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<sect1 id="Poker"><!--<sect1info>
<copyright>
<year>2001</year>
<holder>Rosanna Yuen</holder>
</copyright>
<author>
<firstname>Rosanna</firstname>
<surname>Yuen</surname>
</author>
<address><email>zana@webwynk.net</email></address>
</sect1info>-->
<title>Poker</title>
<para>Written by Rosanna Yuen</para>
<sect2><title>Setup</title>
<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="2">
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>Type of Deck</entry>
<entry>Standard Deck</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Stock</entry>
<entry>Top left pile.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Waste</entry>
<entry>Next to Stock. The Waste can only hold one card.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Tableau</entry>
<entry>Five by five grid. Each slot can only hold one card.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</sect2>
<sect2><title>Goal</title>
<para>Score as many points as possible using poker hands. There are twelve hands in the board -- 5 rows, 5 columns and 2 diagonals. Scoring 75 points or higher is considered a win.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2><title>Rules</title>
<para>Click on the Stock to flip over cards one at a time. The card must be placed somewhere on to the Tableau before the next card can be flipped. Once placed, a card cannot be moved.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2><title>Options</title>
<para>Shuffle mode: If selected, you can move the cards after they have been placed. You need at least 120 points to win this way.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2><title>Scoring</title>
<para>Poker hands are scored using the British point system, which is as follows</para>
<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="3">
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>Hand</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
<entry>Score</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Straight flush</entry>
<entry>Cards are all in sequence and are the same suit</entry>
<entry>30</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Four of a kind</entry>
<entry>Contains four cards have the same rank</entry>
<entry>16</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Straight</entry>
<entry>Cards are all in sequence</entry>
<entry>12</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Full House</entry>
<entry>Three of one rank and two of another</entry>
<entry>10</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Three of a kind</entry>
<entry>Contains three cards have the same rank</entry>
<entry>6</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Flush</entry>
<entry>All five cards are the same suit</entry>
<entry>5</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Two pair</entry>
<entry>Contains two sets of two cards of the same rank</entry>
<entry>3</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>One pair</entry>
<entry>Contains two cards of the same rank</entry>
<entry>1</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
<para>Maximum possible score: 276</para>
</sect2>
<sect2><title>Strategy</title>
<para>Remember you are going to see almost half the deck and plan accordingly. Trying to bluff the computer is not recommended.</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
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