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Game info: Non-Builders game type; 1 deck; no redeal
Alternate names: Poker Patience, Poker Square.
- Game time: Medium
- Difficulty level: Medium
- Skill level: Mostly chance
- Chance of winning: Low (about 1 in 20)
Object of the game:
To produce 10 high-scoring poker hands from
the five horizontal rows and the 5 vertical columns.
Solitaire Rules
Tableau (grid 5 x 5)
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Place the cards from the stock, one by one, on any empty space of your choosing.
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Each row and each column form 10 poker hands
(5 hands from left to right and 5 hands from top to bottom).
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Only one card per grid square is allowed.
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Once placed, a card cannot be moved.
Stock
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The top card is available for play to an
empty space.
Scoring
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The score
for each hand is shown on the screen.
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Your final
score for the game is the total of the scores for your 10 poker
hands.
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A score
over 50 is good; 75 is excellent; you win if you
score
100 points or more (theoretically the highest score
obtainable is 725 points).
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The nine hands |
Points |
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Royal Flush |
100
points |
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A 10, Jack, Queen, King and Ace of the same suit. |
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For example, 10
, Jack,
Queen,
King,
Ace |
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Straight Flush |
75
points |
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Five cards all in suit and sequence. |
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For example, 7 ,
8,
9,
10,
J |
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Four of a Kind |
50
points |
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Four cards of the same rank plus an odd card. |
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For example, 10 ,
10,
10,
10 ,
-- |
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Full House |
25
points |
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Three cards of the same rank
plus a pair. |
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For example, 7,
7,
7,
Jack,
Jack |
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Flush |
20
points |
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Five cards of the same suit
but not in sequence. |
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For example, Ace,
5,
8,
Jack,
King |
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Straight |
15
points |
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Any run of five cards in numerical sequence and not of the same suit. |
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For example, 4,
5,
6,
7
, 8 |
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Three of a Kind |
10
points |
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Three cards of the same rank and two odd cards. |
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For example, Queen,
Queen,
Queen,
-- , --, |
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Two Pair |
5
points |
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One pair of one rank, one pair of another plus one odd card. |
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For example, 10,
10,
Ace,
Ace, |
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One
Pair |
2 points |
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A single pair of one rank
and three odd cards. |
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For example, 7,
7,--
, --, |
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All other hands = 0 points |
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