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	David A. Desrosiers
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	Wednesday October 13th 2004 - 17:54:20
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	rec.gambling.poker FAQ in Plucker
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        Poker is a card game, the most popular of a class of games called
        vying games, in which players with fully or partially concealed
        cards make wagers into a central pot, after which the pot is
        awarded to the remaining player or players with the best
        combination of cards.

        In order to play, one must learn the basic rules and procedures of
        the game, the values of the various combinations of cards (see Hand
        (poker)), and the rules about betting limits (see Betting (poker)).
        Some knowledge of the equipment used to play (see Poker equipment)
        is useful. There are also many variants of poker, loosely
        categorized as draw poker, stud poker, community card poker, and
        miscellaneous poker games. The most commonly played games of the
        first three categories are five-card draw, seven-card stud, and
        Texas hold 'em, respectively; each being a common starting point
        for learning games of the type. Dealer's choice is a way to play
        poker where the dealer chooses what type of poker to play.

        There is a very strong community around poker, including many
        online websites, forums, and newsgroups. One of the most-popular
        newsgroups supporting the sport of poker, is "rec.gambling.poker".

        Dozens of contributors have been compiling answers to common
        frequently asked questions in a document called a "FAQ". These are
        regularly posted to the newgroup on a regular basis, as well as to
        the main rec.gambling.poker FAQ website.

        With the permission of the FAQ maintainers, I have taken the time
        to convert the entire FAQ to SGML by hand, and from there,
        converted it to unified HTML. From this pristine HTML base, I then
        converted it to Plucker format.

        Below are some screenshots taken of the FAQ running in Plucker on a
        pa1mOne Tungsten T3 handheld device.

        Poker FAQ screenshot 1

        Poker FAQ screenshot 2

        Poker FAQ screenshot 3

        Poker FAQ screenshot 4

        You can download the FAQ in Plucker format in high-resolution and
        low-resolution formats for your specific device.

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        The images above were created by David A. Desrosiers with
        ScreenShot from Andreas Linke. The fonts used are the Bitstream
        Vera font family, and were converted for use in Plucker with the
        Palm Font Converter written by Alexander R. Pruss. You can read
        more about how to convert fonts for use with Plucker in our News
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