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  1. from collections import deque
  2.  
  3. def get_card_value(val_str):
  4.     """Convert card symbols to numeric values."""
  5.     if val_str == 'A': return 1
  6.     if val_str == 'J': return 11
  7.     if val_str == 'Q': return 12
  8.     if val_str == 'K': return 13
  9.     return int(val_str)
  10.  
  11. def solve_game():
  12.     try:
  13.         n = int(input().strip())
  14.         p1 = deque()
  15.         p2 = deque()
  16.  
  17.         # Read Player 1 cards
  18.         for _ in range(n):
  19.             val, suit = input().split()
  20.             p1.append((get_card_value(val), int(suit)))
  21.  
  22.         # Read Player 2 cards
  23.         for _ in range(n):
  24.             val, suit = input().split()
  25.             p2.append((get_card_value(val), int(suit)))
  26.  
  27.         pile = deque()
  28.         turn = 0  # 0 = player1, 1 = player2
  29.  
  30.         while p1 and p2:
  31.             if turn == 0:
  32.                 card = p1.popleft()
  33.             else:
  34.                 card = p2.popleft()
  35.  
  36.             pile.append(card)
  37.  
  38.             # Check if top two cards have the same value
  39.             if len(pile) >= 2 and pile[-1][0] == pile[-2][0]:
  40.                 if pile[-1][1] < pile[-2][1]:
  41.                     winner = 0 if turn == 0 else 1
  42.                 else:
  43.                     winner = 1 if turn == 0 else 0
  44.  
  45.                 if winner == 0:
  46.                     p1.extend(pile)
  47.                 else:
  48.                     p2.extend(pile)
  49.                 pile.clear()
  50.  
  51.             turn = 1 - turn  # alternate turns
  52.  
  53.         if len(p1) > len(p2):
  54.             print("WINNER")
  55.         elif len(p2) > len(p1):
  56.             print("LOSER")
  57.         else:
  58.             print("TIE")
  59.  
  60.     except Exception as e:
  61.         # For debugging in Codetantra, print this line (comment it out after)
  62.         # print("Error:", e)
  63.         pass  # avoid crashing on empty input
  64.  
  65. if __name__ == "__main__":
  66.     solve_game()
  67.  
Success #stdin #stdout 0.11s 14008KB
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5

K 2 Q 4

A 4 4 1

6 2 Q 1

4 2 3 1

5 1 5 2

2 4 3 1
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Python 3 (python  3.12)
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