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- bhHow to Play chDomain Poker
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- 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.
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- 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:
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- 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:
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- 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
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- 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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