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bhHow to Play chDomain Poker
chDomain Poker is a single/multi-player online game written exclusively
for Synchronet BBS systems, game play is the same as playing an actual game
of Draw Poker, if you don't know how to play draw poker then read on, otherwise
you can probably skip these instructions.
In this game of poker (unless the SysOp of this BBS has disallowed it) all
bets are made in credits (rather than money or chips as in an actual game),
each table in the game has a minimum number of credits required to play the
game, as well as a table and bet limit (this is done so that everyone can have
fun playing the game, rather than just the people with an enormous amount of
credits).
Game play is as follows:
Note: The word "clockwise" used in these instructions refers to
the order of players from the first one who entered to the last.
Before the deal, each player must put an amount of money into the pot
(called the ANTE), the dealer then deals out 5 cards to each player one at a
time in a "clockwise" order (the ante in Domain Poker is 10% of the allowable
bet). After the cards have been dealt to each player, the first player
"clockwise" from the dealer must either make an opening bet, or fold (drop
out of the game). Once the opening bet has been made, the other players in
the game may either Call (put an equal amount of money in the pot), Raise
(increase the bet amount), or Fold (drop out of the game) - this is referred
to as the 'Betting' stage in the game.
After all the bets have been made, and everyone has placed an equal
amount of money into the pot, the game moves on to the 'Discard' stage. In
this stage, each player (once again starting "clockwise" from the dealer) is
allowed to discard up to 3 cards, for each card discarded, a new one is drawn
from the deck, this is done to try and improve the player's hand.
After the 'Discard' stage, the game goes into yet another 'Betting'
stage, where the pot may once again be raised (of course, the pot can only be
raised to the Table Limit, after which, no more bets will be allowed until the
next hand). Once this second 'Betting' stage is over, a winner is declared,
and the pot of credits goes to that player. In the very rare case of a tie,
the credits are divided equally between the players that tied.
As you should have already guessed, your goal in the game is to get
the highest ranking hand of cards, there are 10 standard ranks, in order they
are:
Royal Flush - The five highest cards (Ten thru Ace) in one suit
Straight Flush - Five cards of the same suit in numerical order
Four of a Kind - Four cards of equal face value
Full House - A three of a kind and a pair
Flush - Five cards of the same suit, not in numerical order
Straight - Five cards in numerical order but different suits
Three of a Kind - Three cards of equal face value
Two Pairs - Self explanitory (ie: 2 tens and 2 kings)
One Pair - Two cards of equal face value
High Card - Simply the highest card in the hand
A little extra help here - a 'suit' is the type of card, for example
Clubs, Hearts, Spades and Diamonds are the different available cards suits.
Face cards in order from highest to lowest would be - Jack, Queen, King, Ace.
In a straight, an Ace can either be the lowest card or the highest card
(ie: A-2-3-4-5 and 10-J-Q-K-A are both considered a straight). Of course
the game will automatically tell you exactly what hand it is that you have, but
this information is helpful when you are discarding cards in an attempt to get
a better hand.
That's about it, if you have further questions, ask a friend for help, or
consult your nearest encyclopedia!
Special thanks to Beemer for help with getting me some good instructions
on the game of draw poker.
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