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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>