# Xenbot

Xenbot plays a solid, configurable strategy for No-Limit tournaments. The basic strategy was inspired by the guidelines set forth in Darse Billings' A Primer for Playing No-Limit Hold'em Tournaments.

### Configuration Options

The pre-flop hand selection is highly configurable, using the pre-flop groups editor. XenBot has ten pre-flop hand groups, and each group of hands is played differently. Each starting hand can be assigned to one of the ten groups.

Group One
Premium hands that will be raised or re-raised in any position. Raise or call all-in if need be.

Group Two
Raise the blinds and one or two limpers, otherwise will call if we are short stacked, or the amount to call does not commit our stack.

Group Three
Raise the blinds in late position, limp in early position. Call if short stacked, or if the amount is small.

Group Four
Raise the blinds only in late position, limp only in mid to late position, and call if short stacked.

Group Five
Raise if heads-up, or raise the blinds short handed. Limp in mid to late position. Raise or call if short stacked.

Group Six
Raise the blinds heads-up, or short-stacked. Call in the small blind, or limp in late position. Raise or call if short stacked.

Group Six A
Raise in late position, when short-stacked, or when short-handed. Call if already put money in the pot and have decent odds. Call if up against an aggressive opponent short-handed. Raise or call if short stacked.

Group Seven
Limp in late position, raise the blinds heads-up. Raise or call if short stacked.

Group Eight
Heads-up only. Raise if short-stacked, raise the blinds, or call small amounts if stacks are large.

Bluffs
Raise if heads-up, or raise the blinds, but fold if re-raised.

No Group
Check or fold.

### Post-Flop Options

Post-flop actions are controlled by three sliders. The first sets the aggression level of the player to be high or low. Aggression effects the player's standards for betting or raising. Implied odds and showdown odds can be estimated liberally or conservatively. This will effect how often the player will call with draw odds or with weaker hands.

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