[ChuckyB]

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1) Does it matter if you have 3 different suits or 2, or is the only thing that matters is total baduginess (strangely worded I know). I.e. does A [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]2 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]3 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]4 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] beat a [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]2 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]3 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]5 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]?

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In this instance the second hand would win. In the first hand, the A [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] cancels the 3 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. So the first player really has an A24 3-card hand. The second player has an A23 3-card hand.
Any four-card hand would beat either.

With any two suited cards, the higher suited card doesn't count. And with any pair, one of the pair cards doesn't count.