You can considerably reduce the size of this by typing:
if($sorted_values=~/([abcdefghijklm]{2})/){

# Rest of code here

}

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instead of the following:
    if (   $sorted_values =~ m/a{2}/
        or $sorted_values = ~m/b{2}/
        or $sorted_values = ~m/c{2}/
        or $sorted_values = ~m/d{2}/
        or $sorted_values = ~m/e{2}/
        or $sorted_values = ~m/f{2}/
        or $sorted_values = ~m/g{2}/
        or $sorted_values = ~m/h{2}/
        or $sorted_values = ~m/i{2}/
        or $sorted_values = ~m/j{2}/
        or $sorted_values = ~m/k{2}/
        or $sorted_values = ~m/l{2}/
        or $sorted_values = ~m/k{2}/)
    {

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Also, at the top of the program, I would put the my statements for the player hands into two lines instead of ten: 
my (@p2_hand,@p3_hand,@p4_hand,@p5_hand);
my (@p6_hand,@p7_hand,@p8_hand,@p9_hand,@p10_hand);

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The last is merely a matter of programming style, but should help in reducing overall clutter

UPDATE:kschwab's regex actually works, mine breaks as he mentions.

TStanley
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In reply to Re: Texas Hold'ems Poker Analysis Tool by TStanley
in thread Texas Hold'ems Poker Analysis Tool by Elgon

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