Goal
Arrange 25 cards into 5 poker "pat hands" - straights or better.
How to play
At game start 25 cards are dealt to the tableau piles.
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.
Poker Hands
Poker hands are as follows, ordered from least valuable to most valuable. Each hand is scored based as most valuable type:
- One Pair - Two cards of the same rank.
- Two Pair - Two sets of two cards of the same rank.
- 3 of a Kind - Three cards of the same rank.
- Straight - Five cards of sequential rank.
- Flush - Five cards of the same suit.
- Full House - A three of a kind plus a pair.
- 4 of a Kind - Four cards of the same rank.
- Straight Flush - Five cards of sequential rank of the same suit.
- Royal Flush - The ten, jack, queen, king and ace of the same suit.
New to solitaire? A few useful terms
- Tableau
- The main playing area, usually arranged in columns or piles.
- Foundation
- A destination where cards are collected in the order required by the game.
- Stock / talon
- Cards waiting to be dealt. A game may allow one pass or several.
- Waste
- A pile receiving cards turned over from the stock.
- Reserve / cell
- A holding area. Its capacity and movement rules depend on the game.
- Redeal
- Another pass through the stock or a redistribution of cards, as specified in that game’s rules.
Game-rule reference adapted from PySolFC documentation, licensed under GPL v3 or later. References describe the game’s mechanics.