junxiao-zhao / blackjack

A program that learns to play "Blackjack"

A program that learns to play "Blackjack"

A program that learns to play a variant of the card game "Blackjack" in the same way as the AlphaZero program.

Game

• Two players alternately roll dice, and keep track of their total across turns.
• They are each trying to reach a sum that lies in a specified target, between a fixed low value and high value.
• If a player reaches a score in the target range, they immediately win; If they exceed the high value, they immediately lose.
• The players can choose the number of dice to roll on each turn, between 1 and a fixed maximum.

Usage

usage: BlackJack.py [-h] -d D -s S -l L -u U -m M -n N

A program learns to play Blackjack

optional arguments:
-h, --help  show this help message and exit
-d D        the number of dices
-s S        the number of sides each dice
-l L        the lower bound of winning
-u U        the upper bound of winning
-m M        the hyperparameter
-n N        the number of times to play

Example

• Input: python BlackJack.py -d 2 -s 3 -l 6 -u 7 -m 100 -n 100000
• Output: the correct number of dice to roll in each state and the corresponding probability. See output.txt.