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Poker Solitaire - Card Game Setup

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A photo illustrating the setup for the card game Poker Solitaire.
Poker Solitaire - Card Game Setup

Poker Solitaire

Photo © 2006 Erik Arneson
Setup:

Shuffle the deck and set it on the table, forming the draw pile.

Gameplay:

Deal cards off the top of the draw pile one at a time, forming a 5x5 grid on the table, as seen in this photo.

Scoring:

Each column and each row are scored according to the following chart, for a total of 10 scores. No points are awarded for diagonals.

Royal flush, 50
Straight flush, 30
Four of a kind, 16
Straight, 12
Full house, 10
Three of a kind, 6
Flush, 5
Two pairs, 3
One pair, 1

Using this scoring system, the hand played in the photo above would score as follows:

Rows, top to bottom: 1, 6, 6, 6, 3
Columns, left to right: 5, 5, 0, 0, 0

Total score: 32

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