Play five-card draw poker — play

Interact with the game by typing commands into the console and pressing enter.

Usage

play_poker(colors = c(2, 4, 1))

Arguments

colors

One of 1, 2, or 4. The number of colors to use to render the suits.

For 1, all suits are the default console color.
For 2, hearts and diamonds are red and spades and clubs are the default console color.
For 4, hearts are red, clubs are green, diamonds are blue, and spades are the default console color.

Value

Generates an interactive game of poker in the console.

Scoring

Hand	Points	Description
Junk	-10	Nothing of value.
Low pair	0	Two cards of the same rank, ten or below.
High pair	5	Two aces, kings, queens, or jacks.
Two pair	10	Two cards of one rank and two cards of another.
Three of a kind	20	Three cards of the same rank.
Straight	50	Five cards in sequential order.
Flush	75	Five cards of the same suit.
Full house	100	Three cards of one rank and two cards of another.
Four of a kind	1,000	Four cards of the same rank.
Straight flush	50,000	Five cards of the same suit in sequential order.
Royal flush	1,000,000	Ace, king, queen, jack, and ten of the same suit.

For straights, aces may be considered the highest card (above king) or the lowest card (below two). However, aces may not be used to connect a king and a two (e.g. Q-K-A-2-3 is not a straight).

Examples

play_poker()
play_poker(colors = 4)
play_poker(colors = 1)