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the whole problem is that the hand filters take forever to code up
is AKJ playable?
how about AK5?
or what about AT7?
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You don't need to pre-program playable hands. If you had a grid with the 3rd street combinations laid out, then the user can click around the ones that he believes villain may hold. I can imagine a tab system where the high card is listed on the left and the other two cards make a triangular grid:
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*A* AA AK AQ AJ AT A9 A8 A7 ...
KK KQ KJ KT K9 K8 K7 ...
QQ QJ QT Q9 Q8 Q7 ...
...
*K* KK KQ KJ KT ...
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Some sort of three color system can be used to determine which hands are available: "3-flush", "Two suited", "Any suits" (and of course the "OFF" position that none of these hands would be used).
If hand lists can be exported and saved as simple text files, then that would take the burden off the programmer to come up with lists and leave it as a user-end problem.