What sort of player is SAM? We are not going to give you any clues. It’s for you to find out. Sam’s so confident that your play will not be good enough, that she has agreed to shed her clothing one article at a time, if you should start to beat her. However, if she starts to win again she is allowed to retrieve some or all of the articles she has lost.

The cards are dealt after each player has put in the required starting stake called the ANTE. This is done automatically by the program and ‘1’ is deducted from each player in the game and placed in the POT which is in the centre of the screen.

You will notice that there are never more than five cards involved in a winning hand. The best hand is sorted from all the cards available.

1. High Card: If the players have this type of hand then the top card is used to separate them and, if this is the same, then the second highest, etc.
2. Pair: The same method as above is used to separate hands.
3. Two Pair: Assessment is by high pair then low pairs then high cards.
4. Threes Of A Kind: Three cards of the same denomination.
5. Straight: Five cards in a sequence but not of the same suit.
6. Flush: Five cards of the same suit but not in sequence.
7. Full House: Three cards of the same denomination plus a pair.
8. Four Of A Kind: Four cards of the same denomination plus one odd card.
9. Straight Flush: Five cards in sequence and of the same suit.
10. Royal Flush: The best hand there is: 10-J-Q-K-A