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authorhistoria <[not public]>2026-10-01 19:30:38 -0400
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fix: casino pai gow sorting, universal unbet, table/rules split, remove solo timers
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--- a/data/help/pai_gow.yaml
+++ b/data/help/pai_gow.yaml
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ description: |
Find Pai Gow east of the Video Poker Parlor. Classic is in the main salon,
EZ north, No Push south, Face Up beyond EZ. play pai joins; rules teaches,
- table rules displays the exact rules and Fortune payout felt.
+ table displays the Fortune payout felt.
Place any side bets FIRST (bet 5 fortune). bet 20 is the main wager and
commits the round: a lone bettor is dealt at once, and with several
players the cards come out as soon as every active seat has bet (or the
- betting window ends). unbet main|fortune|pushace|all takes an undealt
- wager back. Each player and the dealer receive seven cards from a fresh
- deck with one Joker. Your cards are numbered 1 through 7.
+ betting window ends). unbet takes every undealt wager back. Each player
+ and the dealer receive seven cards from a fresh deck with one Joker. Your
+ cards are sorted small to large and numbered 1 through 7.
Type 24 to put cards 2 and 4 in your small (two-card) hand, or 13456 to
put those five cards in your big (five-card) hand. Spaces and order do
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ description: |
high cards, a gap, then the two low cards with HIGH/LOW labels; type set
to lock it and reveal the dealer. house arranges the house way and still
needs set. autoset on locks any legal arrangement at once; autoset off
- restores the confirmation, and autoset alone toggles. Timeout or
- disconnect uses the house way.
+ restores the confirmation, and autoset alone toggles. A multiplayer
+ timeout or a disconnect uses the house way; a lone player is never timed
+ out.
At the showdown the high hands are compared first (your high, then the
dealer's), then the low hands. Each hand strength (for example PAIR OF
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ description: |
House way preserves the best high-hand category, maximizing low within
that category. Two pair/full houses may be split to put pairs in both.
The dealer uses this same deterministic house way. It is not a claim
- of optimal strategy. Full details appear in table rules.
+ of optimal strategy. Full details appear in rules.
The Joker acts as an ace, or completes a straight, flush or straight flush.
A2345 is the second-highest straight. Low hands have only pairs/high cards.