JavaTHoldem is a Texas Hold'em poker game written in Java. It is a simple implementation of the game, using a console interface and ASCII art. It is a project for myself to learn Java and to practice programming.

• Play Texas Hold'em poker against computer players
• Computer players have a simple AI that makes them play
• The game is played in the console with ASCII art
• The game is played with a deck of 52 cards
• The game is played with 2 to 8 players

Soon

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I use Cactus Kev algorithm, translated to Java, to evaluate the strength of a hand.

The Cactus Kev algorithm is an algorithm to evaluate the strength of a hand in poker. It can be find here.

1. The first step is to represent each card as a 32-bit integer. This integer is composed of 4 bit ranges to store attributes :

   Bit structure :
   [ Prime | Rank | Suit | Card ]
   

   Bits	Meaning
   0-7	Unique prime number per each rank
   8-11	Rank (0 = 2, 12 = Ace)
   12-15	Suit (Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, Spades)
   16-31	Bitmask with a single bit set at 16 + rank

2. The second step is to evaluate the Hand strength.

   • First : Check for a flush using a bitmask.
   • Second : For non-flush hands, we use a Prime Product Algorithm to evaluate the hand strength.
   • Third : Once we have either : Bitmask for flush, Prime product for non-flush, we can look up the hand strength in 2 different precomputed tables, one for flushes and one for non-flushes.

• Implement the game methods
• Implement the Cactus Kev algorithm
• Implement Class for : Card, Deck, Hand, Player
• Write tests for the classes
• Clean up codebas
• Refactor the code
• Comment code with Javadoc
• Game interface
• Game logic
• Implement the AI
• Readme