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Welcome to the PrefClub
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This chapter contains a short description of the PrefClub - the
best place to play an interesting card game - Preferance.


ENTRANCE

You are met by the door keeper at the entrance to the PrefClub.
If you are a newcomer he will ask you some questions  to  start
your  membership.  Use the same name to enter the PrefClub next
time to continue your personal history and  benefit  from  your
membership.


SELECTION OF OPPONENTS

You  have  to  select two opponents for a game. There are three
groups of  12  potential  opponents:  Goofs,  Ladies  and  Card
Sharpers. Select your opponents from any group.


GAME LIMIT AND POINT PRICE

Select the desirable Game Limit and Point Price for this  game.
Larger  Limits  result in longer games while higher Price means
higher  profit (or loss).

Game  Limit  value  should  be a precise multiple of 10. If you
input other value its reminder will be dropped  to  obtain  the
corresponding precise multiple of 10. Game Limit over 50 is not
practisized in the PrefClub.


SMOKING

PrefClub is a no smoking area so  please  stop  your  cigarette
smoking right now.


START A GAME

Be sure you know the rules of Preferance.  You  can  read  more
about it in the chapter "Rules" of this manual.

Select  your bid or card to play by a small hand cursor using a
mouse or keyboard. For each trick the winning card is indicated
by that small hand also. The final bid and  numbers  of  tricks
taken  by  each  player  for  the current deal are given at the
bottom-right corner of the screen.


PREFCLUB SCOREBOARD

PrefClub Scoreboard contains the current game score written  in
a special form given below

--please insert Form Figure here--

Explanation  of  Bullet, Whist and Mountain points are given in
the chapter "Rules" of this manual.

The score of the previous deal is given in red  while  that  of
the latest deal - in black, so you can see how it changes.

To continue the game select  Deal  button  at  the  bottom-left
corner  of  the  screen.  To  exit PrefClub select ajacent Exit
button. It is not recommended to break a game and  insult  your
opponents. Otherwise there will be an Exit Fee  added  to  your
loss in the game and written to your personal history.


MEMBERSHIP HISTORY

Your wins and losses are accounted in your personal history and
the resulting sum of money determines your membership benefits,
including Credit Zone Limit and Exit Fee amount.

Entering  the  PrefClub  the first time you will receive $10 no
interest credit. Your balance is checked each  five  games.  If
the  sum  of  money you won before the first checking is larger
than  $10,  you will return your credit and obtain a $15 Credit
Zone Limit for further games and an early Exit Fee of $50.

On later checkings the sum of your debt should not exceed  your
current  Credit  Zone  Limit.  If you will have no debt at that
moment your Credit Zone Limit will be extended to $5 more.  The
Exit  Fee  will  be  also reduced by $5 but cannot be less than
$10.

On   exceeding  your  Credit  Zone  Limit  your  membership  is
cancelled.

We won't descibe the consequences of cancelling your mebership.
You can experience it yourself. But you must know that TAB  key
can stop that torture.


Rules
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This chapter contains the rules of the game of Preferance.


DEALING

32 cards  are  dealt  and  distributed  between  three  players
starting  from  dealer.  A pair of cards does not go to players
and is called Hidden pair (is placed in the centre of the table
upside).


BIDDING

At the start of bidding  each  player  has  10  cards.  Minimum
bidding  level  is  six  tricks,  maximum  -  ten  tricks.  The
accending order of suits and a no trump bid is as follows:

     Spades
     Clubs
     Diamonds
     Hearts
     No trump


A  player  can  also  claim Miser (no tricks at all in no trump
game) at his first bid only. Any opponent's bid of nine  tricks
overrides  Miser  bid  and  the player who claimed Miser cannot
continue Bidding. If  Miser  is  not  overridden,  its  claimer
cannot change it in the final bid.

After  claiming Pass a player cannot continue bidding. When one
player passed the following player  (in  clockwise  order)  may
rebid  the  previous bid of the third opponent ("here", or "the
same").

After two player passed the third player  pick  up  the  Hidden
pair  of  cards.  The  he drops away two cards from his 12-card
hand and chooses the optimal final bid that  may  be  different
from his last bid (but not lower).

If  all  three  players passed on the first round, the All Pass
game goes in effect. The All Pass game  increases  the  minimum
bidding level for the next deal.


DEFENSIVE BIDDING

After  the  declarer  made  his  final  bid (except Miser), his
opponents start defensive bidding (in  the  same  order  as  in
previous  bidding).  Each  opponent  has two options - Pass and
Whist.

If a player chooses Whist bid he undertakes to take a number  of
tricks, according to the following table

Final bid level         Whist tricks
       6                      4
       7                      2
       8                      1
       9                      1

If  both opponents choose Whist bid their obligation is to take
that number of tricks together.

If a player chooses Pass bid he undertakes no trick obligation.
In  this  case  the opponent who chose Whist bid will play both
hands.

If the  final  bid  was  6  Spades  (minimally  allowed),  both
opponents must bid Whist.

If  the  declarer  claimed  Miser  the  opponents  undertake no
obligation and skip defensive bidding.

A player cannot claim Miser as his final bid after his previous
bids other than Miser.


PLAY OF CARDS

The player to the left from the dealer leads first. All players
must  follow  suit if possible, or else play trump. If a player
has no suit or tump card he can play any other card.

The highest ranking card of the first  suit  played  takes  the
trick. If any trump card was played in the trick,  the  highest
ranking  trump  card  wins  the  trick. Then the winner of each
trick (specific round of the hand) leads the next  trick.  Aces
are always high.


MISER

The  object  of  Miser  for the declarer is to avoid taking any
trick. The object of two other players is to make him take  the
maximum number of tricks. No trumps.


ALL PASS

The object of All Pass game is similar to Miser but  all  three
palyers should take the minimum number of tricks. No trumps.

As  nobody  takes the Hidden pair in All Pass game, these cards
are opened in two first tricks, one  card  in  each  lead.  All
three  players  must follow the suit of a card from Hidden pair
if  possible.  The  rank  of cards from the Hidden pair doesn't
affect the determination of winning hand  -  a  card  from  the
Hidden pair cannot win the trick.

The All Pass game can continue for three rounds. That is, after
the first All Pass game the minimum bidding level is  increased
to  seven  tricks  and  players  enter the second round. If all
players Pass again in this round, the minimum bidding level  is
increased  to  eight  tricks and players enter the third round.
After the third round of All  Pass  game  the  minimum  bidding
level  is  decreased  back to six tricks. If any player doesn't
Pass on the second or third round but bid  at  least  seven  or
eight  tricks  (or  more) instead, the minimum bidding level is
also decreased back to six tricks for the next deal.


OPENING CARDS

Before the first move of the declarer's  opponents,  they  have
the opportunity to open their cards. The opponent who made  the
defensive Whist bid has the right to decide upon opening cards.
If both opponents made the defensive Whist bid, or were  forced
to  do  that (in case of the final bid of 6 Spades), the cannot
open their cards.

In case of Miser game  the  declarer's  opponents  always  open
their cards.

In case of All Pass game nobody opens his cards.


SCORING

Before  the start of a game players negotiate on the Game Limit
score and the Whist point price.

To  obtain  the winning points player should take the number of
tricks stated in his final bid  (Bullet  points)  or  defensive
Whist  bid  (Whist  points). Overtricks result in no additional
winning points of the player, they instead adds to the  penalty
(Mountain  points) of the opponent which failed to take all his
tricks.

All  the  points  are accounted in the special form, where each
player has four fields called Bullet, Mountain  and  two  Whist
fields  (against  each opponent). Whist points are added to the
corresponding field against declarer.

When a player takes that number of tricks, he obtains:

Final bid      Bullet points     Whist points (per each trick)
    6                2                2
    7                4                4
    8                6                6
    9                8                8
   10               10               10


When a player fails to take that number of tricks,  he  obtains
Mountain  points  for  each  trick  not taken, according to the
following table:

Final bid          Declarer        Whist bidder
    6                2                 2
    7                4                 4
    8                6                 6
    9                8                 8
   10               10                10


Miser

In case of Miser game, the declarer only may obtain points.  He
can  either  earn  10  Bullet  points for no trick taken, or 10
Mountain points for each trick taken.

All Pass

In case of All Pass game the player who took the minimum number
of tricks obtains winning Whist points. The  number  of  tricks
taken  by  this  player is subtracted from the number of tricks
taken by each opponent and  then  their  remaining  tricks  are
converted  to Whist points against each player respectively. If
two players took the same minimum number of tricks  they  share
Whist   points  against  the  third  player  according  to  his
remaining tricks.

All Pass Level    Whist points (per each remaining trick)
      6                2
      7                4
      8                6
      9                8
     10               10


After  one player reached the Game Limit with his Bullet points
he can add his extra Bullet points to the  opponents'  Bullets.
For each added Bullet points he obtains 10 Whist points against
the opponent to whom he donated Bullet points.

After  two  player  reached  the  Game  Limit with their Bullet
points they both can add their extra Bullet points to the third
opponent.

After  all  three  players  reached  the  Game Limit with their
Bullet points, the game is over and final score  is  calculated
as follows:

   1.  All  players'  Whist  points  against  one  another  are
subtracted to obtain the net Whist point  difference  for  each
pair of players. This difference is paid according to the Whist
point price.

   2. All players'  Mountain  points  are  added  and  the  sum
obtained  is divided by 3 (to get the average Mointain points).
Then the average  Mountain  points  are  subtracted  from  each
player's Mountain points and the result  is  multiplied  by  10
Whist  points.  Players which have the positive result pay this
sum according to the Whist point price.  This  sum  is  divided
between  players  which  have  the negative result according to
their share in total negative result.


Have  a  good  luck experiencing the intriciacies of the superb
game of Pereferance!