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My Rack-O! game support 2 to 4 hand of cards as the real game (40 - 60 cards). See rules
A user can play with 1 to 3 computer hands. For a 4 hands game, user may play 2 hands alternatively with 2 computer hands.

There are 3 level of computer player to choose from:

• Easy - Pick the best sorted order and fill the missing slots.
  Written by Arvind Bhusnurmath, Kristen Gee, and Karen Her - copied from Nifty assignments 2016, Racko
• Moderate - Even distribution to fill all slots.
  Try to keep the numbers in sequence for higher winning points.
  When detect deadlock, throw the unsorted cards then sort the rack again.
• Hard - Monitor the changes on discard pile and deck pile.
  Sort the rack with eliminate the cards held by other players and prevent deadlock issue.
  Try to keep the numbers in sequence for higher winning points.
  If too few cards will fill the missing slot, expand the range if possible.
  When approaching to win such as 475 points, sort minimun 5 slots (+25 points) to win instead of full rack.

System requirements and installation

Number of win count in 100 rounds, regradless score:

• 2 players racko:

Easy        vs     Moderate
28                 72
Easy                               vs     Hard
28                                        72
                   Moderate        vs     Hard
                   40                     60

• 3 players racko:

Easy       vs      Moderate        vs     Hard
18                 30                     52

• 4 players racko:

Easy x2    vs      Moderate        vs     Hard
30 (15)            32                     38
Easy       vs      Moderate x2     vs     Hard
15                 48 (24)                37
Easy       vs      Moderate        vs     Hard x2
9                  22                     69 (34.5)

Winning scores distribution based on 100 winning rounds of 3 players game:

              75 pts    125 pts    175 pts    275 pts    475 pts
Easy          76        20          4          0          0
Moderate      84        14          2          0          0
Hard          80        17          2          1          0

Losing scores distribution based on 100 losing rounds of 3 players game:

               5   10   15   20   25   30   35   40   45
Easy           9   23   18    9   11    9    9    8    4
Moderate      15   20   12   17    5    9   12    7    3
Hard          10   13    8   12   18   17    7   11    4

Regardless the winner in 100 rounds, number deck turnover to complete:

Number of deck turnover:    0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10+  
Moderate vs Easy x3     
40          60             35  50   7   3   4   0   0   0   0   1   0
(14 deadlock detected)
Hard     vs Easy x3
50          50             57  40   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  

The GUI is writtern in pyqt5, using py4j connected to computer player support in java. Card image use Nifty assignments 2016, Racko.

Change the game setting from the menu bar:
Single round - 75 points
Full game - 500 points
Custom setting - 75 to 1000 points

Choose your choice of computer players, click "NEW" button to start the game.
An option to show card replacement by the players.
On player's turn, the rack will highlight in lighter color.

Blue   - initial card when start the game.
Green  - card has been replaced.  If card from discard pile, also display card number.
Yellow - player pick the card to place in discard pile.

Computer take over option provided. Inter breaks between threads to avoid bus error.

The left rack of cards is the user's rack.

• To keep the top card from discard pile, simply click the card you want to replace.
• Otherwise, click the deck pile to turn over the top card from the deck pile.
• Then click your card to replace it or click the deck pile again to move it to discard pile.
  For 4 hands and play with 2 sets. The second set on the right side.

The user may terminate the game at any time.
An option to have a computer player (Moderate level only) take over and finish the remaining game in fast speed.