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- DR. WONG'S JACKS+ VIDEO POKER
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- Real Casino Action
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- (c) Copyright 1992, Villa Crespo Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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- Villa Crespo Software, Inc. -- 1725 McGovern Street -- Highland Park, IL 60035
- Telephone: (708) 433-0500
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- Video poker is now the most popular casino slot game in America.
- Find out why with this realistic computer simulation. The pace is fast,
- the challenge is fun, and, for the serious player, tutor advice and hand
- analysis are always available.
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- OBJECT OF THE GAME
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- The object of VIDEO POKER is to assemble a hand of five cards
- forming the most valuable combination possible. You are initially dealt
- five cards. You may hold or discard any or all of these cards, after
- which the dealer replaces those you have discarded. If you then have a
- pair of jacks or better, you win.
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- Poker hands rank as follows, from most to least valuable:
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- Royal Flush 10, J, Q, K, A, all of the same suit
- Straight Flush Five cards in a row (by rank), all of the same suit
- 4 of a Kind Four cards of the same rank
- Full House Three cards of one rank and two cards of another rank
- Flush Five cards of the same suit
- Straight Five cards in a row, of any suit
- 3 of a Kind Three cards of the same rank
- Two pair Two cards of one rank and two cards of another rank
- Pair Two cards of the same rank
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- QUICK START INSTRUCTIONS
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- To play JACKS+ VIDEO POKER without any special options, boot up
- the game and then, from the title screen, press any key. Select the
- number of coins you wish to wager by pressing the up and down arrow
- keys. Then press [F2] to have the computer deal. You may
- automatically bet the maximum (5 coins) by pressing [F3], in which
- case the computer will automatically deal.
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- The computer will deal you five cards. Select the cards you wish to hold
- by pressing their corresponding number keys [1] - [5]. If you change
- your mind, you can discard a held card by pressing its number again.
- To ask for advice from the computer tutor, press [F7]. To see a
- statistical analysis of your hand, press [F6]. (The statistical tables will be
- explained later.)
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- Once you have decided which cards to hold, press [ENTER] to draw.
- The computer will now replace your discards. If you have a winning
- hand, the result of your hand will be highlighted in the payoff schedule
- and you will be paid the amount won.
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- To play another hand, press the Up arrow or the [F3] (maximum coins)
- key. When you are done playing, press [F10] to cash out.
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- You can keep track of your winnings by consulting the "Credit" table to
- the left of the cards. It displays your Initial payroll (which will be 1000
- coins), your Current payroll, coins Paid by the computer on this hand,
- Coins In (wagered) on this hand, and the number of Hands Played.
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- THE TUTOR
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- After any deal you can ask the computer tutor for advice by pressing
- [F7]. The cards you should hold will then be marked.
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- Toggle the Advice key, [F6], to select a Tutor option. You have three
- choices: "Ask" will deactivate the tutor (it will only give advice if you ask
- for it); "Warn" will warn you if you are about to make an ill-advised play;
- "Show" will automatically show you which cards to hold. The Tolerance
- settings will be explained in the Analysis section.
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- ANALYSIS
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- JACKS+ VIDEO POKER features a powerful statistical calculator that
- figures out all the possible permutations of a hand and how much each
- will pay out. The computer tutor uses this information to tell you what
- your best possible play is.
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- After you have been dealt a hand, but before you discard any cards,
- press [F6] for Analyze. The top half of the analyzer screen is an expected
- return chart showing up to 10 sets of held cards with the expected
- return for the current hand. Whenever you change the held cards for
- the given hand and return to the analyzer screen, another line is shown
- in the expected return chart.
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- Two types of analysis are available. Press [F8] for Q-REF to see the
- Quick Reference Analysis, which shows the expected return for all 32
- possible held-card combinations for a dealt hand.
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- Press [F9] for Detail to see the possible winning hands from the
- currently held cards, as well as the Expected Return from them.
- Click on the uppermost down arrow in the Analysis window. The
- display will now show all 32 possible hands that could result and their
- likely payouts, in descending order of payouts. Use the up and down
- arrow keys to scroll between hands.
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- Here's an example. Betting 5 coins, you have been dealt a hand with
- two 9s, a Queen, a 5, and a 3. The tutor advises you to hold the 9s.
- The Analysis window shows the average payout on deals with two 9s
- held is 4.1184. This means that you would win, on average, a little
- more than 4 coins back for each 5 bet on hands with a pair of 9s.
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- Tolerance
- The statistics used in the Analysis window are the same as those used
- by the tutor to advise you on profitable play. If the tutor is set to Warn, it
- will warn you whenever you are about to make something other than
- what it considers the best play, even if that play is only slightly better
- than the one you have chosen. However, you can set the computer to
- notify you of big errors but not bother you about small errors. This is
- the function of the Tolerance Level.
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- You can set the Tolerance Level to define the minimum mistake about
- which you want to be notified. The Tolerance Level is given as
- percentage points of deviation from the best play. For example, if the
- cards you hold have an expected return of 88.6% of the amount of
- your bet, and the best play has an expected return of 91.0%, the
- difference is 2.4%. If the Tolerance Level is 2 or less, the tutor will notify
- you that the expected return for the hand can be improved by holding
- different cards. If the Tolerance Level is 3 or more, the tutor will not
- notify you of the error.
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- Press [F4] for Options and then [F6] for Tolerance Level. Tolerance is
- automatically set at 3 percent, which means that the tutor will accept
- plays that are 3% less profitable than the optimum play. You can use
- the up and down arrow keys or type in the appropriate number to
- change tolerance to anything from 0% (the tutor won't accept anything
- less than the optimum play) to 100% (the tutor will accept anything).
- Press [ENTER] to register the new Tolerance level.
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- GENERAL FEATURES
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- Help
- For Help from almost anywhere in JACKS+ VIDEO POKER, press [F1].
- Use the up and down arrows to scroll through the Help screen. Press
- [F10] to leave the Help screen.
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- Boss Key
- [From the keyboard only.] Press B to clear the screen. Press B again to
- save the session as LASTGAME and exit to DOS. Press any other key to
- resume the session wherever you left off.
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- Leaving the Game
- [From the keyboard only.] Press [ESC] to leave the game. You will be
- given three choices:
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- [F1] QUIT: Return to DOS without saving the session.
- [F2] OOPS!: Return to the session.
- [F3] SAVE & QUIT: Save the session and return to DOS.
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- OPTIONS
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- Press [F4] to see the Options menu.
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- [F2] PROCEED: After changing or reviewing options, return to the
- game.
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- [F3] LOAD GAME: Load the last session.
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- [F4] DOUBLE DOWN: Toggle the Double Down option. Here's how it
- works:
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- After you win a hand, a pop-up window asks you if you want to double
- down. Press the [F2] NO key to keep your winnings and go on to the
- next hand.
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- If you press [F1] YES, the machine deals five cards. The first card, dealt
- face up, is the dealer's. Select one of the four other cards by pressing
- [2], [3], [4], or [5]. If your card is lower than the dealer's, you lose your
- winnings. If your card is equal to the dealer's, you neither win nor lose
- and get another opportunity to double down. If your card is higher than
- the dealer's, your winnings are double. You can double down until you
- lose or press [F2] NO.
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- [F5] INITIAL CREDITS: Change the number of coins with which you
- start the game.
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- [F6] TOLERANCE LEVEL: See above.
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- [F7] SOUND: Toggle between these sound options:
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- CASINO: All sounds.
- GAME: All sounds except casino background.
- WARN: Warns you when keystrokes are invalid.
- NONE: No sound.
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- [F8] ANIMATION: Toggle animation on and off.
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