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The Psychic Poker Player
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The Psychic Poker Player

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#The Psychic Poker Player



In 5-card draw poker, a player is dealt a hand of five cards (which may be looked at). The player may

then discard between zero and five of his or her cards and have them replaced by the same number of

cards from the top of the deck (which is face down). The object is to maximize the value of the final

hand. The dierent values of hands in poker are given at the end of this problem.

Normally the player cannot see the cards in the deck and so must use probability to decide which

cards to discard. In this problem, we imagine that the poker player is psychic and knows which cards are

on top of the deck. Write a program which advises the player which cards to discard so as to maximize

the value of the resulting hand.



##Input and Output



Input will consist of a series of lines, each containing the initial five cards in the hand then the first

five cards on top of the deck. Each card is represented as a two-character code. The first character is

the face-value (A=Ace, 2{9, T=10, J=Jack, Q=Queen, K=King) and the second character is the suit

(C=Clubs, D=Diamonds, H=Hearts, S=Spades). Cards will be separated by single spaces. Each input

line will be from a single valid deck, that is there will be no duplicate cards in each hand and deck.

Each line of input should produce one line of output, consisting of the initial hand, the top five cards

on the deck, and the best value of hand that is possible. Input is terminated by end of file.

Use the sample input and output as a guide. Note that the order of the cards in the player's hand

is irrelevant, but the order of the cards in the deck is important because the discarded cards must be

replaced from the top of the deck. Also note that examples of all types of hands appear in the sample

output, with the hands shown in decreasing order of value.



##Sample Input

```

TH JH QC QD QS QH KH AH 2S 6S

2H 2S 3H 3S 3C 2D 3D 6C 9C TH

2H 2S 3H 3S 3C 2D 9C 3D 6C TH

2H AD 5H AC 7H AH 6H 9H 4H 3C

AC 2D 9C 3S KD 5S 4D KS AS 4C

KS AH 2H 3C 4H KC 2C TC 2D AS

AH 2C 9S AD 3C QH KS JS JD KD

6C 9C 8C 2D 7C 2H TC 4C 9S AH

3D 5S 2H QD TD 6S KH 9H AD QH

```



##Sample Output



```

Hand: TH JH QC QD QS Deck: QH KH AH 2S 6S Best hand: straight-flush

Hand: 2H 2S 3H 3S 3C Deck: 2D 3D 6C 9C TH Best hand: four-of-a-kind

Hand: 2H 2S 3H 3S 3C Deck: 2D 9C 3D 6C TH Best hand: full-house

Hand: 2H AD 5H AC 7H Deck: AH 6H 9H 4H 3C Best hand: flush

Hand: AC 2D 9C 3S KD Deck: 5S 4D KS AS 4C Best hand: straight

Hand: KS AH 2H 3C 4H Deck: KC 2C TC 2D AS Best hand: three-of-a-kind

Hand: AH 2C 9S AD 3C Deck: QH KS JS JD KD Best hand: two-pairs

Hand: 6C 9C 8C 2D 7C Deck: 2H TC 4C 9S AH Best hand: one-pair

Hand: 3D 5S 2H QD TD Deck: 6S KH 9H AD QH Best hand: highest-card

```