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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+#    Copyright 2008, Carl Gherardi
+#    
+#    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#    
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#    
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+#    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+########################################################################
+
+import sys
+from HandHistoryConverter import *
+
+
+class UltimateBet(HandHistoryConverter):
+
+    # Static regexes
+    re_GameInfo     = re.compile("Stage #(?P<HID>[0-9]+):\s+\(?(?P<GAME>Hold\'em|Razz|Seven Card|Omaha|Omaha Hi/Lo|Badugi) (?P<LIMIT>No Limit|Normal|Pot Limit),? \(?(?P<CURRENCY>\$|)?(?P<SB>[.0-9]+)/\$?(?P<BB>[.0-9]+)\) - (?P<DATETIME>.*$)", re.MULTILINE)
+    re_SplitHands   = re.compile('(\n\n\n+)')
+    re_HandInfo     = re.compile("^Table \'(?P<TABLE>[- a-zA-Z]+)\'(?P<TABLEATTRIBUTES>.+?$)?", re.MULTILINE)
+    re_Button       = re.compile('Seat #(?P<BUTTON>\d+) is the button', re.MULTILINE)
+    re_PlayerInfo   = re.compile('^Seat (?P<SEAT>[0-9]+) - (?P<PNAME>.*) \(\$?(?P<CASH>[.0-9]+) in chips\)', re.MULTILINE)
+    re_Board        = re.compile(r"\[(?P<CARDS>.+)\]")
+#        self.re_setHandInfoRegex('.*#(?P<HID>[0-9]+): Table (?P<TABLE>[ a-zA-Z]+) - \$?(?P<SB>[.0-9]+)/\$?(?P<BB>[.0-9]+) - (?P<GAMETYPE>.*) - (?P<HR>[0-9]+):(?P<MIN>[0-9]+) ET - (?P<YEAR>[0-9]+)/(?P<MON>[0-9]+)/(?P<DAY>[0-9]+)Table (?P<TABLE>[ a-zA-Z]+)\nSeat (?P<BUTTON>[0-9]+)')    
+    
+    def __init__(self, in_path = '-', out_path = '-', follow = False, autostart=True):
+        """\
+in_path   (default '-' = sys.stdin)
+out_path  (default '-' = sys.stdout)
+follow :  whether to tail -f the input"""
+        HandHistoryConverter.__init__(self, in_path, out_path, sitename="UltimateBet", follow=follow)
+        logging.info("Initialising UltimateBetconverter class")
+        self.filetype = "text"
+        self.codepage = "cp1252"
+        if autostart:
+            self.start()
+
+
+    def compilePlayerRegexs(self,  hand):
+        players = set([player[1] for player in hand.players])
+        if not players <= self.compiledPlayers: # x <= y means 'x is subset of y'
+            # we need to recompile the player regexs.
+            self.compiledPlayers = players
+            player_re = "(?P<PNAME>" + "|".join(map(re.escape, players)) + ")"
+            logging.debug("player_re: " + player_re)
+            self.re_PostSB           = re.compile(r"^%s: posts small blind \$?(?P<SB>[.0-9]+)" %  player_re, re.MULTILINE)
+            self.re_PostBB           = re.compile(r"^%s: posts big blind \$?(?P<BB>[.0-9]+)" %  player_re, re.MULTILINE)
+            self.re_Antes            = re.compile(r"^%s - Ante \$?(?P<ANTE>[.0-9]+)" % player_re, re.MULTILINE)
+            self.re_BringIn          = re.compile(r"^%s - Bring-In \$?(?P<BRINGIN>[.0-9]+)" % player_re, re.MULTILINE)
+            self.re_PostBoth         = re.compile(r"^%s: posts small \& big blinds \[\$? (?P<SBBB>[.0-9]+)" %  player_re, re.MULTILINE)
+            self.re_HeroCards        = re.compile(r"^Dealt to %s - Pocket (\[(?P<OLDCARDS>.+?)\])?( \[(?P<NEWCARDS>.+?)\])" % player_re, re.MULTILINE)
+            self.re_Action           = re.compile(r"^%s -(?P<ATYPE> Bets| Checks| raises| Calls| Folds)( \$(?P<BET>[.\d]+))?( to \$(?P<BETTO>[.\d]+))?( (?P<NODISCARDED>\d) cards?( \[(?P<DISCARDED>.+?)\])?)?" %  player_re, re.MULTILINE)
+            self.re_ShowdownAction   = re.compile(r"^%s - Shows \[(?P<CARDS>.*)\]" %  player_re, re.MULTILINE)
+            self.re_CollectPot       = re.compile(r"Seat (?P<SEAT>[0-9]+): %s (\(button\) |\(small blind\) |\(big blind\) )?(collected|showed \[.*\] and won) \(\$(?P<POT>[.\d]+)\)(, mucked| with.*|)" %  player_re, re.MULTILINE)
+            self.re_sitsOut          = re.compile("^%s sits out" %  player_re, re.MULTILINE)
+            self.re_ShownCards       = re.compile("^Seat (?P<SEAT>[0-9]+): %s \(.*\) showed \[(?P<CARDS>.*)\].*" %  player_re, re.MULTILINE)
+
+
+    def readSupportedGames(self):
+        return [ ["ring", "stud", "fl"]
+               ]
+
+    def determineGameType(self, handText):
+        info = {'type':'ring'}
+        
+        m = self.re_GameInfo.search(handText)
+        if not m:
+            return None
+
+        mg = m.groupdict()
+        
+        # translations from captured groups to our info strings
+        limits = { 'No Limit':'nl', 'Pot Limit':'pl', 'Limit':'fl' }
+        games = {              # base, category
+                  "Hold'em" : ('hold','holdem'), 
+                    'Omaha' : ('hold','omahahi'),
+              'Omaha Hi/Lo' : ('hold','omahahilo'),
+                     'Razz' : ('stud','razz'), 
+              '7 Card Stud' : ('stud','studhi'),
+                   'Badugi' : ('draw','badugi')
+               }
+        currencies = { u'€':'EUR', '$':'USD', '':'T$' }
+        if 'LIMIT' in mg:
+            info['limitType'] = limits[mg['LIMIT']]
+        if 'GAME' in mg:
+            (info['base'], info['category']) = games[mg['GAME']]
+        if 'SB' in mg:
+            info['sb'] = mg['SB']
+        if 'BB' in mg:
+            info['bb'] = mg['BB']
+        if 'CURRENCY' in mg:
+            info['currency'] = currencies[mg['CURRENCY']]
+        # NB: SB, BB must be interpreted as blinds or bets depending on limit type.
+        
+        return info
+
+
+    def readHandInfo(self, hand):
+        info = {}
+        m = self.re_HandInfo.search(hand.handText,re.DOTALL)
+        if m:
+            info.update(m.groupdict())
+            # TODO: Be less lazy and parse maxseats from the HandInfo regex
+            if m.group('TABLEATTRIBUTES'):
+                m2 = re.search("\s*(\d+)-max", m.group('TABLEATTRIBUTES'))
+                hand.maxseats = int(m2.group(1))
+        m = self.re_GameInfo.search(hand.handText)
+        if m: info.update(m.groupdict())
+        m = self.re_Button.search(hand.handText)
+        if m: info.update(m.groupdict()) 
+        # TODO : I rather like the idea of just having this dict as hand.info
+        logging.debug("readHandInfo: %s" % info)
+        for key in info:
+            if key == 'DATETIME':
+                #2008/11/12 10:00:48 CET [2008/11/12 4:00:48 ET]
+                #2008/08/17 - 01:14:43 (ET)
+                #2008/09/07 06:23:14 ET
+                m2 = re.search("(?P<Y>[0-9]{4})\/(?P<M>[0-9]{2})\/(?P<D>[0-9]{2})[\- ]+(?P<H>[0-9]+):(?P<MIN>[0-9]+):(?P<S>[0-9]+)", info[key])
+                datetime = "%s/%s/%s %s:%s:%s" % (m2.group('Y'), m2.group('M'),m2.group('D'),m2.group('H'),m2.group('MIN'),m2.group('S'))
+                hand.starttime = time.strptime(datetime, "%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S")
+            if key == 'HID':
+                hand.handid = info[key]
+            if key == 'TABLE':
+                hand.tablename = info[key]
+            if key == 'BUTTON':
+                hand.buttonpos = info[key]
+        
+    def readButton(self, hand):
+        m = self.re_Button.search(hand.handText)
+        if m:
+            hand.buttonpos = int(m.group('BUTTON'))
+        else:
+            logging.info('readButton: not found')
+
+    def readPlayerStacks(self, hand):
+        logging.debug("readPlayerStacks")
+        m = self.re_PlayerInfo.finditer(hand.handText)
+        players = []
+        for a in m:
+            hand.addPlayer(int(a.group('SEAT')), a.group('PNAME'), a.group('CASH'))
+
+    def markStreets(self, hand):
+        # PREFLOP = ** Dealing down cards **
+        # This re fails if,  say, river is missing; then we don't get the ** that starts the river.
+        if hand.gametype['base'] in ("hold"):
+            m =  re.search(r"\*\*\* HOLE CARDS \*\*\*(?P<PREFLOP>.+(?=\*\*\* FLOP \*\*\*)|.+)"
+                       r"(\*\*\* FLOP \*\*\*(?P<FLOP> \[\S\S \S\S \S\S\].+(?=\*\*\* TURN \*\*\*)|.+))?"
+                       r"(\*\*\* TURN \*\*\* \[\S\S \S\S \S\S] (?P<TURN>\[\S\S\].+(?=\*\*\* RIVER \*\*\*)|.+))?"
+                       r"(\*\*\* RIVER \*\*\* \[\S\S \S\S \S\S \S\S] (?P<RIVER>\[\S\S\].+))?", hand.handText,re.DOTALL)
+        elif hand.gametype['base'] in ("stud"):
+            m =  re.search(r"(?P<ANTES>.+(?=\*\*\* 3rd STREET \*\*\*)|.+)"
+                           r"(\*\*\* 3rd STREET \*\*\*(?P<THIRD>.+(?=\*\*\* 4th STREET \*\*\*)|.+))?"
+                           r"(\*\*\* 4th STREET \*\*\*(?P<FOURTH>.+(?=\*\*\* 5th STREET \*\*\*)|.+))?"
+                           r"(\*\*\* 5th STREET \*\*\*(?P<FIFTH>.+(?=\*\*\* 6th STREET \*\*\*)|.+))?"
+                           r"(\*\*\* 6th STREET \*\*\*(?P<SIXTH>.+(?=\*\*\* RIVER \*\*\*)|.+))?"
+                           r"(\*\*\* RIVER \*\*\*(?P<SEVENTH>.+))?", hand.handText,re.DOTALL)
+        elif hand.gametype['base'] in ("draw"):
+            m =  re.search(r"(?P<PREDEAL>.+(?=\*\*\* DEALING HANDS \*\*\*)|.+)"
+                           r"(\*\*\* DEALING HANDS \*\*\*(?P<DEAL>.+(?=\*\*\* FIRST DRAW \*\*\*)|.+))?"
+                           r"(\*\*\* FIRST DRAW \*\*\*(?P<DRAWONE>.+(?=\*\*\* SECOND DRAW \*\*\*)|.+))?"
+                           r"(\*\*\* SECOND DRAW \*\*\*(?P<DRAWTWO>.+(?=\*\*\* THIRD DRAW \*\*\*)|.+))?"
+                           r"(\*\*\* THIRD DRAW \*\*\*(?P<DRAWTHREE>.+))?", hand.handText,re.DOTALL)
+        hand.addStreets(m)
+
+    def readCommunityCards(self, hand, street): # street has been matched by markStreets, so exists in this hand
+        if street in ('FLOP','TURN','RIVER'):   # a list of streets which get dealt community cards (i.e. all but PREFLOP)
+            #print "DEBUG readCommunityCards:", street, hand.streets.group(street)
+            m = self.re_Board.search(hand.streets[street])
+            hand.setCommunityCards(street, m.group('CARDS').split(' '))
+
+    def readAntes(self, hand):
+        logging.debug("reading antes")
+        m = self.re_Antes.finditer(hand.handText)
+        for player in m:
+            #~ logging.debug("hand.addAnte(%s,%s)" %(player.group('PNAME'), player.group('ANTE')))
+            hand.addAnte(player.group('PNAME'), player.group('ANTE'))
+    
+    def readBringIn(self, hand):
+        m = self.re_BringIn.search(hand.handText,re.DOTALL)
+        if m:
+            #~ logging.debug("readBringIn: %s for %s" %(m.group('PNAME'),  m.group('BRINGIN')))
+            hand.addBringIn(m.group('PNAME'),  m.group('BRINGIN'))
+        
+    def readBlinds(self, hand):
+        try:
+            m = self.re_PostSB.search(hand.handText)
+            hand.addBlind(m.group('PNAME'), 'small blind', m.group('SB'))
+        except: # no small blind
+            hand.addBlind(None, None, None)
+        for a in self.re_PostBB.finditer(hand.handText):
+            hand.addBlind(a.group('PNAME'), 'big blind', a.group('BB'))
+        for a in self.re_PostBoth.finditer(hand.handText):
+            hand.addBlind(a.group('PNAME'), 'small & big blinds', a.group('SBBB'))
+
+    def readHeroCards(self, hand):
+        m = self.re_HeroCards.search(hand.handText)
+        if(m == None):
+            #Not involved in hand
+            hand.involved = False
+        else:
+            hand.hero = m.group('PNAME')
+            # "2c, qh" -> set(["2c","qc"])
+            # Also works with Omaha hands.
+            cards = m.group('NEWCARDS')
+            cards = set(cards.split(' '))
+            hand.addHoleCards(cards, m.group('PNAME'))
+
+    def readDrawCards(self, hand, street):
+        logging.debug("readDrawCards")
+        m = self.re_HeroCards.finditer(hand.streets[street])
+        if m == None:
+            hand.involved = False
+        else:
+            for player in m:
+                hand.hero = player.group('PNAME') # Only really need to do this once
+                newcards = player.group('NEWCARDS')
+                oldcards = player.group('OLDCARDS')
+                if newcards == None:
+                    newcards = set()
+                else:
+                    newcards = set(newcards.split(' '))
+                if oldcards == None:
+                    oldcards = set()
+                else:
+                    oldcards = set(oldcards.split(' '))
+                hand.addDrawHoleCards(newcards, oldcards, player.group('PNAME'), street)
+
+
+    def readStudPlayerCards(self, hand, street):
+        # See comments of reference implementation in FullTiltToFpdb.py
+        logging.debug("readStudPlayerCards")
+        m = self.re_HeroCards.finditer(hand.streets[street])
+        for player in m:
+            #~ logging.debug(player.groupdict())
+            (pname,  oldcards,  newcards) = (player.group('PNAME'), player.group('OLDCARDS'), player.group('NEWCARDS'))
+            if oldcards:
+                oldcards = [c.strip() for c in oldcards.split(' ')]
+            if newcards:
+                newcards = [c.strip() for c in newcards.split(' ')]
+            if street=='ANTES':
+                return
+            elif street=='THIRD':
+                # we'll have observed hero holecards in CARDS and thirdstreet open cards in 'NEWCARDS'
+                # hero: [xx][o]
+                # others: [o]
+                hand.addPlayerCards(player = player.group('PNAME'), street = street,  closed = oldcards,  open = newcards)
+            elif street in ('FOURTH',  'FIFTH',  'SIXTH'):
+                # 4th:
+                # hero: [xxo] [o]
+                # others: [o] [o]
+                # 5th:
+                # hero: [xxoo] [o]
+                # others: [oo] [o]
+                # 6th:
+                # hero: [xxooo] [o]
+                # others:  [ooo] [o]
+                hand.addPlayerCards(player = player.group('PNAME'), street = street, open = newcards)
+                # we may additionally want to check the earlier streets tally with what we have but lets trust it for now.
+            elif street=='SEVENTH' and newcards:
+                # hero: [xxoooo] [x]
+                # others: not reported.
+                hand.addPlayerCards(player = player.group('PNAME'), street = street, closed = newcards)
+
+    def readAction(self, hand, street):
+        m = self.re_Action.finditer(hand.streets[street])
+        for action in m:
+            if action.group('ATYPE') == ' Raises':
+                hand.addRaiseBy( street, action.group('PNAME'), action.group('BET') )
+            elif action.group('ATYPE') == ' Calls':
+                hand.addCall( street, action.group('PNAME'), action.group('BET') )
+            elif action.group('ATYPE') == ' Bets':
+                hand.addBet( street, action.group('PNAME'), action.group('BET') )
+            elif action.group('ATYPE') == ' Folds':
+                hand.addFold( street, action.group('PNAME'))
+            elif action.group('ATYPE') == ' Checks':
+                hand.addCheck( street, action.group('PNAME'))
+            #elif action.group('ATYPE') == ' discards':
+            #    hand.addDiscard(street, action.group('PNAME'), action.group('NODISCARDED'), action.group('DISCARDED'))
+            #elif action.group('ATYPE') == ' stands pat':
+            #    hand.addStandsPat( street, action.group('PNAME'))
+            else:
+                print "DEBUG: unimplemented readAction: '%s' '%s'" %(action.group('PNAME'),action.group('ATYPE'),)
+
+
+    def readShowdownActions(self, hand):
+        for shows in self.re_ShowdownAction.finditer(hand.handText):            
+            cards = shows.group('CARDS')
+            cards = set(cards.split(' '))
+            hand.addShownCards(cards, shows.group('PNAME'))
+
+    def readCollectPot(self,hand):
+        for m in self.re_CollectPot.finditer(hand.handText):
+            hand.addCollectPot(player=m.group('PNAME'),pot=m.group('POT'))
+
+    def readShownCards(self,hand):
+        for m in self.re_ShownCards.finditer(hand.handText):
+            if m.group('CARDS') is not None:
+                cards = m.group('CARDS')
+                cards = set(cards.split(' '))
+                hand.addShownCards(cards=cards, player=m.group('PNAME'))
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = OptionParser()
+    parser.add_option("-i", "--input", dest="ipath", help="parse input hand history", default="regression-test-files/pokerstars/HH20090226 Natalie V - $0.10-$0.20 - HORSE.txt")
+    parser.add_option("-o", "--output", dest="opath", help="output translation to", default="-")
+    parser.add_option("-f", "--follow", dest="follow", help="follow (tail -f) the input", action="store_true", default=False)
+    parser.add_option("-q", "--quiet",
+                  action="store_const", const=logging.CRITICAL, dest="verbosity", default=logging.INFO)
+    parser.add_option("-v", "--verbose",
+                  action="store_const", const=logging.INFO, dest="verbosity")
+    parser.add_option("--vv",
+                  action="store_const", const=logging.DEBUG, dest="verbosity")
+
+    (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
+
+    LOG_FILENAME = './logging.out'
+    logging.basicConfig(filename=LOG_FILENAME,level=options.verbosity)
+
+    e = UltimateBet(in_path = options.ipath, out_path = options.opath, follow = options.follow)