Free Simulators

[Enigma]

I'm wanting to experiment with some techniques I'm developing, and was wondering if there is a good, free, or open source blackjack simulator I can use to track simulated shoes, including dealer and better hands & cards. I'm a programmer and could write one myself, but would rather use or modify an existing program because of all the details involved with just getting the simulated play right.

 

[johndoe]

I'm wanting to experiment with some techniques I'm developing, and was wondering if there is a good, free, or open source blackjack simulator I can use to track simulated shoes, including dealer and better hands & cards. I'm a programmer and could write one myself, but would rather use or modify an existing program because of all the details involved with just getting the simulated play right.

PowerSIM by ETfan is out there, and does a decent job. The programming environment (xbasic) is one of the worst I've ever had the displeasure of using, but it's perfectly functional, accurate, reasonably quick and not that difficult to modify for specific needs. Google around for it.

 

[gronbog]

I have written my own sim which I have used to research and verify a variety of black jack related issues. I'm not sure that I'm willing to share the source, but I am willing to do any modifications required to help you with your research. Let me know if you're interested. You'll need a few more posts before you can PM me, unfortunately.

 

[Enigma]

Is that how that works, then? Post, post, post...

Yeah, I saw xfit, I didn't want to get into learning yet another language for the mods I wanted. I'm a C#/VB programmer, and have my hands full getting up to speed with WPF/WCF.

Gronbog, would your sim record to a database?