public Player()
{
playerHand = new Card[5];
sortedplayerHand = new Card[5];
playerHandevaluator = new HandEvaluator(sortedplayerHand);
HandCount = new Hand();
ID = 0;
}
private bool GreaterThan(Player a, Player b)
{
//create player's computer's evaluation objects (passing SORTED hand to constructor)
HandEvaluator playera = new HandEvaluator(a.sortedplayerHand);
HandEvaluator playerb = new HandEvaluator(b.sortedplayerHand);
//get the player;s and computer's hand
Hand playerAHand = playera.evaluatedHand();
Hand playerBHand = playerb.evaluatedHand();
if (playerAHand > playerBHand)
{
return(true);
}
else if (playerAHand < playerBHand)
{
return(false);
}
else //if the hands are the same, evaluate the values
{
//first evaluate who has higher value of poker hand
if (playera.handValue.Total > playerb.handValue.Total)
{
return(true);
}
else if (playera.handValue.Total < playerb.handValue.Total)
{
return(false);
}
//if both hanve the same poker hand (for example, both have a pair of queens),
//than the player with the next higher card wins
else if (playera.handValue.HighCard > playerb.handValue.HighCard)
{
return(true);
}
else if (playera.handValue.HighCard < playerb.handValue.HighCard)
{
return(false);
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("DRAW, no one wins!");
}
}
return(false);
}