- What is KPoker ?
KPoker is a KDE
compilant clone of those highly addictive pocket video
poker games which are sometimes called "Videopoker" as well.
- Where do I get the latest version of KPoker ?
The latest version of KPoker is always avaible at
- How do I play ?
At the beginning of the game you get $100. You draw five cards and
decide which ones you want to keep. After doing this you draw new
cards for those you did not want to keep. The game now looks if you
got any poker hand and gives cash
according to the kind of hand you got (see scoring). Now you start
over, drawing five cards, deciding which ones you want to keep ...
The game ends if you can't pay for another round anymore or if you close the kpoker window.
- What are possible poker hands ?
Possible poker hands are:
- Jacks or higher: Two cards of the same rank, bot Jacks or
higher
- Two pairs: Two cards of one rank and two cards of another rank
- Three of a kind: Three cards of the same rank
- Four of a kind: Four cards of the same rank
- Full House: Three cards of one rank and two cards of another
- Straight Five cards of consecutive rank
- Flush: Five cards of the same suit
- Straight flush: Five cards of the same suit and of consecutive rank
- Royal flush: Ace, king, queen, jack, and ten of the same suit
- How many bucks do I get for what hand ?
- A pair of Jacks or higher cards: $5
- Two Pairs: $10
- Three of a kind: $15
- Straight: $20
- Flush: $25
- Full House: $40
- Four of a kind: $125
- Straight Flush: $250
- Royal Flush: $2000
- How do I contact the author ?
Since I have had several bad experiences with people whom I gave my
full address the only way to get in contact with me is EMail. My address is:
Jochen Tuchbreiter as (whynot@digicron.com)
I would appreciate any positive or negative feedback concerning this
game. I am also very open to new suggestions and ideas... :)
- Credits
Thanks go to:
- Chris Holmes - for the idea of writing this game and for parts of
the visual appearence
- John Fitzgibbon - for providing the card images
- The whole KDE development team - for creating such a wonderful
desktop environment for X. It's a pleasure to code applications for
it