Quote Originally Posted by si_the_geek View Post
I would say that Five of a Kind would be lower than a Straight Flush, as that is probably harder to achieve.

It is questionable whether multiple of the 'same' card (such as 5c 5c 5c) should rank more highly than an equivalent (5c 5d 5s).
If you're sure that 5 of a Kind is below a Straight Flush, I'll add it there instead.
I doubt, I'll implement multiple versions of pairs, tripples, houses, quads or quintets based on suit though. I need the game to be as similar to Texas Hold'em (or other poker variations) as possible.

Quote Originally Posted by jemidiah View Post
I could compute/tell you how to compute the probability that a randomly selected 5-card hand using X standard decks is a five of a kind/full house/etc. I don't know how relevant those computations would be to real-world poker (there are a lot of variants, too). Figuring in details like how people bet and strategize based on the cards they can see would be extremely difficult, so a quick-and-dirty computation is probably as good as you're going to get.
I am not going to show probabilities while flops, turns and rivers are displayed (as is traditional in Texas Hold'em in an allin), since the game I am designing has some complexities connected to that approach (similar but a bit more difficult than the problem of predicting odds for Omaha hands on the fly). I have thought about a couple of ways to decrease the complexity, by distributing decks and cards in specific ways but I'm a bit concerned that randomness might be affected. I'm going to create a post here about just that in the near future, if I decide to go down that road.
If you have some links or material on how to implement an AI for a Texas Hold'em computer-player (preferably C#, java or VB), that would be highly appreciated; though I'm nowhere near implementing that just yet. The same for other poker variants, especially Omaha.

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Thank you both for your help
Will keep this open for a little while longer, though I doubt anyone can elaborate further without knowing my design in depth (which I'm not going to share at this time).

Regards Tom