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<h1>Maverick</h1>
<p>
Poker type. 1 deck. No redeal.
<h3>Object</h3>
<p>
Arrange 25 cards into 5 poker "pat hands" - straights or better.
<h3>Rules</h3>
<p>
At game start 25 cards are dealt to the tableau piles.
<p>
Swap any 2 cards on the tableau. The five poker hands from left to right are
counted. The goal is to make each of them into pat hands - hands that do not
have to be drawn to in draw poker - straights or better.
<h3>Poker Hands</h3>
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Poker hands are as follows, ordered from least valuable to most valuable.
Each hand is scored based as most valuable type:
<ul>
<li>One Pair - Two cards of the same rank.
<li>Two Pair - Two sets of two cards of the same rank.
<li>3 of a Kind - Three cards of the same rank.
<li>Straight - Five cards of sequential rank.
<li>Flush - Five cards of the same suit.
<li>Full House - A three of a kind plus a pair.
<li>4 of a Kind - Four cards of the same rank.
<li>Straight Flush - Five cards of sequential rank of the same suit.
<li>Royal Flush - The ten, jack, queen, king and ace of the same suit.
</ul>
<h3>Notes</h3>
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The game Maverick was introduced in the 1958 episode of the TV Western
"Maverick" entitled "Rope of Cards".
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