Questions tagged [poker]
For puzzles involving the card game Poker or its variations, such as deducing information about a poker game from clues.
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All poker hands from a single deck
This question suggested itself to me – and I found a solution – after I solved Can you balance this poker deck?.
Take out two aces from the standard 52-card deck. Your challenge is to partition the ...
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Can you balance this poker deck?
You are given the digits 0 to 9 in 4 poker suits.
Distribute them onto the 8 highest poker hands (make one of each) of 5 digits each. They are
Royal Flush (9 to 5 of one suit)
Straight Flush (...
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How many different kinds of hands can appear in a single Texas Hold 'em game?
Texas Hold 'em is a form of poker where each player has 2 "pocket" cards, which they combine with 3 (or more) community cards from a pool of 5 to form their hand, which are then scored under ...
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Mind Reading in Three-Handed Pot Limit Omaha
Alice, Bob, and Charlie are playing a game of Pot Limit Omaha. After the river card is dealt, but before the players' hands are revealed, the following conversation takes place:
Alice: "My hand ...
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Optimal solution to a modified poker game
Note: Knowledge of the poker game Texas Hold-em is (probably) needed in order to answer this question.
You and a friend (only two people are playing) are playing a standard game of Texas Hold-em but ...