Centers is for when a player covers the center space on their game board. Corners is for when a player covers the four corners of their game board. Five in a Row is when a player covers five in a row across their game board. This can either be diagonally, horizontally, or vertically. Four of a kind is for when a player has four of the same denomination, such as 4 Jacks.
At the time of selecting game boards, if there are any game boards left over after everyone, except the dealer, has selected one, the dealer may then select a board themselves and participate along with the other players.
Centers Corners Five in a Row (Diagonal) Five in a Row (Horizontal) Five in a Row (Vertical) Four of a Kind
When a player yells “Po-Ke-No!” this is a signal to the rest of the players that they believe they have won one of the aforementioned pots Before the player can claim the money that is in the pot, it is necessary to go back through the cards that have been drawn and to cross check them with the spaces the winner has covered.
It is not required that a person change their game board after initially selecting one at the start of the game, but they may choose to do so if they want.
In the event that the players want to end the game but still have money in the pots they can do one of two things. They can either divide the money remaining money in the pots evenly amongst themselves or play one final round known as “cover-all. ” In the “cover-all” round, all remaining pots are combined and the game continues until one player has covered their entire game board.
