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MAFIA POKER – 5 Card Draw

Mafia Wars Now Has An Interesting New Event Called Mafia Poker. After You Play This You Might Agree With Me That This One Should Become Permanent (With A Few Modifications Of Course).

If You Are Familiar With Poker Then This Is Just A Simple 5 Card Draw Game. You Likely Won’t Need Much Explanation.

If You Are Not Familiar With Poker Then Continue Reading.

Basics

A Deck of Cards Consists Of 52 Playing Cards. The 52 Cards Are Broken Up Into 4 Suites Of 13 Cards. The 4 Suites Are Spades, Diamonds, Clubs, And Hearts. Each Suite Has A Matching Card Of Equal Value (or Strength). The Cards In Each Suite Range (From Lowest Value To Highest) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 J (Jack) Q (Queen) K (King) A (Ace). The Jack, Queen And King Are Known As ‘Face Cards’.

The Game – 5 Card Draw

Normally In A Game Of Poker You Begin With About 5 Or 6 Players (Or So). All The Players Usually Will Begin With A Pre-Set Amount Of Cash Or A Set Number Of Chips.

The Object Is, Normally, To Eliminate Each Of Your Opponents By Placing Bets Of Cash Or Chips On What Is Called Hands. You Eliminate A Player By Winning Hands And Accruing All Of The Other Players Cash And/Or Chips.

A Hand Is The 5 Cards That You Hold. You Can Try To Improve Your Hand By Discarding Cards That Do Not Help Your Hand. You Draw New Cards To Replace Your Discarded Cards Because You Must Have 5 Cards In Your Hand At All Times.

For The Sake Of Mafia Poker You Only Have 1 Opponent, The Dealer Juliana.

MAFIA POKER OVERVIEW

We Should Begin By Going Over The Rules.

If You Read Zynga’s Glossary You May Find It Helpful. I Find It As A Nice Summary That Lacks What i Described Above In More Detail.

 

The Instructions Section Lacks Instruction And Is Also More Of A Summary Of The Event. Thank You Zynga For Giving Me A Reason To Blog About the Event.

The Above Picture Is The Most Informative Portion Of The Instructions. It Still Lacks In Real Instruction As To What You Are Supposed To Do And How.

Finally, Some Useful Information. Straight Forward And Nice Graphic Design. The List Show What Trumps (Beats) What Starting In The Top Row From Left To Right Or;

• Royal Flush – 10 Jack Queen King Ace Of The Same Suite Of Cards
• Straight Flush – Any 5 Cards In Numerical Sequence Within The Same Suite Of Cards
• Four Of A Kind – 4 Cards Of Same Value. One From Each Suite ( ie; Jack Of Clubs, Jack Of Hearts, Jack Of Spades, Jack Of Diamonds)
• Full House – 3 Cards Of Same Value And Of Different Suites. And 2 Cards Of Same Value And Of Different Suites
• Flush – Any 5 Cards From The Same Suite And Not In Sequence
• Straight – Any 5 Cards In Sequence And Not All In The Same Suite
• Three Of A Kind - 3 Cards Of Same Value. Each From One A Different Suite ( ie; Jack Of Clubs, Jack Of Hearts, Jack Of Spades)
• Two Pair – 4 Cards Where 2 Are Of Same Value And 2 Are Of Another Same Value (ie; 10 Of Clubs, 10 Of Hearts, Ace Of Spades, Ace Of Hearts)
• Pair - 2 Cards Of Same Value. Each From One A Different Suite ( ie; Jack Of Clubs, Jack Of Hearts)
• High Card – The Highest Valued Card In Your Hand If You Can Not Make Any Of the Above Hands Possible

 

How To Play

You Start By Collecting These Nice looking Gold Cards.

  They Can Be Found On The Gift Page Where You Can Send To Friends Or Ask Your Friends For Them.

You Can Also Click The Send Cards Button On The Banner. This Will Bring up Your Send Gift Page.

Just Click The Select Max Button And Send To 50 of your Friends.

If You Want A Faster Method Of Sending To Your Friends You Could Use The Spockolm Gift Blaster;

Another Option If You Don’t Want To Wait For The Poker Cards To Show Up In Your ZMC Is To Purchase Some.

Now That You’ve Sent Out Your Requests For Poker Cards You Need To Check Your ZMC.

You Can Only Collect As Many As 250 A Day. That Is The Maximum Number Of Request You Can Accept Every Day. So, If You Still Want To Collect Artillery Shells Or Mystery Bags You May Want To Keep Track Of How Many Requests You Have Accepted Every Day.

The Above Picture Shows Your Table Where You Try To Beat Juliana.

Once You’ve Collected Enough Cards Your Table Should Resemble The Above Picture.

If You Feel Your Hand Can Beat Juliana’s Then Simply Click The Show Button In The Center Of The Table.

If Your Hand Is The Winner You Will Be Presented With A Congratulations.

If Your Hand Does Not Beat Juliana’s The You Will Be Presented With A ‘Hard Luck!’ Banter.

If You Do Not Believe Your Hand Can Beat Juliana’s You Could Always Draw New Cards.

  To Draw New Cards You Simply Click The Red X’d Discard Button Under The Cards That Are In Your Hand.

On The Right-Hand Side Of The Table The Draw Button Is Now Active. Click This To Retrieve New Cards.

You Could Opt To Use An RP And Sneak A Peek If You Aren’t Sure About Your Hand. I, Personally, Won’t Waste Any RP On This. It Isn’t Worth It.

 As You Win Hands Your Game Mastery Will Increase At Certain Milestones.

	Bronze	Silver	Gold	Ruby	Emerald
Hands Won	10	25	60	100	150

As You Reach These Milestones You Will Be Rewarded With A Fortune Teller.

You Can Share Your Success If You Want To.

Your Friends Do Not Receive Anything Extra And They Will Only Be taken Back Into the Mafia Wars Game Home Page.

The Fortune Tellers Stats Increase As You Pass The Milestones.

    

Since The Fortune Tellers Appear In The Inventory I Am Uncertain, At The Moment, If You Get To Keep The One’s From The lower Levels As You Achieve The Milestone’s.

MAFIA POKER FAQ’s

Official Mafia Wars Blog

Feeling lucky? You can now try your hand at Mafia Poker!

Mafia Poker FAQ
Q: What is Mafia Poker?
A: Mafia Poker is a simple version of the hugely popular game of poker. The aim is to make a Hand of the best possible 5 cards against the dealer - Juliana.
You make your Hand by selecting and discarding cards from a deck of cards collected by you. Ask your friends for cards or send cards to get some in return. You can also buy cards using Reward Points.
The more cards you have the better are your chances of winning.
At any given point only two of Juliana’s cards will be visible to you. You can gain extra advantage by peeking at her remaining cards.
Stack up the wins to gain mastery over the game and win better rewards.
Q: Is there a minimum level requirement?
A: Yes, to play Mafia Poker, a player must be a minimum of level 25.
Q: What do I need to start the game?
A: You should have minimum of 5 cards in order to start the game. Once you have 5 or more cards, click on “Start” to play the game.
Q: How do I get cards?
A:  You can ask your friends for cards or send cards to them and get some in return. You can also buy cards using Reward Points.
Q: How do I play?
A: After you start the game, you will play against the dealer – Juliana, with an aim to make a Hand of the best possible 5 cards.
Glossary:
Pack of Cards – 52 Cards (13 cards each in 4 Suites)
Suites – Spades, Hearts, Clubs and Diamonds (all suites are equal in strength)
Order of Cards – Ace is the highest card, King is next … all the way down to a Two
A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
Hand – Your best 5 cards (please see Rank of Hands below)
Dealer – Your opponent - Juliana
Draw  – Replace empty slots or rejected cards with new cards

Show – Reveal cards to see who has won

Discard – Reject a card from your current hand to replace it with a new card

Keep – Cancel the discard action chosen for one or multiple cards

Peek - At any given point only two of Juliana’s cards will be visible to you. You can gain extra advantage by peeking at her remaining cards.

Please note:

• All cards that you discard will be permanently removed from your deck of collected cards.
• All cards that you use for a Show will also be permanently removed from your deck of collected cards.

Rank of Hands:

1. Royal Flush: Five consecutive cards of the same suite, in order of A-K-Q-J-10 form aRoyal Flush.
2. Straight Flush: Any five card sequence in the same suite.
3. Four of a Kind: All four cards of the same rank.
4. Full house: Three cards of the same rank (can be in different suite) plus a pair of cards of another rank, such as K-K-3-3-3
5. Flush: Any five cards of the same suite (not all consecutive or in sequence, otherwise it would be a Straight Flush)
6. Straight: Five cards of in sequence, not all of the same suite. An Ace cannot be in the interior of a straight - for example 4-3-2-A-K is not a straight.
7. Three of a kind: Three cards of the same rank and two other ranks.
8. Two Pair: Two separate pairs. That is, two cards of one rank, two cards of a second rank and remaining one card of a third rank.
9. One Pair: Two cards of the equal rank and remaining three of different ranks.
10. High Card: Five cards of different rank and suite or if a hand does not fall under any category above, it is ranked by the highest single card in hand.

Q: What is the use of “Peek” option?
A: At any given point only two of Juliana’s cards will be visible to you.
To override this restriction, use the Peek option to view her remaining cards. This way you will know the hand you need to make to defeat Juliana.
Q: My card deck count shows XX (+YY). Why is the count separated?
A: Mafia Poker is based on a pack of maximum 52 cards. Your card deck count carries two parts:
a. Count of cards remaining in deck (XX) while the game is in progress.
b. Count of any excess cards which you may have received or bought - apart from the deck (+YY)
When you reveal (show) the cards to see who won, the card deck will reset and excess cards (if any) will be adjusted towards the deck to complete the pack.
Please note:

• All cards that you discard will be permanently removed from your deck of collected cards.
• All cards that you use for a Show will also be permanently removed from your deck of collected cards.

Q: What will happen in case of a tie?
A: In case of a tie (for example: both the dealer and you have the same pair), the player having at least One card higher than that of other’s will win.
Q: What are the different Mastery Levels and Rewards?
A: Every time you win a Poker hand, your progress will be counted towards the Mastery of the game. At the end of each mastery level, you’ll receive a special item -Fortune Teller with the following stats:

Q: Where can I view my Mastery status?
A: The Mastery status and number of total wins will be available on the top of Mafia Poker page.