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Poker Precept (Posted on 2013-04-19)

In a game of poker, one of the hands of five cards had the following features:

There was no card above a 10 (an ace is above a 10 in poker).
No two cards were of the same value.
All four suits were represented.
The total values of the odd and even cards were equal.
No three cards were in sequence.
The black cards totaled 10 in value.
The hearts totaled 14.
The lowest card was a spade.

What was the hand?

Submitted by K Sengupta

Rating: 5.0000 (2 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

Hand: 8 of clubs, 4 of diamonds, 2 of spades, 5 of hearts, 9 of hearts.
For an explanation, refer to the solution submitted by Math Man in this location.

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Subject	Author	Date
solution	xdog	2013-04-19 15:45:27
the computer method	Charlie	2013-04-19 13:06:57
Too much information	Steve Herman	2013-04-19 11:41:22
Answer	Math Man	2013-04-19 11:02:59

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