Cheating entrant

import random

def init_game():
    global stack, wallet, max_taken
    stack = list(range(1, 10001))
    random.shuffle(stack)
    wallet = max_taken = 0

def read():
    return stack[0]

def take():
    global wallet, max_taken
    amount = stack.pop(0)
    if amount > max_taken:
        wallet += amount
        max_taken = amount

def passe():
    stack.pop(0)

def test(algo):
    f=[]
    for j in range(1):
        init_game()
        for i in range(10000):
            algo()
        f += [wallet]
    print(sorted(f)[0])

def alg():
    global stack
    stack = sorted(stack)

    take()

test(alg)