The two situations we touched on were:
a) a simplified "poker engine", with almost no interface, just the basic mechanics of dealing, etc. The idea being that we let something else deal with presenting the data.
b) A unified, razzle-dazzle GUI program with dancing cards, and players that blow smoke in your face :-)
So here's an approximate summary of needed objects in each case:
| Fancy GUI | Simple engine |
|---|---|
| Player | Player |
| Deck | Deck |
| Hand | Hand(maybe) |
| Card | |
| Table |
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