Strip poker minigame
Strip poker minigame is a card minigame that is provided during Erik, Mrs. Johnson and June’s route. This activity is available just before the first branching and can then be played over indefinitely with Erik and Mrs. Johnson at night. It's based on a variation of Texas hold'em with specific game rules.
Instructions
Glossary
- hole cards
- two cards each player receive individually at the beginning of each play.
- community cards
- five cards gradually shared by all players.
- hand
- set of cards that each player forms by combining the hole cards and the faced-up community cards.
- pot
- number of clothes bet that players wager during a single hand.
- call
- match the current bet and add one clothe inside the pot. If no opponents call a player's bet or raise, he wins the pot.
- fold
- forfeit the current bet. No further bets are required by the player, but he cannot win the pot.
- all in
- bet all of the clothes in the current hand. They may now hold onto their cards for the remainder of the deal as if they had called every bet.
- action
- player's turn to act.
- showdown
- when remaining players expose and compare their hands to determine the winner.
Screen
The screen is divided into four distinct areas:
- The upper left corner displays the clothes, the hidden hole cards and the last action of Erik.
- The upper right corner gives the same information about Mrs. Johnson.
- The bottom of the screen is reserved for main character, with his cards revealed, and three action buttons.
- In the center are the five community cards dealt face down.
Rules
Like any decent strip poker game, bets are made up of clothes, for a maximum of 6 for each player.
Each player is dealt with two hole cards face down. A round of betting begins and you can either Call to bet more; Fold to discard your hand (Erik's and Mrs. Johnson's bets played from the time you fold will then be omitted at the start of the next round); or declare All in. Erik and Mrs. Johnson then choose their actions, either to follow you or not. At the end of each round, a new community card is face up and added to the players' hands.
If a player bets and all other players fold, then the remaining player is awarded the pot. If two or more players remain after the final betting round, a showdown occurs: the player with the best poker hand made from the seven cards wins the pot. If the best hand is shared by more than one player, then nobody wins and the pot is lost.
The minigame starts a new play if each player still has a bet; otherwise, if the main character, Erik or Mrs. Johnson has lost all clothes, it ends.
Hand values
The deck is a standard 52-card deck containing no jokers. The following table shows the possible hand values in increasing order:
| Name | Description | Exemple |
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| Highcard | Simple value of the card. Lowest: 2 - Highest: Ace |     
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| Pair | Two cards with the same value |    
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| Two pairs | Two times two cards with the same value | [[File:|link=|51px]] + [[File:|link=|51px]] + [[File:|link=|51px]] + [[File:|link=|51px]] + [[File:|link=|51px]] |
| Three of a kind | Three cards with the same value | [[File:|link=|51px]] + [[File:|link=|51px]] + [[File:|link=|51px]] + [[File:|link=|51px]] + [[File:|link=|51px]] |
| Straight | Sequence of 5 cards in increasing value (Ace can precede 2 and follow up King) | [[File:|link=|51px]] + [[File:|link=|51px]] + [[File:|link=|51px]] + [[File:|link=|51px]] + [[File:|link=|51px]] |
| Flush | 5 cards of the same suit | [[File:|link=|51px]] + [[File:|link=|51px]] + [[File:|link=|51px]] + [[File:|link=|51px]] + [[File:|link=|51px]] |
| Full house | Combination of three of a kind and a pair | [[File:|link=|51px]] + [[File:|link=|51px]] + [[File:|link=|51px]] + [[File:|link=|51px]] + [[File:|link=|51px]] |
| Four of a kind | Four cards of the same value | [[File:|link=|51px]] + [[File:|link=|51px]] + [[File:|link=|51px]] + [[File:|link=|51px]] + [[File:|link=|51px]] |
| Straight flush | Straight of the same suit | [[File:|link=|51px]] + [[File:|link=|51px]] + [[File:|link=|51px]] + [[File:|link=|51px]] + [[File:|link=|51px]] |
| Royal flush | Straight flush from Ten to Ace | [[File:|link=|51px]] + [[File:|link=|51px]] + [[File:|link=|51px]] + [[File:|link=|51px]] + [[File:|link=|51px]] |
Tips
It is recommended to bet only when the main character's hand is strong (high doubles).
Reward
Each character that loses (including the main character) has a unique scene. Winning also presents a unique scene.