1. Variables you can use.
## 1) number of players at table
## 2) your cards
## 3) board
## 4) betting round
## 5) current bet (amount to you)
## 6) chips you have left at the moment
## 7) pot
## 8) history of total betting for each player in each round
## 9) big blind
## 10) tablechips
## 11) which seat you're in
## 12) who's the dealer
## 13) how many tables are left in the tournament


2. Examples from class.


3. Other examples and Helper functions you can use, from Fall 2005.


4. Rules.
a) 3 winners, payouts 13,8,5.
b) Start with 1500 chips each, and blinds of 50 and 100.
c) Small blind = 1/2 big blind (rounded to nearest integer).
d) Blinds last 10 hands, then increase by 50 percent. (rounded)
e) If # players left is 11-20, then players are split into 2 tables of equal size (or one off if # players is odd). Then 10 hands are played, no matter what.
f) First prize: deck of cards.
Second prize: cookies.
Third prize: highlighter.