JacksOrBetter 1.2 for Palm OS

Copyright 2000 Kristopher Johnson. All Rights Reserved.

Portions Copyright 1999 Neal Bridges. All Rights Reserved.

JacksOrBetter is a video poker simulator for Palm OS-based personal
digital assistants, including models from Palm, Handspring, TRG, and
Sony.

JacksOrBetter is free software, distributed under the terms of the GNU
General Public license.  See the documents LICENSE-JacksOrBetter.txt and
gpl.txt for details.  The program source code is included in the src
subdirectory of the full distribution package.

See http://videopoker.sourceforge.net for source code, software
updates, and other resources related to this program.

If you find a bug or have suggestions for improvements, please send
e-mail to kris_johnson@users.sourceforge.net.  If reporting a bug, please
indicate which brand and model of PDA you are using, and the version
of JacksOrBetter.

Note: Version 1.0 of this program was released with the name
"VideoPoker".  This program is not related to the VideoPoker program
published by Rose Software (http://www.rosesw.com).  The author
apologizes for the confusion.


INSTALLATION

If you are have Palm Desktop on Windows, simply double-click the
JacksOrBetter.prc program icon, and then the program will be installed
the next time you HotSync your PDA.

For other operating systems, read the appropriate documentation for
the desktop software you use to HotSync with your PDA.


HOW TO PLAY

The game follows the rules of Five Card Draw poker.  You are dealt
five cards.  You choose which of these five cards you want to hold,
and which you want to discard. You then "draw" new cards to replace
those you have discarded.  After the draw, you receive a payout based
upon the score of your hand.

You start with 100 chips.  Each hand costs 5 chips to play.  The
payouts for winning hands are as follows:

 Pair of Jacks or Better: 5
 Two Pair:                10
 Three of a Kind:         15
 Straight:                20
 Flush:                   30
 Full House:              45
 Four of a Kind:          125
 Straight Flush:          250
 Royal Flush:             4000

You can use the "Payouts" button in the game to see this chart.

When you run out of chips, you may begin a new game.

The Statistics command, located on the Options menu, will display the
number of hands and games that you have played.


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