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