From: Dave Burt <dave@...>
Date: 2005-03-24T05:40:01+09:00
Subject: Re: [SOLUTION][QUIZ] Texas Hold'Em (#24)

"Patrick Hurley" <phurley@gmail.com> tested:
> Dave I am still looking over your code, but since I got your test data
> last week here is some for you).  This was a tough one, lots of
> combinations - now I know why I don't gamble. Your card abstraction
> seems very complete, did it come from some place else? I did some of
> the same, but realized I was getting too far afield for the quiz alone
> and stopped myself (I can be accused of over engineering sometimes :-)
>
> Patrick
>
> Input:
> <snip reams of testing :))>

Thanks Pat, I will look at this later today when I get the time. I will add 
some more tests than that, too, to try and trap another suspected bug: I 
fear Two pairs are not evaluated correctly by highest pair then second pair. 
These example output lines show this:
2s 2h 3d 3s 9c Ts As Two Pair  # from your test
9c 9d Ks Kd 3c 6d Ah Two Pair  # from the quiz definition
That's what you get for programming after bed-time.

I had already written card.rb for an implementation of blackjack 
(blackjack.rb).

I haven't had a chance to look over any solutions in detail yet, but I saw 
your "delta transform" and its use and am intrigued - what is that?

Cheers,
Dave