WinHoldem never seemed to have the greatest beta testing and some of the updates forced you to change your formula or profile before you could run the program again. This was never that big of an issue for me, but I can certainly understand the concern. With OpenHoldem, you choose when you want to upgrade, if at all. WinHoldem forces software upgrades on you whether you want them or not.I always had the nagging suspicion that WH would up and disappear someday, and then you'd be totally screwed. I didn't like the idea of being dependent on Ray's updates or liscencing. This is the main reason I jumped from the WinHoldem platform. If that server is unavailable or discontinued, the software is non-functional.

WH requires connectivity to a 'license server' to function.

Questionable long term viability of the WinHoldem platform (and I totally agree).

The OpenHoldem developers (no idea who that is, but I've heard whispers of 'SingleMalt' from the WH forums) give the following reasons for releasing this project: Outsourced or home brewed.I don't know, but it sure looks like the work of a professional coder to me. Without a doubt, though, it is a solid piece of code. I doubt it is a decompile, or we'd be hearing about legal problems already. It appears as if it were a reverse engineering job on WH, but I guess only the WH developers know if they've actually decompiled WinHoldem or if the mystery coder simply copied the function. In fact, it uses Winholdem screenscraper profiles and formulae. OpenHoldem builds on the foundation of WinHoldem established by Ray Bornet. You can see the source code and you are free to modify it anyway you like (within GPL restrictions, I believe). Open Holdem is a new OPEN SOURCE (nearly) commercial quality botting platform. If you have been sitting on the sidelines, afraid of what virus or trojan might be hiding in a commercial pokerbot, now is the time to get in the game.

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