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Formula for playing cards
- correct the prior Column E should have been deleted
so basically 4 cards to an inside straight possibilities. I will see if I can come up with something but it will cost you. jk. but a few likes wouldn't hurt. lol.
also an out of sequence consecutive (inside straight) should also be detected right? (i.e. 3,1,2)
and in 'inside 4 card straight' should be detected right? (i.e. 3,4,1,2)
but not accept if a middle card is not part of the sequences (i.e. 3,4,8,5) should be FALSE
and based on your formula for "Paired" is it true no initial 3 cards will have a pair?
You are thinking along the good lines. To give a bit of background information. The data is used for optimal game theory strategies in poker. A strategy is based on the first 3 cards, the flop. The 4th card, the turn, either significantly changes that strategy or not. That is why it has to be the 4th card in combination with the first 3 cards.
2 examples of that strategy changing significantly is the board pairing (AKQQ eg) or a straight draw turning into a potential straight. As you smartly recognized. The most significant change for straights will be when the 4th card leads to 3 or more cards in a row. So it doesn't matter if that 4th card is on the left, middle or right. They all must be TRUE for the formula.
I understand you guys are making progress. Let me know when I can try it out. I very much appreciate you guys working together and helping me with this. Thank you!
Ps. I am not 100% sure I have answered your questions with this message. Let me know if I have to clarify something.
About pre-existing(flop) 3 card in a row sequences like 765. Here it also has to be in combination with the 4th card. So when the 4th card(turn) is a K. The strategy doesn't significantly change when the board becomes 765K. On the contrary, if an 8 would come on the board. The strategy changes signficantly.