spoon-business: Revised Pooker

[Rob Speer <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

[[ I'm revising my Pooker proposal now.
The changes I'm making are:

* Add a rule to define which cards are used by which game (if any)
* Make a showdown not required when someone has 10 cards
* Make it not required to participate in a Showdown
* Allow players to choose which cards to show, and keep the other cards
* Allow players to choose how to distribute the cards they show between Pooker
  Hands ]]


\begin{proposal}
\title{Pooker}
\number{456}
1. Create a rule entitled "Pooker: Definitions" with the following text:

Pooker is a game played with Nomic Cards. The object of the game is to exchange
Cards with other Players so that you have the best Poker Hand or combination of
Poker Hands.

A Pooker Card is a Card that is in a Pack which is defined to be used in the
game of Pooker. It can be abbreviated to 'PCard'.

A Trade is the process by which two Players exchange a specified number of
PCards. In a Trade, the dealer takes the Cards which one Player wishes to trade
to the other Player and changes their ownership to the other Player, thus
adding them to the other Player's hand. E then takes an equal number of PCards
which the other Player wishes to trade and changes their ownership to the first
Player in the same way. Both Players involved in a trade must trade an equal
number of PCards.

2. Create a rule entitled "Pooker: Trading" with the following text:

Any Player who has one or more PCards may arrange a Trade with any other Player
who has one or more PCards. They do this by making offers and counter-offers
with each other privately, and then each notifying the Dealer of the Trade they wish
to make - both which PCard or PCards e will give, and which PCard or PCards e plans
to recieve.

The Dealer must be notified of the same trade by both Players involved
in the trade. The Players also must each pay the Dealer a transaction fee of
one Point [[you'll notice that there's no other way for the Dealer to get
Points from this game]].

3. Create a rule entitled "Pooker: the Showdown" with the following
text:

A Player may make a Motion to Show Cards at any time as long as no such Motion
is already pending. A Motion to Show Cards is a Secondary Approvable Motion
which passes by being voted for by a majority of Players. When a Motion to Show
Cards passes, a Showdown occurs.

Additionally, if a transfer of Cards (such as by Dealing) causes one Player to
own ten or more PCards, e may declare a Showdown at any time, without making a
Motion to Show Cards. However, in the resulting Showdown, e must show at least
two PCards.

In the event of a Showdown, each Player can choose whether to show eir cards.
If e decides to show eir cards, e must post a message to a public forum
describing which PCards should be shown, and how they should be arranged into
Poker Hands. A prize of a certain number of Points goes to the Player or
Players with the highest total Score of Poker Hands, and all PCards that were
shown are returned to the Deck.

The Player who has the highest total Score of eir Poker Hand(s) is awarded a
number of Points from the Bank equivalent to the total Score of eir Poker
Hand(s). If there is a tie for the highest Score, that number of Points is
given from the Bank and divided among the Player(s) involved in the tie.

4. Create a rule entitled "Pooker: Scoring" with the following text:

A Poker Hand is a set of one to five PCards owned by the same Player. A Player
may arrange eir PCards into more than one Poker Hand if it would result in a
higher Score or if e owns more than five PCards.

Poker Hands are scored as follows (statements at the top take precedence):

If a Poker Hand contains five PCards of the same Rank, it is a Five of a Kind,
and has a Score of 80.

If a Poker Hand contains five PCards with the Ranks Ace, King, Queen, Jack, and
10, and those PCards are all of the same Suit, it is a Royal Flush, and has a
Score of 80.

If a Poker Hand contains five PCards with consecutive Ranks which are all of the
same Suit, it is a Straight Flush, and has a Score of 70.

If a Poker Hand contains four PCards of the same Rank, it is a Four of a Kind,
and has a Score of 60.

If a Poker Hand contains three PCards of one Rank and two PCards of another, it
is a Full House, and has a Score of 50.

If a Poker Hand contains five PCards of the same Suit, it is a Flush, and has a
Score of 40.

If a Poker Hand contains five PCards with consecutive Ranks [[such as
7-8-9-10-Jack]], it is a Straight, and has a Score of 35.

If a Poker Hand contains three PCards of the same Rank, it is a Three of a Kind,
and has a Score of 25.

If a Poker Hand contains two PCards of one Rank and two PCards of another Rank,
it is Two Pair, and has a Score of 15.

If a Poker Hand contains two PCards of the same Rank, it is a Pair, and has a
Score of 5.

If a Poker Hand contains none of the above, its Score is 0.


5. In the event that the proposal entitled 'Separation of Card Packs' does not
pass, 'Pooker Card' and 'PCard' shall be redefined to refer to any Card.

\end{proposal}

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Rob Speer