Poker Solitaire for Palm Pilot
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Copyright 1997 Brad Cleveland, all rights reserved

Software Type: Shareware 

Price : $10

Description:

Ftp zip : ftp://ftp.ablecom.net/pub/brad/pilot/pokersol.zip

Web page : http://www.ablecom.net/~brad/

Email : brad@ablecom.net



Why Register?
	- It's only $10 (US)!
	- Registration code to eliminates lockout after trial period
	- Free upgrades
	- Upgrade information will be sent to you via email


Registering Poker Solitaire:
	Online:
		- Go to Pilot Gear H.Q. at 
		  http://www2.viaweb.com/pilotgearsw/bradcleveland.html
		- Fill in order form.  Your pilot user name and email address are 
		  required to receive your registration code.  (This is your HotSync 
		  user name, you can also go the the Help Menu and look under 
		  'Register' to find out your user name)
		- Pay $10 (US)

	Postal Mail:
		- Email brad@ablecom.net for more information


Entering the registration code:
	- Launch Poker Solitaire
	- Hit 'Done' to bypass the 'About' screen
	- Press the 'Menu' button to show the menu bar
	- Select the 'Help' menu
	- Select 'Register'
	- Enter your registration code in the field labeled 'Registration Code'
	- Press 'Enter', you will see a confirmation that your code was accepted. 
	  If there is an error, check that your user name matches the name that 
	  was given to register the program, if it doesn't match, contact the 
	  author via email at brad@ablecom.net for a new one.


Playing Poker Solitaire:
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- Starting a New Game

To start a new game tap on the card pile at the top left corner of the screen, 
or tap the menu silkscreened button at the bottom left of the pilot and choose 
'New Game' from the Game menu.  You can also restart a game by choosing 'Restart 
Game' from the Game menu.

- Undoing a Card Placement

If you put a card down and made a mistake, you can Undo your placement by either 
entering a backspace in the grafitti area, or by choosing 'Undo' from the Game menu.
You can only undo one move, and you cannot undo the final move.


Rules of the Game:
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Poker Solitaire rewards both lucky guessing and accurate calculation of odds.

You deal out 25 cards one by one, placing them in a 5 x 5 square.  The skill 
arises in picking the best spot for each card.  The object is to make as high 
a score as possible, counting each row and column as a Poker hand and scoring 
as follows:

	Straight Flush		30
	Four of a Kind		16
	Straight		12
	Full House		10
	Three of a Kind		6
	Flush			5
	Two Pairs		3
	One Pair		1

The hands are not ranked as in Poker, but in accordance with their relative 
difficulty in the solitaire game.  A straight is hard to make, since if you 
play for it you risk making nothing at all or merely 1 for a pair.  A full house
is easier, for you can afford to play for it, scoring 6 or 3 if you fail. 
Flushes are very easy to make; in fact, the usual plan is to try for flushes in 
the columns and full houses or fours in the rows.  Most of the time you will make 
three or four flushes without giving up any higher-scoring opportunities.

Theoretically, the highest score is 230, but anything over 100 is excellent.