**Poker Face**

                                    **by**

                               **Arthur Crump**

 **Table of Contents**
 **=================**
        1. Getting Started
                a. How to Play Poker Face
                b. Requirements
                c. Installation & Setup
                d. Starting Poker Face
        2. Troubleshooting & Technical Support
        3. How to Contact Us

 **1. Getting Started**
 **==================**

 **a. How to Play Poker Face**
 **-------------------------**

        There are many variations of the card game of
        poker, Poker Face is a 5 card draw version
        of the popular game. It is played with a standard
        52 card deck.

        Each hand starts with the player being given
        the option to 'Pass' or 'Throw' away selected
        cards. To 'Pass' simply click on the 'Pass'
        button. Otherwise, select cards you wish to
        discard by clicking on the cards and then
        clicking on the 'Throw' button. If you decide
        to keep a selected card, click on the card
        a second time, before clicking on the 'Throw'
        button. As with traditional poker, the
        discarded cards are replaced by new cards
        dealt from the deck.

        After the player passes or throws away
        discarded cards, the dealer then chooses to
        hold on to its current hand, or discard
        selected cards.

        The winner of the hand is the one with the
        highest poker hand. Hand order - high card,
        one pair, two pair, three of a kind, straight,
        flush, full house, four of a kind, straight
        flush, royal flush.

        A straight is five cards of any suite in
        numeric order. A flush is five cards of the
        the same suite in any numeric order. A full
        house is two cards of the same rank plus
        three additional cards of the same rank.

        A player plays against the house dealer until,
        either the player or the dealer runs out of
        money. The dealer starts with $10,000 of
        available cash, while the player starts with
        $25,000 to bet. A bet can be made in increments
        of $25 up to $250. To increase the bet amount,
        click on the plus sign in front of the dollar
        amount. To decrease the bet amount, click on
        the minus sign in front of the dollar amount.

 **b. System Requirements**
 **----------------------**

        To run Poker Face, you'll need the following system:

                An IBM-compatible, 386 or better computer
                Two Megabytes of RAM
                A VGA monitor
                Windows 3.1, or Windows 95
                Hard Disk with two Megabytes free
                Mouse

        You'll have more fun with these recommended additions:

                Pentium processor
                Four Megabytes of RAM

 **c. Installation and Setup**
 **-------------------------**

        1. To get started with Poker Face on a hard disk:
                a. Insert the Poker Face disk in your
                        floppy disk drive ('A', or 'B')
                b. From Windows 'run' A:\setup or B:\setup" and press
                        Enter.
                c. Follow the screen directions.

 **d. Starting Poker Face**
 **----------------------**

        To start the game, double click on the Poker Face
        icon in Windows.

 **2. Troubleshooting & Technical Support**
 **======================================**

        If you have a problem, chances are you can fix it without
        needing to get help. Try the following:

        If the game says you have insufficient memory, or if it crashes,
        try rebooting without loading any TSR programs, such as your
        disk cache.

        If the screen is to dark to see, try turning up the brightness
        on your monitor.

        If you are unable to fix your problems, try contacting us via
        electronic mail: **ao545@lafn.org**. Make sure you include
        your computer configuration and what you were trying to do when
        you encountered the problem. Also include any error messages
        that were displayed.

 **3. How to Contact Us**
 **====================**

        Write to:

                **AGCrump**
                **24708 Wisteria Lane**
                **Moreno Valley, CA 92557**

        E-mail:

                **ao545@lafn.org**

 Poker Face is Copyright (c) 1997-1998 Arthur Crump