ya, i would consider creating database tables to store this information along with ranks of hands because of the high number of possibilities
On 11/7/06, Doug Bezona <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Card values are worth a great deal in poker, since it's common for > someone to have the same type of hand as an opponent, but with different > values - e.g. JJ vs. KK - both are pairs, but the K's are the better > hand. > > Practically speaking, you only need to worry about card values in cases > where more than one player has the same type of hand. Then, you compare > the highest value card in each player's hand that is part of pair, > straight, etc. > > There are also games like Razz or Omaha Hi/Lo where you also have to > account for low value hands as well, which are winners in those games, > so you would be determining which hand has the lowest total card value, > but that don't contain any paired cards. If you don't care about those > games though, you can certainly save a lot of effort. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dave Francis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 3:34 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: ordering Poker hands > > > > But card values aren't worth spit in poker. It's card combinations > that > > you > > have to worry about, and calculate for. For instance, what's the > chance of > > filling 2-3-4-5 on the turn, or on the river? Against 4-4? Or A-A? > > AAArrgh! > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Casey Dougall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 2:59 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Re: ordering Poker hands > > > > > > On 11/7/06, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > make faces = 10 > > > make aces = 1 or 11 > > > > > > You would need to give every card in the deck a number with a letter > > next to them for suit. > > face cards as 10 would work for blackjack but that's it. > > > > 2-h, 2-d, 2-s, 2-c > > 6-h, 6-d, 6-s, 6-c > > 12-h, 12-d, 12-s, 12-c > > > > You could also do some math here and label all cards 1 - 52 and > > determine suit from where the number falls in the deck. > > > > Need to count those straight flush hands!!! :-) > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:259523 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
