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Below is a description of a new and innovative, strategy & memory game, that uses Poker rules for scoring.

Game Name: Repeat Poker
Type: Card Game
Skills required: Strategy, Memory, Decision Making, Anticipation
Players: 1 (variations can have >1 players)
Aim: Score maximum points

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Repeat Poker can be played using a normal 52 card deck. The game uses Poker rules to score points and form hands. Apart from that the game does not require you to know anything more about Poker. It is a entertaining, exciting and addictive game for an solitaire gamers. It has similarities to Poker Solitaire or Poker Patience, but provides lot more opportunity to defining a strategy, use your memory and test your patience over a long run.

Definitions: Hand : 5 cards placed in a row (NOT column) Poker Points: Points accumulated when a hand contains a Poker combination (Three of a kind, 2 pair, etc)

Game Grid Layout: 5x5 grid
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Rules of the game:

1. You have a grid of 5x5 (total 25 cells) in which to place the cards
2. Start with a stack of full deck, 52, shuffled cards (face down)
3. Pick a card from the top of the deck and place it in any of the 5 rows
4. As you place cards, try to form Poker Hands (Straight, Flush, Full-House, Pair, etc)
5. After a hand is complete (all 5 cards placed), check for the highest Poker Hand
6. Note down the points gained for that Poker hand (below is the reference)
7. Remove the Poker hand cards from the row. Example: If the hand was a pair, remove those two cards that form the pair and keep the rest AS-IS. If the hand was a flush, remove all 5 cards to make the row empty
8. Continue with the rest of the cards in the deck
9. Game Over: After you have placed all 52 cards in the deck, that level is over. Total the points you gained during this level.
10. Aim Of the Game: Score the maximum points possible
11. Next Level: Once you have completed the first level, make the game tougher by now placing the newly shuffled, full deck of 52 cards, within just 4 rows (instead of 5).
12. Keep in mind, as you go through various levels your earlier strategies may not work for lesser number of rows, so you gotta think on your feet and come up with new strategies.

Poker Hand Points:

Royal flush: 1000

Straight flush: 750

Four of a kind: 500

Full house: 250

Flush: 200

Straight: 150

Three of a kind: 100

Two pairs: 50

One pair: 20

Skills required:

♠ Memory - Card counting anyone?! Remember the cards dealt; and cards still in the deck

♥ Anticipation - Predict the cards that are coming up next and form your strategy around them

♣ Opportunistic - Look at the card dealt, take the opportunity to complete a hand for maximum points

♦ Decision Making - Do I place it in Row 1 or Row 3? Where will I get the biggest points payout?