Games

Dice poker

Dice poker with five dice and a score card of thirteen boxes: roll up to three times a turn, setting aside the dice you keep, then write the throw into one free box - the numbers from one to six, three and four of a kind, a full house, the small and the large straight, five of a kind, or chance. 63 points in the upper half bring a bonus of 35. The dice tumble in a tray; click one to keep it or take it back. Play alone for a high score, against the computer at five levels - it works out each turn from the chances of the dice - with friends at one screen, or watch a demo game.

By Mykhailo Makarov

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What happens

Thirteen rounds. In a turn you roll five dice up to three times; between rolls any dice may be set aside and taken back. Then the throw is written into one free box of your card, even if it scores nothing there. The boxes 1 to 6 count the dice showing that number; three and four of a kind and chance count the sum of all dice; a full house scores 25, a small straight (four in a row) 30, a large straight (five in a row) 40, five of a kind 50. Reaching 63 in the boxes 1 to 6 adds 35. The highest total wins.

Try this

Roll with the button or Space; click a die to keep it; click a box of the card to write the throw. The right mouse button turns the view, the wheel zooms.

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