Monroe County GeoPoker Game #1

This Travel bug is a small container witha GeoPoker Log. It is part of a Game of GeoPoker. See GPSgames.org to play.

Here are the Rules for this Geopoker game:

-Keep the container/TB within Monroe County
-Re-place and log the TB as soon as possible. If you’re unable to place it right away, please post a note to tell other players the TB has moved. Also leave a note in the cache log book saying you were their, and grabbed the GeoPoker TB.
-Hiding spots should be in currently active caches. Feel free to place this in a cache that has not yet been reveiwed and activated, as long as the cache will be activated within a day or two.
- Feel Free to pick this TB up out of a cache whether you have found the cache before or not. However, please only replace it in a cache you have not found before (unless it would be considerably quicker to place it in a previosuly found cache). You can also place it in a new cache that you have just hidden. - When you log the location of the Contianer on GPSgames.org use the caches (where the TB is located) coordinates as the location of the container. if it is a multi or puzzle cache, use the posted coordinates, not the final coordinates.
-When all 52 cards have been dealt, and the final poker hands played., the person with the best poker hand will win this Travel Bug (will adopt it from me). It can then be sent on a new mission, be a personal TB, or Start a new Poker Game. It will be up to the winner to decide.


GAME WILL REQUIRE THE HONOR SYSTEM, AS AFTER YOU HAVE FOUND THE TB ONCE, YOU WILL KNOW ITS TRACKING NUMBER. PLEASE ONLY "FIND" THIS TB IF YOU ACTUALLY GO OUT AND FIND IT.
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GeoPoker is a GPS game in which players try to assemble the best poker hand by being the first to find a moving container holding a GeoPoker log. Each time the container is found, the finder is awarded one virtual playing card at random. Each finder chooses the next hiding spot for the container and the GeoPoker log.

This game uses a TB for the container. When you find the TB, log your name on the sheet inside, and make up a new code word before replacing the TB in a new cache. GeoPoker games with physical containers use secret codes to verify finds and prevent cheating.

The finder is awarded his virtual playing card when he logs his find online. This should be done as soon as possible after the find, so other players will know the container has moved and not hunt for it in an old location. The container will be moved fifty two times. Fifty two hunts. Fifty two finds. After all fifty two cards have been "dealt", the player with the best poker hand "wins."

The game will appeal to players who enjoy the thrill of friendly competition. Just like real poker, the skilled players have an advantage. But there's just enough luck involved for even the casual player to feel like they have a chance to win, too.

This is not a game for an afternoon picnic. With eager players, one game could be over in days. With laid-back players, a game can last weeks.

Players can hold up to five cards by repeatedly being first to find. When a player holds five cards, he must discard a playing card before he is allowed to collect another. By being quick to find and choosing his discards wisely, a player can gradually improve his poker hand.

No player can "find" the log where he himself hid it. Also, players are not allowed to share information with other players except by posting finds and notes on the Web site. In other words, no private collaborations giving some players advance information about when and where the GeoPoker container will be hidden.