# Poker AI Testbed & Live Server Achievements

## Completed Phases and Items

### Phase 1: Foundation ✅

**Basic poker engine**
- Card/Hand/Board representations ✅
- Fast LUT hand evaluator (5, 6, and 7 cards) ✅

### Phase 2: Simulation Testbed ✅

**Bot framework**
- Meerkat-API-compatible `HoldemPlayer` trait ✅
- Built-in bots: CallBot, FoldBot, RaiseBot, RandomBot ✅
- Bot factory for config-driven bot instantiation ✅

**Game engine**
- Full hand execution engine (HandRunner state machine) ✅
- Table management with seating, button rotation, blind posting ✅
- Tournament support (SNG, MTT) with blind schedules and prize structures ✅
- Pot management with side pot algorithm ✅
- NL/PL/FL betting structures ✅
- Seed control for reproducible simulations ✅

**Simulation infrastructure**
- TOML-based configuration system ✅
- Cash game simulation loop ✅
- Performance statistics accumulator ✅
- CLI simulation runner (`holdem_sim`) ✅
- Example configs for Cash, SNG, and MTT ✅

**Testing**
- 369+ unit tests passing ✅
- Integration and property tests ✅

## Success Metrics

- **Bot Performance:** Profitability across different game types
- **Simulation Speed:** Ability to run millions of hands efficiently
- **Live Reliability:** 99.9% uptime with correct action execution
- **Flexibility:** Easy configuration for new sites and game types
- **Evolution:** Continuous improvement through simulation results
- **Monitoring:** Meaningful debug and performance logging and visualization