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Heads-up five-card draw against WOPR, with 100 chips each and fixed bets. WOPR judges its own hand, sometimes bluffs, and sometimes stands pat on nothing.

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The opening deal: a pair of aces, with the positions 1 to 5 under the cards for the draw.
The opening deal: a pair of aces, with the positions 1 to 5 under the cards for the draw.
After discarding 1 2 3, the draw makes four aces, and WOPR stands pat.
After discarding 1 2 3, the draw makes four aces, and WOPR stands pat.
The showdown: WOPR’s jack-high flush against four aces, and you win the pot of 102.
The showdown: WOPR’s jack-high flush against four aces, and you win the pot of 102.

How to play

  • Each hand costs an ante of 1 chip. WOPR deals the first hand. After that, the deal passes to the other player each hand. The player who is not dealing acts first.
  • Bets are 5 before the draw and 10 after it. Each round has at most a bet and three raises. Answer CHECK OR BET? or CALL n, RAISE OR FOLD?.
  • At DISCARD (1-5, OR NONE): discard up to three cards. Give them by position (1 3 5 or 135) or by name (7H KD). NONE, or an empty line, keeps all five.
  • A second round of betting follows the draw, then the showdown. The better hand takes the pot, and equal hands split it.
  • At ANOTHER HAND? press Enter to deal, or type LEAVE to cash out. The game ends when either side cannot pay the ante.

Controls

You typeWhat it does
C or CALLcall the bet, or check when there is nothing to call
X, K or CHECKcheck
B or BET, R or RAISEbet or raise the fixed amount
F or FOLDgive up the hand
1 3 5at the draw, discard the cards at those positions (up to three)
7H KDat the draw, discard those cards
NONEat the draw, keep all five (stand pat)
Enterat ANOTHER HAND?, deal the next hand
LEAVEat ANOTHER HAND?, cash out and end the game
Esc, Escleave the table and return to WOPR

Tips for winning

  • Bet before the draw when you have a good hand. WOPR folds most hands weaker than a pair of sevens to a bet. The exceptions are when it is bluffing, and when it holds four cards of one suit.
  • Draw the way the odds say. Keep a pair and draw three. Draw one to four cards of a flush, or of a straight open at both ends. Otherwise keep your two highest cards.
  • When you drew no cards, WOPR plays its hand as weaker after the draw. So standing pat can make it fold. But it always calls a bet that is a quarter of the pot or less. So a bluff only works in a small pot.
  • WOPR bluffs about one hand in eight. A bluffing WOPR sometimes stands pat on nothing. A raise from a WOPR that stood pat is not always a strong hand.

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