Fair Performance Comparison of Simple Postflop and PioSolver

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The test was performed on the 25 BB HU limp spot, board Js 8c 4c.

Input ranges:

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Screen of input ranges from Simple Postflop Solver

Configuration of bets sizings:

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NB: in Pio and SPF the functionality of rounding bets to All-in works differently.

In SPF bet is compared to the stack that is left in the beginning of the street, in Pio bet comparing to the starting stack in the hand:

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generated tree in SPF contains bet 12bb on the river cause 12/19<67%

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generated tree in Pio doesn't contain bet 12bb on the river cause 17/24>67%

We adjusted the tree in SPF so that it absolutely corresponded to the tree in Pio.

SPF treehttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1n0mRsFYoacRVvqxBGzlo2-f8ShY4DXN6/view?usp=sharing

PioSolver treehttps://docs.google.com/document/d/175YuL3ocd1XIXQxs8Il4xZTOPiQ7xPT5RbAd2am_CFs/edit?usp=sharing

Performance comparison was run on the same server with the same conditions (server with an Intel® Xeon® processor W-2145 Octa-Core Skylake W)

Raw data of the experiment resultshttps://drive.google.com/file/d/19-Peewr0EltxBKUVkLJjyG7OoQnHpgpv/view?usp=sharing

PioSolver has 1 algorithm for solving tree, Simple Postflop Solver has 3 different algorithms (A1, A2, A3) and SPF A1 algorithm could use different degrees of tree compression in the RAM.

The results of the experiment on the chart (on the X axis - time in minutes, on the Y axis - exploitability of solution in blinds per 1 hand):

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logarithm applied to the scale of vertical axis

From the chart we can make the following Conclusions: the A3 SPF algorithm using the same time for solving tree as the PIO, shows the accuracy of the solution 2-3 times better. Algorithm A2 SPF performed better convergence, algorithms A1 and A1 with compression x2 performed a result similar to Pio.

Chart for the required RAM per calculation:

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From this graph we can conclude that the SPF has an algorithm (A1 compression x4), which allows calculating a complex tree with fairly good accuracy, using a small amount of RAM.

PS: to perform calculations in PioSolver using more than 16 cores, the user needs to purchase a license for $1099*, while Simple Postflop allows to use any number of cores in the* $299 version.

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