Sunday, November 07, 2004

Poker Puzzle

This puzzle is brought to us by Aaron J. Friedland. You are also welcome to send me an email with your puzzle and receive credit.

Which of the following poker hands is best? Which is the worst? Which hands are of equal strength? The game is being played with an ordinary 52-card pack. There are no wild cards. (AS means ace of spades, etc.)

(a) AS AH AD KS KH
(b) AS AH AD QS QC
(c) AS AH AD QS QH
(d) AS AH AD 6S 6C
(e) AS AH AD 3S 3C

I'd like to thank Aaron for sending in his puzzle. I'll give the readers a day before posting the solution.

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