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- Low-Ball
- (Draw Poker - Low hand wins)
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- Lowball was written in Turbo Pascal on a Tandy 1000.
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- Files on Disk:
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- LBINSTAL.COM - Installs Lowball to run with your system set-up
- LBINSTAL.DTA - File required when using LBINSTALL.COM
- LBINSTAL.MSG - File required when using LBINSTALL.COM
- LOWBALL.COM - Main program
- LOWBALL.DOC - Documentation
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- The game of Lowball is usually played as a Pass & Out game. This means that
- before the draw you must either open the pot or drop out of further action
- unless the pot has been opened prior to your turn. Most of the Lowball games
- are played with a fixed betting limit which could range from a $2 table up to
- $400 and even more. This fixed limit means that all bets are whatever that
- table limit is. If you are playing at a $4 table, then all bets before and
- after the draw will be in increments of $4. This will be a $20 limit game.
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- In this game of Lowball, the Ace is counted as low, and straights and flushes
- don't count. The Joker is also placed in the deck and usually called the Bug.
- The Joker counts as the lowest card in your hand as long as it hasn't paired
- one that you currently have, in which case it would be the next higher card.
- The best hand of 5-4-3-2-A (known as a wheel) does not beat the hand of
- 5-4-2-A-Bug. These are tie hands. When tie hands occur, the pot will be
- split between the two players holding those tie hands.
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- The club makes money by charging the players to play at the table. Some take
- a rake off each pot after the showdown as done in the Nevada Casinos. This
- is usually between 5 and 10 percent. The California Card Clubs charge you
- by the hour. The hourly charge depends on the game you're playing at. The
- lower limit table rates are less than the higher limit tables. Lowball will
- charge you $4 an hour for the privilege of attempting to win the computers
- money. Hands are dealt at a fairly fast pace and range from 30 to 40 hands
- an hour. Seeing that the computer game is going to be faster than the play
- at the clubs, you will be charged $2 for every 15 hands dealt out.
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- Each player will ante up $2 at the start of each hand. There will not be
- a Blind and Straddle game as in most of the California Clubs. The dealer
- of each hand will be marked with a button to identify the current dealing
- position. Cards are dealt out according to the dealers position. The dealer
- is always last to act and action always starts with player first dealt to.
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- The computer hands are played with the thought in mind that all the players
- are fairly good players. Decisions are made depending on position of the
- dealer, opening position, raised pots, how you play your hands, and players
- left to act. There will be a total of 7 players in this game. You are one of
- the players, the computer will play the other 6. The object is the same as it
- is in any other form of gambling... TO WIN! If you can't beat these six
- other players, I doubt that you would do well in playing in clubs.
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- I'm not going to say much about what type of hands your opponents play or
- their betting habits. Thats entirely up to you to figure out. You are playing
- against some of the best players around. They'll play their hands according
- to whatever it takes to win with the exception of cheating.
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- When you make a decision on drawing a card or playing a hand pat, thats it!
- No mistakes are to be made on your part. If you do discard a wrong card or
- play a hand pat when you didn't mean to... its tough! Its played this way
- in the clubs, so think before you act.
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- Prior to dealing each new hand, you have the option of either quitting or
- turning the Pause option toggle either ON or OFF. This will stop the action
- prior to each players turn for a closer look at each of the players moves.
- Pressing the <SpaceBar> will continue to the next player involved in the pot.
- After pressing the Pause option, dealing starts without the need to press
- <D> for deal next hand.
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- If you get caught bluffing... YOU LOSE! (A little humor never hurts)
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- You are encouraged to send your comments or suggestions to:
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