diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 379f081..6ed6c10 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 	</main-panel>
 	<main-panel>
 			<button onclick="reset();">Reset</button>
-			<button onclick="document.getElementById('result').innerHTML = getPatterns();">Analyze</button>
+			<input type="checkbox" onclick="toggleAutoDraw(this)" id="autoDrawToggle" /><label for="autoDrawToggle">Auto-Draw</label>
 			<br>
 			<div style="margin-top: 1.4em;" id="result">?</div>
 	</main-panel>
diff --git a/script.js b/script.js
index b523d1d..981bc91 100644
--- a/script.js
+++ b/script.js
@@ -1,21 +1,44 @@
-var deck = {};
-var hand = {};
+var maxNumber = 8; // the maximum number on cards (cards always start at one)
+var colors = [ "red", "blue", "yellow" ]; // the available numbers
+var handSize = (colors.length * 2) - 1; // the maximum hand size
+var seriesLength = colors.length; // the minimum required length of series
+var pointsMultiplier = 10; // useless "big number feel" multiplier
+var sameNumberExtra = 1; // extra points given for sets of same numbers
+var sameColorExtra = 4; // extra points given for sets of the same color if they are in a series
+
+var autoDraw = false; // whether the script should automatically draw on start and on discard
+var autoRecommend = true; // whether the script should automatically recommend on change
+
+var allCards = undefined;
+var deck = undefined;
+var hand = undefined;
+var recommendations = undefined;
 
 var deckElement = document.getElementById('deck');
 var handElement = document.getElementById('hand');
+var recommendElement = document.getElementById('result');
 
-var colors = [ "red", "blue", "yellow" ];
-var handSize = 5;
-var maxNumber = 8;
+reset();
 
-fillDeck();
-updateUI();
+function toggleAutoDraw(element) {
+	if (element.checked) {
+		autoDraw = true;
+		fillHand();
+	}
+	else {
+		autoDraw = false;
+	}
+}
 
 function cardToId(card) {
 	return card.color + "_" + card.number.toString();
 }
 
-function cardToElement(card, forDeck = false) {
+function idToCard(cardId) {
+	return allCards[cardId];
+}
+
+function cardToElement(card, forDeck = false, drawn = false) {
 	var element = document.createElement("okey-card");
 	element.innerHTML = card.number.toString();
 	
@@ -29,7 +52,7 @@ function cardToElement(card, forDeck = false) {
 		element.setAttribute("onclick", "discard('" + cardToId(card) + "')");
 	}
 	
-	if (forDeck && card.drawn) {
+	if (forDeck && drawn) {
 		element.classList.add("drawn-" + card.color);
 	}
 	else {
@@ -40,82 +63,309 @@ function cardToElement(card, forDeck = false) {
 	return element.outerHTML;
 }
 
-function isHandFull() {
+function isHandFull(thisHand = null) {
+	if (thisHand == null) {
+		thisHand = hand;
+	}
+	
 	return Object.entries(hand).length >= handSize;
 }
 
-function fillDeck() {
+function generateCards() {
 	for (let color of colors)
 	{
 		for (let i = 1; i <= maxNumber; i++)
 		{
 			let card = {
 				color: color,
-				number: i,
-				drawn: false
+				number: i
 			};
+			card.id = cardToId(card);
 			
-			deck[cardToId(card)] = card;
+			allCards[card.id] = card;
 		}
 	}
 }
 
-function discard(cardId) {
-	delete hand[cardId];
-	updateUI();
+function fillDeck() {
+	for (let cardId of Object.keys(allCards)) {
+		deck.push(cardId);
+	}
 }
 
-function drawCard(cardId) {
-	if (!deck[cardId].drawn && !isHandFull()) {
-		hand[cardId] = deck[cardId];
-		deck[cardId].drawn = true;
+function fillHand() {
+	let draws = handSize - hand.length;
+	for (let i = 0; i < draws; i++) {
+		let deckPos = Math.floor(Math.random()*deck.length);
+		drawCard(deck[deckPos]);
+	}
+}
+
+function discard(cardId, thisHand = null) {
+	let handGiven = true;
+	if (thisHand == null) {
+		thisHand = hand;
+		handGiven = false;
+	}
+	
+	if (thisHand.indexOf(cardId) !== -1) {
+		thisHand.splice(thisHand.indexOf(cardId), 1);
+	}
+	
+	if (autoDraw) {
+		fillHand();
+	}
+	
+	if (!handGiven) {
 		updateUI();
 	}
 }
 
+function drawCard(cardId, thisHand = null, thisDeck = null) {
+	let handGiven = true;
+	if (thisHand == null) {
+		thisHand = hand;
+		handGiven = false;
+	}
+	
+	if (thisDeck == null) {
+		thisDeck = deck;
+		handGiven = false;
+	}
+	
+	if (!isHandFull(thisHand) && thisDeck.includes(cardId)) {
+		thisDeck.splice(thisDeck.indexOf(cardId), 1);
+		thisHand.push(cardId);
+	}
+	
+	if (!handGiven) {
+		updateUI();
+	}
+}
+
+function recommend() {
+	recommendOfDepth();
+	updateUI(true);
+}
+
 function getPatterns(thisHand = null) {
 	if (thisHand == null) {
 		thisHand = hand;
 	}
 	
-	let patterns = [];
+	let patterns = {};
 	
-	for (let i = 1; i <= maxNumber; i++) {
-		sameNumber = 0;
-		for (let card of Object.values(thisHand)) {
-			if (card.number == i) {
-				sameNumber++;
+	cardsByNumbers = [];
+	cardColorsByNumbers = [];
+	
+	// set up empty arrays for each number
+	for (let i = 0; i < maxNumber; i++) {
+		cardsByNumbers.push([]);
+		cardColorsByNumbers.push([]);
+	}
+	
+	// fill them with the current hand's cards
+	for (let cardId of thisHand) {
+		let card = idToCard(cardId);
+		cardColorsByNumbers[card.number - 1].push(card.color);
+		cardsByNumbers[card.number - 1].push(card);
+	}
+	
+	// check if there are "color" amount of any
+	for (let i = 0; i < maxNumber; i++) {
+		if (cardsByNumbers[i].length >= colors.length) {
+			let patternName = (i + 1).toString();
+			for (let j = 1; j < colors.length; j++) {
+				patternName += "-" + (i + 1).toString();
 			}
-		}
-		
-		if (sameNumber >= colors.length) {
-			let patternName = i + "-" + i + "-" + i;
-			patterns[patternName] = (i + 1) * 10;
+			
+			// "i" is lagging behind, adjustment needed
+			let points = (i + 1 + sameNumberExtra)
+			patterns[patternName] = {};
+			patterns[patternName].pattern = patternName;
+			patterns[patternName].points = points;
 		}
 	}
 	
-	console.log(Object.keys(patterns));
+	// check if there are series present
+	for (let i = 0; i <= (maxNumber - seriesLength); i++) {
+		let isSeries = true;
+		let theseColors = colors;
+		for (let numberOffset = 0; numberOffset < seriesLength; numberOffset++) {
+			if (cardColorsByNumbers[i + numberOffset] < 1) {
+				isSeries = false;
+				break;
+			}
+			
+			// intersect
+			theseColors = [theseColors, cardColorsByNumbers[i + numberOffset]].reduce((a, c) => a.filter(i => c.includes(i)));
+		}
+		
+		if (isSeries) {
+			let patternName = (i + 1).toString();
+			for (let numberOffset = 1; numberOffset < seriesLength; numberOffset++) {
+				patternName += "-" + (i + numberOffset + 1).toString();
+			}
+			
+			// "i" is lagging behind, adjustment needed
+			let points = (i + 1);
+			
+			// check if they are of the same color
+			if (theseColors.length > 0) {
+				points = ((i + 1) + sameColorExtra);
+				patternName += "*";
+			}
+			
+			patterns[patternName] = {};
+			patterns[patternName].pattern = patternName;
+			patterns[patternName].points = points;
+		}
+	}
 	
-	patterns = patterns.sort((a,b) => (a.last_nom > b.last_nom) ? -1 : ((b.last_nom > a.last_nom) ? 1 : 0));
+	let points = Object.values(patterns).map(pattern => pattern.points);
+	let maxPoints = Math.max(...points);
 	
-	return Object.keys(patterns);
+	let selectedPatterns = Object.values(patterns).filter(pattern => pattern.points == maxPoints);
+	
+	return selectedPatterns;
 }
 
-function updateUI() {
+function getHandPoints(hand = null) {
+	let patterns = getPatterns(hand);
+	if (patterns.length > 0) {
+		return patterns[0].points;
+	}	
+	
+	return 0;
+}
+
+function recommendOfDepth(depth = 4) {
+	var t0 = performance.now();
+	
+	recommendations = [];
+	recommendThrowaway(depth);
+	let current = getHandPoints();
+	if (current > 0) {
+		let choice = {
+			burnedCard: "CASH OUT",
+			points: current,
+			chance: 1
+		};
+		recommendations.unshift(choice);
+	}
+	
+	var t1 = performance.now();
+	console.log("Took " + (t1 - t0) + " milliseconds.");
+}
+
+function recommendThrowaway(depth = 0, thisHand = null, thisDeck = null, chance = 1, startingFunction = true) {
+	if (thisHand == null) {
+		thisHand = hand;
+	}
+	
+	if (thisDeck == null) {
+		thisDeck = deck;
+	}
+	
+	if (Object.keys(thisHand).length < 1) {
+		return [0, "nothing", 0];
+	}
+	
+	let decks = [];
+	let hands = [];
+	let choices = [];
+	
+	let loopDuration = Math.min(handSize, thisHand.length);
+	
+	for (let i = 0; i < loopDuration; i++) {
+		for (let deckIndex = 0; deckIndex < thisDeck.length; deckIndex++) {
+			let newHand = [...thisHand];
+			let newDeck = [...thisDeck];
+			
+			choices.push({ burnedCard: newHand[i], index: i });
+			
+			newHand.splice(i, 1);
+			newHand.push(newDeck[deckIndex]);
+			newDeck.splice(deckIndex, 1);
+			
+			hands.push(newHand);
+			decks.push(newDeck);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	if (startingFunction) {
+		console.log(choices);
+		for (let choice of choices) {
+			let points = getHandPoints(hands[choice.index]);
+			if (points > 0) {
+				choice.points = points;
+				
+				let thisChance = 1;
+				if (thisDeck.length > 0) {
+					thisChance = chance * (1/thisDeck.length);
+				}
+				
+				choice.chance = thisChance
+				recommendations.push(choice);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+function getRecommendationText(rec) {
+	if (Object.keys(allCards).includes(rec.burnedCard)) {
+		return "Burn <b><u>" + 
+			rec.burnedCard.replace("_", " ") + 
+			"</u></b> and earn potentially " + 
+			(rec.points * pointsMultiplier) + 
+			" points. (" + 
+			(rec.chance * 100).toFixed(2) + 
+			"% chance)";
+	}
+	return "<b><u>Cash out</u></b> and get " + 
+		(rec.points * pointsMultiplier) + 
+		" points instantly!";
+}
+
+function updateUI(skipAuto = false) {
+	if (autoRecommend && !skipAuto) {
+		recommend();
+	}
+	recommendationArray = [];
+	for (let recommendation of recommendations) {
+		recommendationArray.push(getRecommendationText(recommendation));
+		
+	}
+	recommendationArray = [...new Set(recommendationArray)];
+	recommendElement.innerHTML = recommendationArray.join("<br>");
+	
 	handElement.innerHTML = "";
-	for (let card of Object.values(hand)) {
+	for (let cardId of hand) {
+		let card = idToCard(cardId);
 		handElement.innerHTML += cardToElement(card);
 	}
 	
 	deckElement.innerHTML = "";
-	for (let card of Object.values(deck)) {
-		deckElement.innerHTML += cardToElement(card, true);
+	for (let cardId of Object.keys(allCards)) {
+		let card = idToCard(cardId);
+		if (deck.includes(cardId)) {
+			deckElement.innerHTML += cardToElement(card, true);
+		}
+		else {
+			deckElement.innerHTML += cardToElement(card, true, true);
+		}
 	}
 }
 
 function reset() {
-	deck = {};
-	hand = {};
+	allCards = {};
+	deck = [];
+	hand = [];
+	recommendations = [];
+	generateCards();
 	fillDeck();
+	if (autoDraw) {
+		fillHand();
+	}
 	updateUI();
 }
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