There is no one algorithm. The game is a combination of luck and skill. It also has factors such as the number of players in a hand, and where your seating position is relative to the dealer.

All players are dealt 2 cards face down, followed by 5 cards face up. Players must make the best possible 5 card poker hand using the 5 community cards and their own face down hole cards. The best 5 card poker hand wins the hand and receives the pot.

I'll gamble this here thoroughbred stud horse on my chances.  I think it's fair to assume that the game prohibited by the California Legislature in 1884 under penalty of fine and imprisonment was at that time called stud horse poker,  known today simply as stud poker.

Players who bank games are regulated by the California Gambling Commission. poker, in which four cards, rather than the traditional five cards, are played. Stud- Horse Poker  and Hokey-Pokey  Are Illegal Card Games, HEALDSBURG TRIB., Mar.