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Alex Hu is a student at Duke University majoring in Computer Science and Economics. Originally from Boston, MA, Alex enjoys playing basketball and poker in his spare time.

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I'm guessing your problem is a miscalculation in target market.

People will be either

1: Very good at poker. In which case they can go through this mental, odds-calculating process in their head without the need for software. or

2: Not very good at poker. In which case your software is immensely confusing. They need to be able to put opponents on a range of hands (how does a novice guess what an opponent most likely has? half-likely has?) in less than 20 seconds (the time online poker software gives to each player per turn).

I play poker pretty often, and can tell you that odds calculation is never a fixed thing (so it's hard to replicate with software), and even considering my poker background, the screenshots of your program still confused me.