There are two basic requirements for learning how to play Strip Poker. First you must learn how to play Poker╔ and second you must learn how to lose your laundry when required. We will give you, the player, a detailed explanation of both:
ÑHOW TO PLAY POKER
Five card Draw Poker is one of the greatest and most popular card games created. Five cards are dealt face down to you and your chosen dealer. Based on the cards "weight" and relation to each other, one, two, three, or none of the cards can be "discarded" and replaced with new cards. There are various groupings of cards that a player can end up with, and there is a hierarchy to determine which players grouping is of highest weight╔ but we get ahead of ourselves╔ let's take it one step at a time.
In RAPTURE INTERACTIVE'S CYBERSTRIP POKER each player starts out with an "Ante" of Five Dollars ($5). The Ante is the amount of money that each player must put into the pot to be a member in that round of play. Because there are only two players in our game (you and dealer), the Ante is done automatically for you.
Next you are dealt your first five cards. These cards are sorted by power. A two is least powerful, and an Ace is most powerful.
After you look at your cards, you are asked to make your first bet. Use the arrows buttons on the left side of the screen. Because you start the betting, you can bet anything you like up to the maximum bet of $100. To Fold, push the down arrow until the word "FOLD" appears in the window. "Folding" automatically awards the win and the pot to the beautiful dealer.
The Dealer then has three options. (1) She may "fold", awarding you the pot, (2) She may "call", or (3) She may "raise". If the dealer raises then you are obliged to either call her bet by clicking on the "up arrow" to the point when your bet meets her bet, raise by moving the up arrow until your bet is greater than hers, or fold. If you raise then the computer has a chance to call, raise, or fold again╔ and so on until either you or the dealer calls. The maximum bet is $100, and you are forced to call or fold when the bet reaches this point.
Once you and the dealer settle the betting by reaching an equal bet, the dealer will ask you to discard your unwanted cards. You will do this by clicking on the card you don't want and thereby turning it over. Up to three cards can be turned over at once. If you have turned three cards over and would like to turn an additional card over you must first turn one of the cards you have turned over upright again. Once you have finished selecting your unwanted cards click the OK button. All cards that are face down will be discarded and new cards will be dealt to replace them.
Your cards will again be sorted and you will be asked to make another bet. Follow the same procedure that you followed the first time you made a bet. The starting bet is reset to five dollars ($5), and the maximum bet is again $100. If you would like to fold, hit the down arrow until "FOLD" appears.
After you have made your second bet and the dealer has called, or you have called the dealer's raise, you will be shown the dealer cards and the computer will determine who has the winning hand. The hierarchy of cards, in order from greatest to least powerful is as follows:
*Straight Flush - Five Cards of the Same Suit and Straight.
The lowest Straight Flush is 2Ñ3Ñ4Ñ5Ñ6 and the highest,
called the "Royal Flush," is 10ÑJÑQÑKÑA. The higher the
Straight Flush the higher the weight.
*Four Of A Kind - there are no Jokers in Strip Poker so the
highest grouping of the same card is four of a kind. Four of
a kind is weighted by what there are four of.
*Full House - Three of A kind and two of a kind at the same
time. The weight of a full house is judged by it's triplets,
and then it's doubles so a 3Ñ3Ñ3Ñ2Ñ2 beats a 2Ñ2Ñ2ÑAÑA.
*Flush - Five cards of the same Suit. Flushes are weighted by
the highest card in the flush.
*Straight - five cards in a row. The order of the cards is:
2Ñ3Ñ4Ñ5Ñ6Ñ7Ñ9Ñ10ÑJÑQÑKÑA. Strip poker does not allow you
to play the ace as a low card. The higher the Straight the
higher the weight.
*Three Of A Kind - three cards of the same number. Three
of a kind is weighted by whatever there are three of.
*A Pair - two of a kind. Two aces beat two kings and so on.
*Nothing - exactly what you think it is. Nothing at all. There
is a high card, however, and this is how ties are broken if
both people have nothing special. Save those Aces!!!
In case of ties, there is always something else to fall back on. If both people have 6Ñ6Ñ6Ñ6ÑJ then the suit of the sixes will decide. The order of the suits for CyberStrip Poker is Hearts, Diamonds, Clubs, Spades, but the odds of resorting to this is very slim. When there are more than one stray card, for example in cases where there is a pair tie, for example 3Ñ3ÑAÑKÑQ and 3Ñ3ÑAÑKÑJ, the queen decides the tie. It is really not that important to know how close ties are decided because the computer will do all of the figuring for you, and ties are rare.
If you have any more questions about poker, or are interested in the strategy of the game, we strongly recommend that you visit you nearest casino and watch some high stake players.
The idea behind CyberStrip Poker is incredibly easy to understand: You want to see some beautiful young ladies completely naked while sharpening your poker skills and that winning poker face. We at Rapture Interactive believe in education through stimulation.
So we threw in some lovely girls for dealers and other beauties throughout the space station. The idea of seeing these dealer in the buff is many things, but certainly not silly. You'll be trading in your funny money for her clothes as you play, so the money is simply a way of keeping track of winning. If you don't like the idea of trading in money for clothes, you have bought the wrong program.
Heres how it works:
You each start with an amount of money $1,000. When either you or her run out of money, you trade an article of clothing for an additional $1,000. If a player has lost clothing, and their opposition looses all of his/her money, then you get to put a piece of clothing back on. In other words: Only one person will be missing clothing. The other person will be fully dressed.
For example: You both have all of your clothing on and you keep winning until you have $2000 and she has $0. She will take off her shirt and the pots will equal $1000 again. If you get $2000 again, she takes off her pants. If she gets $2000 then she earns back her shirt. If she gets another $2000 after that, then you take off your shirt.
REMEMBER YOU ARE ON AN HONOR SYSTEM HERE, RIP OFF YOUR CLOTHING WHEN THE COMPUTER TELLS YOU TO.
The dealers has four articles of Clothing till the dealer is completely naked.
If you have any other questions about the stripping part of this game we have just one suggestion: Play to win. you look really funny sitting naked in front of your computer!!!
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ÑGlossary
Ante- The amount of money that each player must put into
the pot at the beginning of a round of play. In our game it
is five dollars ($5).
Bet (yours)- Your bet is in the player's bet dialog box. The maximum bet is $100.
Bet (computers)- The computers bet is the second number down on
the right side of the screen.
Flush- Five cards of the Same Suit
Fold- Give up and give the pot to the computer. This is a
decent strategy when you have a bad hand and the
computer is raising a lot. You don't want to get drawn in to
a high stakes round with a bad hand.
Pot- The Amount of money that the winning player receives.
Made up of the Ante, Bets and raises. The pot is the third
number down on the right side of the screen.
Straight- Five cards in a row (2Ñ3Ñ4Ñ5Ñ6)
Suit- There are four suits: Hearts, Diamonds, Spades, and
Clubs. Each card belongs to one of the suits and bears its
