Fill the board with a deck of playing cards from Eights to Aces so that each column, row and
diagonal makes the required type of 5-card hand. Each card can be used only once. Except 5-card
hands such as Straight flush and Straight, suits don’t matter.
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Possible types of 5-card hand in poker:
Straight flush – five cards of the same suit in sequence;
Four of a kind (quads) – four cards of one rank;
Full house (full boat) – three matching cards of one rank and two matching cards of another rank;
Flush – all five cards are of the same suit (not in a sequence);
Straight – five cards of sequential rank (e.g. Queen, Knight, Jack, 10 and 9). Ace is special
card – it can be the strongest card (Ace, ueen, Knight, Jack and 10) or the low card in 5-card
hand (Ace, 8, 9, 10, Knight). The poker hand such a: King, Queen, 9, 8 and Ace is wrong.
Sequence of cards on the bord doesn't matter;
Three of a kind (trips) – three cards of the same rank;
Two pair – two cards of the same rank, plus two cards of another rank;