell to indicate an online game has started and when rebuys or add-on popups appear; player action and think bank timers are now displayed as a timer bar; think bank now resets every hand and is adjustable on the fly by the host; lowered minimum player action timeout to 5 seconds for "speed poker" games; added online chat lobby (beta feature); added ability to copy and paste chat text; added ability to display playing cards in the chat; added UDP communication (beta feature); various other fixes and improvements.

Version 2.5p2: This release fixes some bugs introduced in version 2.5.

Version 2.5p3: Fixed an "unexpected error" bug that occurred during a table merge and color up; returned the card shuffle back to the redundant 3X shuffle removed in the 2.5 update; fixed a very minor customer requested shuffle bug.

Version 3.0: Most changes were related to making DD Poker a free product (including updates to the server and website); major new feature: Ability to take a photo (aka a screenshot) of the game using the camera icon on the poker table or keyboard shortcuts; DD Poker 3 now works on Windows Vista without having to run in compatability mode; updated installer and uninstaller; "My Profile" and "I Forgot My Password" pages on website.

Version 3.0p1: Fixed bug where multiple side pots were incorrectly calculated; on Windows, went back go Java 5 (from Java 6) so that Windows 98 can continue to be supported; fixed minor bug where tournament details would not display in the Join Online screen; fixed some cases where the poker table would not draw correctly; now disallow running multiple copies of DD Poker on the same machine - this means you can no longer run DD Poker 3 when DD Poker 2.5 is running on the same machine; fixed Leaderboard by ROI page - changing # of games or date would revert back to Leaderboard by DDR1.

Version 3.0p3: Added "Online Activated Players Only" tournament option to prevent impostors from joining games.

Version 3.0p4: Verify Online Activated player profiles before joining any game to prevent profile hijacking.

Version 2.0p1: Online host option to enable the use of the dashboard Advisor, odds and the Calculator Tool during online play; give player names to each of the computer AI player types so each personalized name will represent a play style; view the names of all the players from the join screen who are already in an online poker lobby before you enter; view the names of all the players on our web page who are in lobbies for games available and in games running; accurate standings on the web of players in stopped online games; new shortcut key 'F1' toggles between the chat window and the action keys; added an Advisor help topic; a few small bug fixes dealing with an action button freeze and alt-tab fixes.

Version 2.0p2: Online host feature that sends an automatic personal greeting to each player that joins their game; set the maximum number of players per table (2-10); export hand histories for import to other applications such as Poker Tracker; your reputation precedes you - AI players in practice tournaments no longer start their modeling of your play from scratch every time they're seated at your table; the host of an online game can now be an observer instead of a player; added Advisor Auto Pilot to the "When It's My Turn To Act" DD Dashboard item; tables are balanced for multi-table tournaments; individual players no longer get moved excessively in a multi-table tournament; fixed a Macintosh bug where deleting all the profiles caused an error, preventing the game to run; fixed a Mac screen corruption bug caused by the Java 1.4.2_09 update; fixed a minor bug where the raise symbol and sound did not happen when the ai had an option to raise on the big blind.

Version 2.0p3: Improved online stability reducing disconnect issues; faster indication of online disconnects; fixed an export formatting issue that caused Poker Tracker to crash when replaying hands won before flop; pause online tournament at start option now actually works.

Version 2.0p4: Big improvement with online disconnect issues.

Version 2.0p5: added a mute feature to allow users to mute all chat from an individual player if they find their chat is annoying or offensive - when a player is muted they are automatically added to a muted player list and are muted in all future games until removed; added a banned players list - prohibits any players you add to the list to join your hosted online games; option to disable the keyboard shortcuts to avoid accidental player actions when chatting online.

Version 2.0p7: Fixed a minor bug introduced in free update 6 where the showdown placards displayed the wrong cards.

Version 2.0p6: increased the maximum buy-in chip amount to accommodate for tournament structures with larger starting chips; fixed minor bugs with rebuys in online games; fixed a minor bug that occasionally caused an error in saved practice games; fixed a minor bug that did not stop the think bank timer of a disconnected player when the host of an online game clicked pause; fixed auto update problems for some individuals with a server side code fix.

Version 2.0p8: Added the "Player Info" DD Dash item for online games showing player's ranks, hands disconnected and sitting-out; added rules for an online game to remove a disconnected player after a preset number of hands; added rules for an online game to remove a player sitting out a preset number of hands; improved the online poker lobby connectivity due to issues with players unknowingly disconnecting in the lobby; fixed a minor bug preventing the game to continue with the Pause After Cards Dealt option ON; added a statement to the host quit confirmation dialog concerning the etiquette of quitting a hosted game; added more Leaderboard functionality with a server side code update.

Version 2.0p9: improvements to the pre-flop intelligence of the computer AI making better decisions based on position and first player in the pot; faster Pre-flop computer AI game play; AI advisor now provides a range of multiple actions to reduce predictability; expanded player ban capability - now banning an online name from the lobby will ban all of that player's online profiles.

Version 2.1: Major computer AI improvements; new AI player personalities; pre-loaded tournaments have new opponent mixes; added an "Invite List" for invitation only games - this allows you to choose which players are allowed to play in the game you host; added a "Player Style" Dash item for practice games and online games when dashboard items are enabled showing a graph of a player's tightness and aggressiveness; added the ability to cut and paste online profile names in the Invite List, Banned Players List, and Muted Players List; improved the online player transition from the poker lobby to the poker table.

Version 2.1p1: Fixed an online bug introduced in free update 10 that worsened the effects of brief disconnects; added Mac Intel Core compatibility.

Version 2.5: Tweaked tightness of AI in early position; fixed infrequent bug preventing user from raising and using raise spinner; performance tuning; running games list can now be viewed and joined from within game; calculator tool, in-game help, connection status screen and online chat lobby are now external windows; added feature for host to change them from observer to player or vise versa; player list for public games listed on online.ddpoker.com is updated as players bust out; added bell to indicate an online game has started and when rebuys or add-on popups appear; player action and think bank timers are now displayed as a timer bar; think bank now resets every hand and is adjustable on the fly by the host; lowered minimum player action timeout to 5 seconds for "speed poker" games; added online chat lobby (beta feature); added ability to copy and paste chat text; added ability to display playing cards in the chat; added UDP communication (beta feature); various other fixes and improvements.

Version 2.5p2: This release fixes some bugs introduced in version 2.5.

Version 2.5p3: Fixed an "unexpected error" bug that occurred during a table merge and color up; returned the card shuffle back to the redundant 3X shuffle removed in the 2.5 update; fixed a very minor customer requested shuffle bug.

Version 3.0: Most changes were related to making DD Poker a free product (including updates to the server and website); major new feature: Ability to take a photo (aka a screenshot) of the game using the camera icon on the poker table or keyboard shortcuts; updated installer and uninstaller; "My Profile" and "I Forgot My Password" pages on website.

Version 3.0p1: Fixed bug where multiple side pots were incorrectly calculated; fixed minor bug where tournament details would not display in the Join Online screen; fixed some cases where the poker table would not draw correctly; now disallow running multiple copies of DD Poker on the same machine - this means you can no longer run DD Poker 3 when DD Poker 2.5 is running on the same machine; fixed Leaderboard by ROI page - changing # of games or date would revert back to Leaderboard by DDR1.

Version 3.0p2: Fixed font bug introduced by Apple's Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 4.

Version 3.0p3: Added "Online Activated Players Only" tournament option to prevent impostors from joining games.

Version 3.0p4: Verify Online Activated player profiles before joining any game to prevent profile hijacking.

Version 3.0p5: Update to workaround bug introduced by Apple's Java update to 1.6.0_65 (from 1.6.0_31).