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    From quarkslop@gmail.com@21:1/5 to Martin on Mon May 25 00:39:03 2020
    On Monday, February 6, 2012 at 5:29:50 AM UTC-8, Martin wrote:
    Can someone arrange each of the following two sets of 25 cards into five pat hands (i,e, straight, flush, full house, four of a kind, running flush,
    royal flush) and let me know how long each one took you?

    Set 1:
    Clubs 2,3,7,8,9,10,Q,K
    Diamonds 2,4,5,8,10
    Hearts 3,4,6,J
    Spades 3,4,6,8,10,J,Q,K

    Set 2:
    Clubs A,3,5,7,9,J,Q,K
    Diamonds A,2,4,5
    Hearts A,4,6,7,9,10,J,Q
    Spades 2,3,4,9,K

    Thank you in advance.

    Martin

    Clubs 2,3,7,8,9,10,Q,K
    Diamonds 2,4,5,8,10
    Hearts 3,4,6,J
    Spades 3,4,6,8,10,J,Q,K

    2C 3C 7C 8C 9C TC QC KC
    2D 4D 5D 8D TD
    3H 4H 6H JH
    3S 4S 6S 8S TS JS QS KS

    1 Solution Found
    ---------------
    2C 3C 7C TC KC : Flush
    3S 6S TS JS QS : Flush
    2D 3H 4D 5D 6H : Straight
    9C TD JH QC KS : Straight
    8C 8D 8S 4H 4S : Full House

    Set 2:
    Clubs A,3,5,7,9,J,Q,K
    Diamonds A,2,4,5
    Hearts A,4,6,7,9,10,J,Q
    Spades 2,3,4,9,K


    AC 3C 5C 7C 9C JC QC KC
    AD 2D 4D 5D
    AH 4H 6H 7H 9H TH JH QH
    2S 3S 4S 9S KS


    12 Solutions Found
    ---------------
    5C 9C JC QC KC : Flush
    4H 9H TH JH QH : Flush
    2S 3S 4S 9S KS : Flush
    2D 3C 4D 5D 6H : Straight
    AC AD AH 7C 7H : Full House
    ---------------
    5C 7C JC QC AC : Flush
    4H 6H 7H 9H AH : Flush
    2S 3S 4S 9S KS : Flush
    AD 2D 3C 4D 5D : Straight
    9C TH JH QH KC : Straight
    ---------------
    5C 7C JC QC KC : Flush
    4H 7H TH JH QH : Flush
    2S 3S 4S 9S KS : Flush
    2D 3C 4D 5D 6H : Straight
    AC AD AH 9C 9H : Full House
    ---------------
    5C 7C 9C QC AC : Flush
    4H 7H 9H JH AH : Flush
    2S 3S 4S 9S KS : Flush
    2D 3C 4D 5D 6H : Straight
    TH JC QH KC AD : Straight
    ---------------
    5C 7C 9C QC AC : Flush
    4H 6H 7H 9H JH : Flush
    2S 3S 4S 9S KS : Flush
    AD 2D 3C 4D 5D : Straight
    TH JC QH KC AH : Straight
    ---------------
    5C 7C 9C QC KC : Flush
    4H 7H 9H TH QH : Flush
    2S 3S 4S 9S KS : Flush
    2D 3C 4D 5D 6H : Straight
    AC AD AH JC JH : Full House
    ---------------
    5C 7C 9C JC KC : Flush
    4H 7H 9H TH JH : Flush
    2S 3S 4S 9S KS : Flush
    2D 3C 4D 5D 6H : Straight
    AC AD AH QC QH : Full House
    ---------------
    7C 9C QC KC AC : Flush
    4H 7H 9H JH AH : Flush
    AD 2D 3C 4D 5C : Straight
    2S 3S 4S 5D 6H : Straight
    9S TH JC QH KS : Straight
    ---------------
    7C 9C QC KC AC : Flush
    4H 7H 9H JH AH : Flush
    AD 2D 3C 4D 5D : Straight
    2S 3S 4S 5C 6H : Straight
    9S TH JC QH KS : Straight
    ---------------
    7C 9C QC KC AC : Flush
    4H 7H 9H JH AH : Flush
    2D 3C 4D 5C 6H : Straight
    AD 2S 3S 4S 5D : Straight
    9S TH JC QH KS : Straight
    ---------------
    7C 9C QC KC AC : Flush
    4H 6H 7H 9H JH : Flush
    AD 2D 3C 4D 5C : Straight
    9S TH JC QH KS : Straight
    AH 2S 3S 4S 5D : Straight
    ---------------
    7C 9C QC KC AC : Flush
    4H 6H 7H 9H JH : Flush
    AD 2D 3C 4D 5D : Straight
    9S TH JC QH KS : Straight
    AH 2S 3S 4S 5C : Straight

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  • From quarkslop@gmail.com@21:1/5 to Martin on Mon May 25 00:41:42 2020
    On Monday, February 6, 2012 at 5:29:50 AM UTC-8, Martin wrote:
    Can someone arrange each of the following two sets of 25 cards into five pat hands (i,e, straight, flush, full house, four of a kind, running flush,
    royal flush) and let me know how long each one took you?

    Set 1:
    Clubs 2,3,7,8,9,10,Q,K
    Diamonds 2,4,5,8,10
    Hearts 3,4,6,J
    Spades 3,4,6,8,10,J,Q,K

    Set 2:
    Clubs A,3,5,7,9,J,Q,K
    Diamonds A,2,4,5
    Hearts A,4,6,7,9,10,J,Q
    Spades 2,3,4,9,K

    Thank you in advance.

    Martin

    Regarding the solutions I just posted - I'm not sure how long it took to solve them - much less than a millisecond.

    Of course, I used a computer program that I wrote.

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  • From Bruce Alan Martin@21:1/5 to Martin on Thu Oct 20 20:42:38 2022
    On Monday, February 6, 2012 at 8:29:50 AM UTC-5, Martin wrote:
    Can someone arrange each of the following two sets of 25 cards into five pat hands (i,e, straight, flush, full house, four of a kind, running flush,
    royal flush) and let me know how long each one took you?

    Set 1:
    Clubs 2,3,7,8,9,10,Q,K
    Diamonds 2,4,5,8,10
    Hearts 3,4,6,J
    Spades 3,4,6,8,10,J,Q,K

    Set 2:
    Clubs A,3,5,7,9,J,Q,K
    Diamonds A,2,4,5
    Hearts A,4,6,7,9,10,J,Q
    Spades 2,3,4,9,K

    Thank you in advance.

    Martin

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