NoFoldEm

This was not an original idea. There are various NoFoldEm pages already on the Web. Just Google "nofoldem" and you'll find some. I took it on as a project because lots of people tell you what the odds are, but without actually studying statistics, how are you to know whether they're lying or not? Since you usually lose, who's to say it's not part of a vast, global conspiracy? They teach that you money is good, that you can gamble to get some, and that making a gut-shot straight draw is less likely than making an open-ended straight draw. Where does the lying start?

The program, which is in PHP, defines 169 starting hands, from AA through 72. AK means Ace, King, while AKs means Ace, King, suited. In Texas Hold 'em poker, an Ace, King suited in clubs is equal to an Ace, King suited in hearts. (Except in the minds the players, who often are attracted to the prettiness of some suits. I like hearts, myself. Also, since I'm color-sighted, I tend to think that a heart and a diamond are less unsuited than a heart and a club, so I'll bet more.) There are, in fact, (52 choose 2), or 1,326, possible hands, if you care about the iconography of the suits for emotional, historic or voodoo reasons, but I subscribe to the theory that they generalize neatly into 169 hands.

Here's the entire symbology, which is standard: