I never played Poker, so the âProgramsâ were very confusing to me, I was not sure how to do them. Only when I saw the name âFull Houseâ in there, I started having a suspicion: âhey, that sounds like a thing that cards people say; maybe itâs some kind of a specific thing in card games?â Iâd be grateful if you could add explanations of those things in the booklet somewhere for people like me, who never in their life encountered those names - and even more so in English.
For others like me, hereâs a list of those, as far as I could understand from Wikipedia - I may be wrong though:
(note: ârankâ in those seems to mean the cardâs âvalueâ if it is 2-10 card; while for non-number cards, based on Card Drives booklet, it seems to be A=(1 or 11) and J/Q/K=10, except for Straight, where presumably âtraditionalâ Poker values would apply, which seem to be: J=11, Q=12, K=13, A=14)
- PAIRING (Pair) = a hand containing two cards with the same rank (for example, two â2âs), and the remaining cards having different values
- DOUBLE PAIRING (Two Pair) = a hand containing two cards with the same rank, another two cards with another same rank, and the remaining cards having different ranks
- THRILL KILL SHUT DOWN (Three of a Kind) = a hand containing three cards with the same rank, and the remaining cards having other ranks
- STRAIGHT CIRCUIT (Straight) = a hand containing five cards with sequential ranks (e.g. 2,3,4,5,6, or 3,4,5,6,7, etc), with not all the same suits (because then it would be a Straight Flush, I think?) - note: âtraditionalâ card values seem to apply in Straight, which would presumably mean: J=11, Q=12, K=13, A=14
- FLUSH CACHE (Flush) = a hand containing five cards of the same suit, not all being sequentially ranked (because then it would be a Straight Flush, I think?) - note: Iâm not sure whether the âtraditionalâ or âCard Drives bookletâ values apply here for non-number cards đ€
- FULL SHUTDOWN (Full House) = a hand containing three cards of one same rank, and two cards of another same rank (e.g. 3,3,3,2,2)
- STRAIGHT KILLOTINE (Straight Flush) = a hand containing five cards of the same suit, in sequential order of ranks - note: âtraditionalâ card values seem to apply in Straight, which would presumably mean: J=11, Q=12, K=13, A=14
- FULL PAIRING (Four of a Kind) = a hand containing four cards of the same rank, plus one card of a different rank
- CORPO KEYS (Royal Flush) = A,K,Q,J,10, of the same suit, I think?
Based on the above, I also assume probably to âplay a programâ, one has to use a hand of 5 cards always? though Iâm not really sure about it - maybe e.g. for a Pair itâs enough to use/discard 2 cards? Iâm even more confused with e.g. PAIRING which says âDraw 3 cardsâ, but then right above it is written: âAfter playing a program, you refill your hand to 7 cards.â - so how many cards am I expected to discard, and how many to have in my hand after playing the Program? đ€