Ace Squared

Chinese Poker Update Available

admin — Sat, 15 May 2010 14:25:38 +0000

A new version, 2.0.1, is available from the App Store. This is just minor bug fixes including the fixing the overvalued Ace high bug.

Penn & Teller Chat Magic Trick

admin — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:56:18 +0000

http://www.techcrunch50.com/2009/penn-teller/

Enjoy a video the launch of another one of my projects – Penn & Teller Chat Magic Trick available now for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

If you have any issues with the app make sure none of your contacts have both the First & Last name blank.

Chinese Poker 2.0.0 for the iPhone/iTouch

admin — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:41:19 +0000

The new version of Chinese Poker has been released for the iPhone and iTouch.

New features include:

playing against 3 other AI Players instead of heads up
stats charts view to track your progress
improved AI engine
send hands by email to friends

This should be a free upgrade to all existing customers. Enjoy!

Seventeen Card Chinese Poker

admin — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:08:22 +0000

Coming in 4-6 weeks to an iPhone near you!

New Release of Chinese Poker Available on Apple iTunes Store

admin — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:13:35 +0000

The new version has support for Naturals and a learning mode.

A Dragon, A Dragon, I Think I Saw A Dragon

admin — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:26:13 +0000

After many long hours of testing and debugging Naturals are now finished, including dragons (13 different ranks.) The new release will be submitted to Apple and should be available in mid-January.

I decided on the following scoring table:

Dragons – 13 points

Six Pair – 6 points

Three Flushes – 6 points

Three Straights – 6 points

Creating your own scoring table might make the next version.

Phil Ivey playing Chinese Poker on the Plane

admin — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 20:53:36 +0000

Phil Ivey playing Chinese Poker on the plane for $10,000 a point (or so hopes Barry!)

By way of Poker Road.

Scoring Naturals in Chinese Poker

admin — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:43:38 +0000

Any feedback on how naturals should be scored please forward ASAP. I am assuming it will be OK to automatically detect naturals. I am running out of screen space!

Dragon (One of every rank) 13 points
6 Pair – 6 Points
3 Straights – 6 Points
3 Flushes – 6 Points

(Updated on December 30th.)

People, Please Don’t Smash Your iPhone Because of my Silly Game!

admin — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:57:43 +0000

From http://genebromberg.com/2008/11/02/the-even-keel/ comes this tale:

Lately, when I go to bed, I play Chinese poker on my iPhone until I get drowsy. At one point I was up $14 on my “computer genius” opponent. And then I went on a 2-night losing streak that left me down $70. I’d like to point out that (a) I was playing against a telephone and (b) the money involved was not real. Still, I got so frustrated, and so exquisitely angry, that I toyed with the idea of throwing my phone against the wall. And then grabbing a hammer and smashing the pieces into much, much smaller pieces.

I should say that I only toyed with the idea. I never cocked my arm and took aim. I love my iPhone. Really. And I don’t consider myself a violent person. It’s just that occasionally I have the urge to beat the everlovin’ crap out of smiley computer-generated pixies and impersonal digital interfaces.

Maybe I shouldn’t announce that I’m working on improvements in the AI bot. I don’t think it surrenders enough. I also think it can play better with lowball and royalty options turned on. I’m glad you are playing the game and find it challenging.

Daniel Negranu’s Chinese Poker Win

admin — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:00:37 +0000

From How Much Does The Guy With Aces Have Left? comes a tail of Chinese Poker from Daniel.

It also helped that Chinese Poker was very good to me as I won 76k during the ride. As per our agreement, I (the big winner) had to pay for Howard’s (the big loser) flight which was fine by me! I don’t what it is about Chinese Poker, but lifetime, I run so good at that game it’s incredible and I’m absolutely certain that I don’t play perfectly.

It just doesn’t matter that much, the game is all luck if you have half a brain.

Well I might disagree with the statement that the game is all luck if you have half a brain although the edge between a good player and a great player is most likely very small.