HOLLYWOOD POKER PRO
(C) 1989 reLINE Software
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SCENARIO
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Expentanly you enter through the marble
portal. You walk towards the bar and
study the various people. Your eyes stop
at once at one particular table as they
suddenly behold the most beautiful woman
you have ever seen. She is sitting
alone. Slowly you make your way towards
her...

The shrill ring of your alarm clock
abruptly wakes from your dreams.

But this dream can now come true with
Hollywood Poker Pro.


POKER INSTRUCTIONS
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There are many different ways to play
Poker. We have decided to use
Five—Card—Draw Poker which is very easy
to learn. It uses a deck of 52 cards;
each player receives a starting capital
of $100. The lowest amount you can bet
is $5 which will be automatically
deducted at each new round. Each player
receives five cards. With these cards,
several combinations are possible which
are listed here in ascending value:

1.PAIR: Two cards of a kind, for
------  example two Jacks or two eights.

2.TWO PAIRS: Two sets of two cards of a
-----------  kind, for example two Jacks
             and two eights.
			 
3.THREE OF A KIND: Three of a kind, for
-----------------  example three Queens.

4.STRAIGHT: Five cards in direct
----------  ascending order, for example
            8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen.
			 
5.FLUSH: Five cards of one colour, for
-------  example Heart 5, 9, 2 ,4 and
         King.
		 
6.FULL HOUSE: One Pair and one Three of
------------  a kind together, for
              example two sevens and
              three Jakcks.
			  
7.FOUR OF A KIND: Well, Four of a kind, 
----------------  for example four Queens.

8.STRAIGHT FLUSH: Five cards in direct
----------------  ascending order with
                  the same colour, for
                  example Clubs 3, 4, 5,
                  6. and 7.
				  
The player with the best combination
wins. The least valuable combination is
a Pair, the most valuable the Straight
Flush. If two players have the same
combination, the combination with the
highest value wins. If both players have
three of a kind one player with eights,
the other with Kings, the Kings will
win. If no player have combinations, the
highest card will simply win.

With his set of five cards the player
can estimate his chances of winning this
round. Depending on this estimation he
can place a sum between $5 and $25 in
the pot (BET). The other player must
put the same amount into the pot to stay
in the game, but can also even RAISE
this amount. Now the other player has to
match the bet of his opponent again and,
if he wants to, can raise once more.
This goes on until no further raises are
made or one of the players wants to drop
out.

After the raising has been finished
(CALL) each player can exchange some or
all of his cards once. He will receive
as many new cards will enhance
his combination.

After the exchange a second round of
betting and raising begins. When this is
finished, both players show their cards
to discover who will be the winner of
this round.


THE COMPUTER GAME
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In Hollywood Poker Pro you have the
chance to play against one of four
different women. The game is controlled
either by joystick or keyboard.

After choosing your opponent you will
see the control panel on the right side
of the screen which displays the amount
of money each player has ( YOU = player,
ME = opponent), and your five cards.

Sometimes the deck of cards will be
shuffled. Before the first five cards
are given out, the basic bet (ANTE) of
$5 will be deducted from both players.

After receiving your five cards the
betting will begin as described before.
When you want to discard some of your
cards, simply click on them with either
the joysick (up or down to select card,
fire button to discard) or keyboard
(keys [1]-[5], or [Q] = up, [A] = down
and [SPACE] to discard). Hold joystick
right and press fire button (or [RETUEN]
key) to exanche the chosen cards. You
will then see how many cards your
opponent has taken.

Now betting begins again. If you don't
wish to start another round of betting,
choose "STAY".

If your opponent has no money left, she
will use an article of clothing as
security against another $100.

If she loses some of this money, she
must renove this article. If she manages
to win more than $100, she may buy back
any discarded clothing. Each opponent
has four different articles of clothing
with which to bet.

The gane is over when all four different
articles of clothing have been
discarded, or if you lose your money.


SPECIAL FEATURES
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There is a special zoom function which
allows any part of the digitised picture
to be enlarged. Hold joystick left and
press the fire button to toggle the
zoon—mode on and off (or use [Z] key)
and the cursor kegs to nove the enlarged
picture.


THE STRATEGY
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Each of the four opponents plays
different.

One will often bluff, the other will
play defensively.

The opponents learn from former games
and will try to adapt your style of
play. They will become harder to beat
the longer you play.


CONTROLS
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KEYBOARD:
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Cursor up/down      :  [Q]/[A]
Fire                :  [RETURN]/[SPACE]
Exchange cards      :  [RETURN]  
Toggle zoom         :  [Z]
Scroll zoom         :  [CRSR] keys
Quit (LOAD MENU)    :  [F1]

JOYSTICK (Port #2):
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Cursor up/down      :  up/down
Fire                :  fire button
Exchange cards      :  right and fire button
Toggle zoom         :  left and fire button
