Disney Interactive Studios Desperate Housewives: The Game Investigating, Mini-Games with Poker

Investigating

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Mini-Games with Poker

A night out with the girls. No husbands. No children. Just gossip and cards. If you play well, you may learn something interesting and come home with a pocketbook full of cash. You can earn money playing poker online using the computer in your house, too, and you can practice anytime by accessing Poker under Mini-Games in the Main Menu’s Special Features section.

Playing Poker

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Hint: When you are playing the game, you can also get more tips by clicking on the Help menu.

Cheating

Having the best hand does not guarantee the pot. Cheating, however, usually does. You can pull off these cheats just a few times during each game (the number of uses is tallied on each button), so use them wisely.

Peek

Click this, then click on an opponent to sneak a peek at his or her hand.

Stare

In some circumstances you can frighten a player away from a good hand simply by the force of your will. Click this, then click on a player to chase him or her out of the hand with a cold, hard stare.

Stack the Deck

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Kick

Force a player to call, whether they want to or not, with a swift kick under the table. Click the icon, then click the player you’d like to kick.

Online Poker

If you want to play poker at anytime, you can always click on [OLJVTW\[LYPU`V\YOV\ZLHUKWSH`ZPT\SH[LK¸6USPUL¹7VRLY against non-Wisteria Lane residents.

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