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Monday 15 November 1965
319th day - 46 days to come

At Hilton Hotel saw : - JOKER - POKER (Hifar - Chicago '64)

Raised cardboard board
with slots for
inserting small cards.

[DIAGRAM OF A 5 x 11 GRID BOARD. 11 ROWS AND 5 COLUMNS. TWO 5 x 5 GRIDS WHOSE SQUARES ARE ALL MARKED WITH A DASH (POSSIBLY THE SLOTS) ARE SEPERATED BY A ROW THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM ALL THE OTHERS. THIS CENTER ROW HAS THREE BLACK SPACES ALTERNATING WITH TWO OF THE DASHED (-) SPACES.]

POINTS

JOKER-------------------------1000
ROYAL FLUSH-------------500
STRAIGHT-------------------400
4 OF KIND-------------------350
FULL HOUSE---------------300
FLUSH-------------------------250
STRAIGHT-------------------200
3 OF KIND-------------------150
2 PAIR ------------------------75
1 PAIR-------------------------25

Each player has 2 full suits and a joker of tjhe special
small sized cards provided with the set. Set the cards in the
slots with backs to opponent. Any arrangement is permissable
except that joker must be placed in one of the back two rows &,
although it may be moved, it may never move out of the two
back rows.
A play consisits of moving one space orthogonally to an empty
space or to a space occupied by an opponent's pc. If the latter,
it is a challenge. High card (Ace is high) wins. The winning card
remains on the board.