Changelog¶

All notable changes to this project are documented in this file.

[0.6.0] - 2026-07-11¶

C/C++¶

Added PLO5 and PLO6 evaluators.
Fixed a bug in the C++ hand (Rank) comparison operators.
Removed the Hand class (phevaluator/hand.h header) and the EvaluateHand function.

New public functions and types:

C:
- evaluate_plo4_cards (alias of evaluate_omaha_cards)
- evaluate_plo5_cards
- evaluate_plo6_cards
C++:
- EvaluatePlo4Cards (alias of EvaluateOmahaCards)
- EvaluatePlo5Cards
- EvaluatePlo6Cards

Removed public functions and types:

C++: EvaluateHand, Hand class.

Python¶

Evaluation code is now backed by the C-compiled library.
Added PLO5 and PLO6 evaluation.
Supported Python versions changed to Python 3.10 - 3.14.

New public functions:

evaluate_5cards
evaluate_6cards
evaluate_7cards
evaluate_plo4_cards (alias of evaluate_omaha_cards)
evaluate_plo5_cards
evaluate_plo6_cards

[0.5.3.1] - 2024-03-21¶

Python¶

Update the example usage in README.md and the website.

[0.5.3] - 2024-03-14¶

Python¶

Separate package to improve memory usage.

[0.5.2] - 2023-03-10¶

Python¶

Fix the hint of list type in Python 3.7.

[0.5.1] - 2022-04-22¶

Python¶

Fix package not containing entire codes and omaha data.

[0.5.0.4] - 2021-10-31¶

Python¶

Fix package not containing entire codes and omaha data.

[0.5.0] - 2021-10-19¶

Python¶

Remove Omaha hand evaluation from method evaluate_cards.
Remove methods evaluate_5cards, evaluate_6cards and evaluate_7cards.

[0.4.0.3] - 2021-10-18¶

Python¶

Build with setuptools.

[0.4.0.2] - 2021-10-16¶

Python¶

Create PyPI package phevaluator.

[0.4.0.1] - 2021-10-11¶

Python¶

New source code structure and packaging methods (no functional changes).

[0.4.0] - 2021-10-06¶

C/C++¶

Add describeCard, describeSuit, and describeRank methods for Card.
Change describeSampleHand to return a string with no space delimiters.

Python¶

Remove 8-card and 9-card evaluations.
Add Omaha evaluation.
Add describe_rank, describe_suit, and describe_card for the Card class.
Fix and improve the table_tests scripts.

Misc¶

Use GitHub workflow as CI.

[0.3.1] - 2020-05-25¶

C/C++¶

Use O3 optimization.

[0.3.0] - 2020-05-24¶

C/C++¶

Add evaluation for Omaha hands.

[0.2.0] - 2019-11-25¶

C++¶

Add Hand and Rank types.
Add the EvaluateHand method.
Add multiple methods to describe a Rank.

C¶

Add multiple methods to describe a Rank.
Add the 7462 table.

Python¶

Refactor the table test code.

[0.1.0] - 2019-11-20¶

Supports Poker Hand Evaluation from 5 to 9 cards.
Supports C, C++ and Python languages.