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Day 7: Camel Cards

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I think one doesn't need to generate all combinations. All combinations using cards already present in the hand should be enough (since a joker can only increase the value of the hand by being grouped with existing cards (since in this game having four of a kind is always better than having any hand with a four of a kind/full house and having 3 is always better than any hand with pairs, and having a pair is better than any card without any cards of the same kind)). This massively decreases the amount of combinations needed to be generated per jokery hand.