<h1>Maverick</h1> <p> Poker type. 1 deck. No redeal. <h3>Object</h3> <p> Arrange 25 cards into 5 poker "pat hands" - straights or better. <h3>Rules</h3> <p> At game start 25 cards are dealt to the tableau piles. <p> Swap any 2 cards on the tableau. The five poker hands from left to right are counted. The goal is to make each of them into pat hands - hands that do not have to be drawn to in draw poker - straights or better. <h3>Poker Hands</h3> <p> Poker hands are as follows, ordered from least valuable to most valuable. Each hand is scored based as most valuable type: <ul> <li>One Pair - Two cards of the same rank. <li>Two Pair - Two sets of two cards of the same rank. <li>3 of a Kind - Three cards of the same rank. <li>Straight - Five cards of sequential rank. <li>Flush - Five cards of the same suit. <li>Full House - A three of a kind plus a pair. <li>4 of a Kind - Four cards of the same rank. <li>Straight Flush - Five cards of sequential rank of the same suit. <li>Royal Flush - The ten, jack, queen, king and ace of the same suit. </ul> <h3>Notes</h3> <p> The game Maverick was introduced in the 1958 episode of the TV Western "Maverick" entitled "Rope of Cards".