Poker 1.01 Documentation
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By Jan Brittenson

"Vegas, one way" the man said.

   This is a rather minimal Poker game for the HP-48. I wrote it one
night, simply because I had a sudden urge to play Poker, arcade style.
It's coded all in user language, and I spent a total of 4 hours on it.
But it works, although the user interface could stand a few improvements.

Download the library to you HP-48. It will appear as
"Library 1093: Poker 1.01" when recalled to the stack.
Store it in a port (0 if you have no FREE'd memory cards), turn the
calculator off, and back on.

The poker game appears as [POKER] in the [LIBRARY] menu.

There is only one command: [PLAY]. Press it to start a game of
poker; a few variables will be created in the current directory during
the game, you may remove them when finished. The variables are SCORE,
BET, DECK, and CST.

First off, the game will tell you what your assets are (you always
start with $10), and ask for your bet. The bet must be from zero up to
your assets. Enter your bet and press [ENTER]. The default bet will be
that of the previous round, or $10 the first time.

You will be dealt five cards. To throw cards, press the menu button
under each card. When satisfied, press [DEAL]. If you don't want to
throw any cards, just press [DEAL]. Cards aren't actually thrown until
[DEAL] is pressed, so if you change your mind, you can just press the
corresponding menu button again, and the card will be back in your
hand.

Following the second deal, your new hand will be displayed and your
score updated. Press any key to continue with the next round.


Known bugs/notes:

	o  Don't press ON while entering a bet.

	o  All pairs yield your money back (as opposed to Jacks
	   or better). This is to make the game a little easier.

	o  Analyzing your hand takes 0.5-0.75 seconds. Have
	   patience, this is user code, not machine language.

Happy gambling,

Jan Brittenson