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The instructions for part 2 are missing info about how to handle the Four Of A Kind and a joker case. Wasted quite some time because I assumed that the remaining joker would remain unused, but turns out it turns your deck into Five Of A Kind.

Did everybody else just expect this?

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[–] TostiHawaii@feddit.nl 8 points 11 months ago

For part 2, the only thing that I missed at first was the JJJJJ edge case. My approach was:

  • count the amount of jokers
  • remove them from the hand
  • count the rest
  • add the amount of jokers to the biggest set in the hand

Last step fails if there are no other cards left after you remove the jokers...