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POKER SOLITAIRE RULES
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One regular pack is used. Shuffle the pack and deal the first
twenty-five cards one by one, placing them in a 5 x 5 square.
Each card may be placed anywhere within the square. Once
placed, a card cannot be moved. The object of the game is to
make as high a score as possible, counting each row and column
as a Poker hand. Two scoring systems, the American and the
English, are prevalent. The American system follows the
ranking of hands in the game of Poker, while the English
system is based on the relative difficulty of forming the
hands in Poker Solitaire.
Hand American English
Royal Flush 100 30
Straight Flush 75 30
Four of a Kind 50 16
Full House 25 10
Flush 20 5
Straight 15 12
Three of a Kind 10 6
Two Pairs 5 3
One Pair 2 1
A straight is hard to make, for if you play for it you risk
making nothing at all or merely a pair. A full house is easier
(and thus worth less points in the English scoring system),
for you can afford to play for it and make Three of a Kind or
Two Pairs if you fail. Flushes are very easy to make (note
that they are worth less than Three of a Kind in the English
system). The usual strategy is to try for flushes in the
columns and full houses or fours on the rows. You may consider
that you have won the game if you total 200 (American) or 70
(English).
Variations
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There are two popular variations, both of them included in
Poker Solitaire 2.0. On Variation No. 1, each card must be
placed vertically, laterally or diagonally adjacent to a card
previously placed. On Variation No. 2, all 25 cards are spread
face up and then placed on the grid. Each variation can be
played using either the American or English scoring system,
thus making for six different games! Variation No. 1 is
obviously the hardest of the three possible modes, since it
places a restriction on where you can put the cards, while
Variation No. 2 is the easiest, since you know beforehand all
25 cards you will be using.
GAME PLAY - MOUSE
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The standard game and Variation No. 1 are played much in the
same way, except that on the standard game you can place a
card on any empty square on the grid, while on Variation No. 1
a card must be placed on a square adjacent to a previously
placed card. Variation No. 2 plays a bit differently, and will
be dealt with separately.
Standard Game and Variation No. 1
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To turn a card face up, either place the mouse cursor over it
and press the left mouse button, or simply press the right
mouse button. Using the right mouse button has the advantage
that you do not have to place the cursor over the card, thus
avoiding moving back and forth between the 5 x 5 grid and the
Pack area.
Once a card has been turned up, place it on the grid by
placing the mouse cursor where you want to put it, and then
pressing the left mouse button. Note that when you place the
mouse cursor anywhere within the grid it changes from the
standard arrow shape either to a pointing hand (if the top
card of the Pack is face up) or to an hour glass (to indicate
that the top card of the Pack is face down and you must first
turn it face up).
The following commands are available during play, and can be
issued by placing the mouse cursor over the corresponding
'command button' (on the lower right hand corner of the
screen) and pressing the left mouse button:
HELP: displays a help file. Use the cursor keys (Up and
Down arrows, Page Up, Page Down, Home, and End) to move
around the file, and press the [Escape] key when you are
done viewing it.
INFO: displays Copyright and Version information, and
your registration number if you have a registered copy.
Press any mouse button to return to the game after you
are done viewing the information.
UNDO: moves the last card placed on the grid back to the
Pack. Undo can only be used immediately after you place
the card on the grid; if you turn the top card of the
Pack face up Undo cannot be used anymore.
BACK: allows you to choose from five different card
backs. Choose the design you want by placing the mouse
cursor over it and pressing the left mouse button, and
press the right mouse button when done. The currently
selected card number is displayed in light blue.
VARIAT: allows you to select which variation you want to
play. Choose the variation by placing the mouse cursor
over the number you want and pressing the left mouse
button, and press the right mouse button when done. The
currently selected variation is highlighted.
TOP 10: displays the Top Ten scores. Note that there are
six different Top Ten lists, one for each
variation/scoring system combination. Press any mouse
button to get back to the game after you are done viewing
the Top Ten scores.
SCORING: allows you to select the desired scoring system,
American or English. Select by placing the mouse cursor
over the system you want and pressing the left mouse
button, and press the right mouse button when done. The
currently selected scoring system is highlighted,
CONFIG: brings up the Configuration menu. This allows you
to customize your copy of Poker Solitaire. The first
option, 'Mouse', can be set to 'Yes' (always use the
mouse; this option is ignored if a mouse driver is not
found when you start Poker Solitaire), 'No' (always use
the keyboard, even if a mouse driver is present), or
'Ask' (if a mouse driver is found, asks at the beginning
of each game whether or not you want to use the mouse).
The second option, 'Sound', can be set to 'Full' (songs
and beeps are enabled), 'Partial' (songs disabled, but
error beeps enabled), or 'Off' (both songs and beeps
disabled). Finally, the third option, 'Error Messages',
can be set to 'Yes' (displays a context-sensitive error
message each time an error occurs), or 'No' (does not
display the error messages, errors are indicated by beeps
if Sound is either Full or Partial). To select an option,
place the mouse cursor over it and press the left mouse
button. Currently selected options are highlighted. Press
the right mouse button when done. If you want to
configure Poker Solitaire to use a variation, scoring
method, or card back other than the defaults, select the
desired options BEFORE you issue the Config command. When
Config saves your configuration, it will save the
currently selected variation, scoring method, and card
back. If you are playing from a floppy-disk, do NOT
write-protect the disk, otherwise Config will not be able
to write the configuration information.
NEW: interrupts the current game and starts a new one.
You are asked to confirm by selecting either 'Yes' or
'No' from a dialog box. Use the left mouse button to
enter your selection.
QUIT: quits Poker Solitaire. You are asked to confirm by
selecting either 'Yes' or 'No' from a dialog box. Use the
left mouse button to enter your selection.
Variation No. 2
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Under Variation No. 2, the first 25 cards from the Pack are
placed randomly on the 5 x 5 grid. Your objective is to
re-arrange the cards in order to score the highest possible
number of points. Use the Pack area as a temporary holding
place. For example, to move the card that is currently at
location (1,1) on the grid to location (3,5), first select the
card at (3,5), move it to the Pack, and then select the card
at (1,1) and move it to (3,5). To select a card to be moved,
place the mouse cursor over it and press the left mouse
button. The selected card will be highlighted. To move the
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