Pokerface Contest

1:
I noticed we have the "Straight Flush", but not "Royal Straight Flush" with 10-ace in same color ?

2:
"# It should output each of the possible hands (Pair, Two Pairs, etc) and a total number of that hand your script played."

But only post the best hand in every run, right ? so if I had a fullhouse, I would only register it (and not the pair, two pair, three-of kind) also ?

1) Nope..no Royal Straight Flush...

2) Correct. Only the best hand should be played.

And no difference in pair of twos compared to pair of aces ?

i am not shure i understand this rule... can u explain this i a bit more detail..

what does "each of the possible hands, and a total number of ..." mean?

Nope...that would really only make a difference if you were comparing your hand against another hand. In this contest (notice I said this ;)), any pair is counted the same.

And the last (for now), is it allowed to add a "brain" remembering cards already used (thous knowing possible cards in the deck) ?

Eg. if only four Hearts is left in game, no need to try for the flush

"It should output each of the possible hands (Pair, Two Pairs, etc) and a total number of that hand your script played."

"It should output each of the possible hands (Pair, Two Pairs, etc)" is just telling you to output a header of sorts that lists each possible hand that scores you points. See the sample output.txt file for an example.

"a total number of that hand your script played."...if your script played 12 pairs, list that next to Pair in the output.txt file. Again, see the sample file for an example...

Sure! That is exactly what this contest is all about. Logic. What will your script do in certain situations...

since u will be running the scripts 5 times (i presume against the same 5 decks) can the script "remember" what he played at the same situation last time, and do smth diferent?

now, he doesn't have to remember the cards that he got (that would be cheating), only the moves he maid. (i think that this wouldn't be cheating)..

so, what is cheating, and what isn't?


("remember" means ie store to data.txt file, or smth)

I would presume the five runs would be with random decks and no "remembering" between the runs. But, Matt ?

There will be no remembering between runs...sorry zombie...

Hehe, I saw this and had a laugh. Heck, my company builds software like this (www.infinitecasino.com for our Poker games, =)).

Anyways, for those looking into statistical information regarding Poker, look no further than : http://www.thewizardofodds.com.

Frankly, I would like to see more acceptance for real poker rules, but this contest seems fun enough. =) Just thought I would toss some information your way.

don't be sorry. i just wonted to know if it was legal.

it could moke an iteresting logics ;)

btw, those 5 runs, are they with same intput or with diferent decks?

Each of the 5 runs will be will be a different input.txt. Of course, the same 5 will be used for all scripts.