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+# after each phase, given game, evaluate if end
+end:
+- op: playerCount
+  operand: 1
+phases:
+- op: charge
+  operand: 5
+- op: deal
+  operand: 5
+- op: bet
+- op: trade
+  operand: 5
+- op: bet
+- op: end
+# always return an number type (or zero if not qualified) w/ high card
+# ie
+#   two pair and a card
+#   king, king, 4, 4, 3 => 1000 * (13) + 10 * (4) + 3 = 1343
+# TODO: inverted ranking, I think negative is enough
+hands:
+- royalFlush
+- straightFlush
+- fourOfAKind
+- fullHouse
+- flush
+- straight
+- threeOfAKind
+- twoPair
+- pair
+- highCard
+deck:
+  exclude:
+  - joker