List of Games
How to Play
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The Deal
1. Five cards are dealt face down to each player and five cards are dealt face down in the center of the table.
2. Betting round.
3. Any one of the center cards is turned over. Each player must discard all cards in their hand matching the turned center card.
4. Betting round.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4. There will now be two of the five center cards visible.
6. Repeat steps 3 and 4. There will now be three of the five center cards visible.
7. Repeat steps 3 and 4. There will now be four of the five center cards visible.
8. Repeat steps 3 and 4. All of the five center cards are now visible.
The Betting
50 cent betting is permitted when either:
1. A pair has been turned (discarded cards do not count!)
2. After the fourth center card has been turned
The Showdown
1. Each player remaining in the game will declare high (30) or low (3).
2. Cards are now revealed.
– Aces count 1 or 11
– Face cards count 10
– Two through Ten count face value.
3. The player declaring low and closest to 3 wins low. The player declaring high and closest to 30 wins high.
4. If two players go the same way and are equally close to the declared number they share that half of the pot – it does not matter whether they are higher or lower than the declared number.
5. Number of remaining cards is irrelevant and does not act as a tie-breaker.
Royal Flush Payout
Royal and straight flushes do not earn a bonus.
5-4 Buy 2
The Deal
1. Two cards are dealt to each player, one face down and one face up.
2. Betting round.
3. An up card is dealt to each player. Each player now has one down and two up cards.
4. Betting round.
5. An up card is dealt to each player. Each player now has one down and three up cards.
6. Betting round.
7. A down card is dealt to each player. Each player now has two down and three up cards.
8. Betting round.
9. Each player can exchange a card for 50 cents. If they exchange an up card they receive an up card, if they exchange a down card they receive a down card.
10. Betting round.
11. Each player can exchange a card for $1. If they exchange an up card they receive an up card, if they exchange a down card they receive a down card.
12. Betting round.
The Betting
50 cent betting is permitted once a pair is showing in one player’s hand
The Showdown
1. Each player remaining in the game will declare high, low or both ways.
2. Cards are now revealed.
3. The best five card high hand takes half the pot. The best four card low hand takes half the pot. Therefore a five card hand Ace through Five is both a straight for the high and the best low (Ace-Deuce-Three-Four).
Royal Flush Payout
Royal and straight flushes earn the bonus if the player wins their hand.
5 5 Buy 1
The Deal
1. Two cards are dealt to each player, one face down and one face up.
2. Betting round.
3. An up card is dealt to each player. Each player now has one down and two up cards.
4. Betting round.
5. An up card is dealt to each player. Each player now has one down and three up cards.
6. Betting round.
7. A down card is dealt to each player. Each player now has two down and three up cards.
8. Betting round.
9. Each player can exchange a card for $1. If they exchange an up card they receive an up card, if they exchange a down card they receive a down card.
10. Betting round.
The Betting
50 cent betting is permitted once a pair is showing in one player’s hand
The Showdown
1. Each player remaining in the game will declare high, low or both ways.
2. Cards are now revealed.
3. The best five card high hand takes half the pot. The best five card low hand takes half the pot.
Royal Flush Payout
Royal and straight flushes earn the bonus if the player wins their hand.
42nd Street
The Deal
1. Three cards are dealt to each player face down. Six cards are dealt into center of the table in a row of four and a row of two.
2. Betting round.
3. The first card in the row of four is turned over.
4. Betting round.
5. The second card in the row of four is turned over.
6. Betting round.
7. The first card in the row of two is turned over.
8. Betting round.
9. The third card in the row of four is turned over.
10. Betting round.
11. The fourth card in the row of four is turned over.
12. Betting round.
13. The second card in the row of two is turned over.
14. Betting round.
The Betting
50 cent betting is permitted once a pair is showing on the board or after the fourth card in the row of four is turned.
The Showdown
1. Each player remaining in the game will declare high, low or both ways.
2. Cards are now revealed.
3. Each player must use two cards from their hand, two cards from the row of four and one card from the row of two.
4. The highest and lowest hands share the pot.
Variants
Players can receive an extra card (either up or down) after the last card in either row is turned
Royal Flush Payout
Royal and straight flushes earn the bonus if the player wins their hand, unless Christian wins in which case he only wins $2 from each player
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The Deal
1. Two cards are dealt to each player, one face down and one face up.
2. Betting round.
3. Each player that has not put three coins in front of them gets the choice of either:
– receiving an up card and removing all coins currently in front of them or
– adding one, two or three coins to any coins already in front of them.
Note: There are two variants to step three which are important as there is significant advantage to being the last player to choose whether to take a card after three rounds.
Variant 1: Each round the player to the left of the dealer declares first whether they want to receive another card
Variant 2: On the first round the player to the left of the dealer declares first whether they want to receive another card. Each subsequent round the player to choose first rotates one place to the left.
4. Betting round.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until all players have three coins in front of them.
The Betting
50 cent betting is permitted once one player has five up cards. If the only player with five up cards folds the betting reverts to 25 cents until another player has five up cards.
The Showdown
1. Each player remaining in the game will declare high, low or both ways.
2. Cards are now revealed.
– Aces count 1 or 11
– Face cards count half
– Two through Ten count face value.
3. The player declaring low and closest to 7 wins low. The player declaring high and closest to 27 wins high.
4. If two players go the same way and are equally close to the declared number they share that half of the pot – it does not matter whether they are higher or lower than the declared number.
5. Number of cards is irrelevant and does not act as a tie-breaker.
Royal Flush Payout
Royal and straight flushes are not possible.
Acey Deucey
The Deal
1. Two cards are dealt to each player, one face down and one face up.
2. Betting round.
3. Each player can replace one of their cards from the deck. If they replace the face down card they get a face down card, if they replace the face up card they get a face up card.
4. Betting round.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4.
6. Repeat steps 3 and 4.
The Betting
50 cent betting is permitted in all betting rounds
The Showdown
1. Each player remaining in the game will declare high, low or both ways.
2. Cards are now revealed.
3. High hands are pairs or face value cards. Straights and flushes do not count.
4. It is possible to win both ways (e.g. Ace-Two if there are no pairs or other Aces)
5. Hoyle does not apply
Royal Flush Payout
Royal and straight flushes are not possible.
Butthole
The Deal
1. Three face down cards are dealt to each player. Eight cards are dealt face down in the center of the table which will act as common cards.
2. Betting round.
3. One of common cards is turned over. This card is considered to be in position 1 of 8.
4. Betting round.
5. The common card in position 5 is turned over.
6. Betting round.
7. The common card in position 3 is turned over.
8. Betting round.
9. The common card in position 7 is turned over.
10. Betting round.
11. The common card in position 2 is turned over.
12. Betting round.
13. The common card in position 6 is turned over.
14. Betting round.
15. The common card in position 4 is turned over.
16. Betting round.
17. The common card in position 8 is turned over.
18. Betting round.
19. Each player is dealt a down card.
20. Betting round.
The Betting
50 cent betting is permitted once a pair is showing anywhere on the board even if the cards could not be used together in the showdown
The Showdown
1. Each player remaining in the game will declare high, low or both ways.
2. Cards are now revealed.
3. Each player must use three adjacent cards from the board and two cards from their hand.
4. If a player chooses to go both ways they can use different cards from their hand and from the board for their low and high hands.
5. The highest and lowest hands share the pot.
Royal Flush Payout
Royal and straight flushes earn the bonus if the player wins their hand.
Buy Happiness
The Deal
1. Two cards are dealt face down to each player.
2. Betting round
3. The deck is placed in the middle of the table and three cards are dealt face up to side of the deck.
4. Each player in turn chooses a card. The card next to the deck costs 75c, the card next to that 50c and the card furthest from the deck 25c. The players can also choose to take the next (blind) card from the deck for no cost. Whichever card is selected is placed up in front of the player. If one of the three exposed cards is taken it is replaced (face up) from the deck.
5. Betting round.
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 until each player has four up cards in front of them. A down card is then dealt to each player
7. Betting round
The Betting
50 cent betting is permitted when a pair is showing in one player’s hand
The Showdown
1. Each player remaining in the game will declare high, low or both ways.
2. Cards are now revealed.
3. The highest and lowest hands share the pot.
Royal Flush Payout
Royal and straight flushes do not earn the bonus due to the number of choices each player has.
Colinoscopy
The Deal
1. Three cards are dealt face down to each player, two face down and one face up. Four cards are dealt face down in the center of the table which will act as common cards.
2. Betting round.
3. Any one of the center cards is turned over.
4. Betting round.
3. Any one of the remaining face down center cards is turned over.
4. Betting round.
5. Each player is dealt a card face up.
6. Betting round.
7. Any one of the remaining face down center cards is turned over.
8. Betting round.
9. Any one of the remaining face down center cards is turned over.
10. Betting round.
11. Each player is dealt a card face down.
12. Betting round.
The Betting
50 cent betting is permitted when a pair is showing in one player’s hand
The Showdown
1. Each player remaining in the game will declare high, low or both ways.
2. Cards are now revealed.
3. Each player can use the five cards in front of them and their choice of any two common cards, from which they make their best hand of five cards. Therefore a player may choose to use 3, 4 or 5 of their own cards to make their best hand.
4. If a player chooses to go both ways they do not have to choose the same two common cards for their low and high hands. Therefore it is possible for a player going both ways to use all four common cards.
5. The highest and lowest hands share the pot.
Royal Flush Payout
Royal and straight flushes earn the bonus if the player wins their hand.
Cross
The Deal
1. Two cards are dealt face down to each player, one face down and one face up. Five cards are dealt face down in the middle of the table which will act as common cards. The cards are dealt such that there is a center card and one card touching each edge of the center card. The cards adjacent to the center card will be referred to as the left, right, top and bottom cards.
2. Betting round.
3. Any one of the outer cards is turned over – this will be referred to as the top card.
4. Betting round.
3. One of the two outer cards that is not opposite the card (either the left or right card).
4. Betting round.
5. Each player is dealt a card face up.
6. Betting round.
7. The bottom card is turned over.
8. Betting round.
9. The remaining outer card is turned over.
10. Betting round.
11. Each player is dealt a card face down.
12. Betting round.
13. The center card is turned over.
14. Betting round.
The Betting
50 cent betting is permitted when a pair is showing in one player’s hand
The Showdown
1. Each player remaining in the game will declare high, low or both ways.
2. Cards are now revealed.
3. Each player can use the four cards in front of them and their choice of any one to three common cards, from which they make their best hand of five cards. However each player can only use three common cards that are in a straight line (e.g. the top, center and bottom cards, or the left, center and right cards).
4. If a player chooses to go both ways they can use both of the three card common card combinations.
5. The highest and lowest hands share the pot.
Variants
Corner: rather than using three cards that are in a straight line each player can only use three common cards that are not in a straight line, creating four choices of common cards rather than two.
Royal Flush Payout
Royal and straight flushes earn the bonus if the player wins their hand.
The English Patient
The Deal
1. Fortunately no-one remembers
Follow the Bitch
The Deal
1. As Stud
The Betting
50 cent betting is permitted when a pair is showing in one player’s hand
The Showdown
1. Each player remaining in the game will declare high, low or both ways.
2. Cards are now revealed.
3. The card after the last Queen (Bitch) is wild for all players.
4. If a round ends with a Queen as the last up card there is no wild card card for that round of betting.
5. If the final round has a Queen as the last up card there is no wild card card for The Showdown
6. The highest and lowest hands share the pot.
Royal Flush Payout
Fucked Up L
The Deal
1. Two face down cards are dealt to each player. Nine cards are dealt to the center of the table in the shape of an ‘L’, i.e. two rows of four extending from a central card.
2. Betting round.
3. One card from each arm of the L is turned over.
4. Betting round.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4. There are now two cards up in each arm.
6. Repeat steps 3 and 4. There are now three cards up in each arm.
7. Repeat steps 3 and 4. There are now four cards up in each arm.
8. Turn the central card.
9. Betting round.
The Betting
50 cent betting is permitted when a pair is showing anywhere on the board even if the cards are in different arms.
The Showdown
1. One arm is marked with a coin (or bottle cap).
2. Each player remaining in the game will declare for the marked arm, the non-marked arm or both arms (the equivalent to both ways).
3. Cards are now revealed.
4. Players can make the best five cards on their selected arm, using 0, 1 or 2 cards from their hand
4. The highest hand declared on each arm takes half the pot. If nobody bids on one arm the winner of the other arm wins the entire pot.
Royal Flush Payout
Royal and straight flushes earn the bonus if the player wins their hand.
Garbage Pie
The Deal
1. Two cards are dealt to each player, one face up and one down.
2. Betting round.
3. Each player is dealt a card face down.
4. Betting round.
5. A round of Push ‘Em.
6. Betting round.
7. Each player is dealt a card face down. Of their three face down cards they must pass one to the left (Pass ‘Em).
8. Betting round.
9. A round of Follow the Bitch. If the last up card is a Bitch there are no wildcards.
10. Betting round.
11. Each player is dealt a card face down which they CANNOT look at. Each player now declares high, low or both ways.
12. Betting round.
13. Each player turns the card they were dealt in step 11.
14. Betting round.
The Betting
50 cent betting is permitted when a pair is showing in one player’s hand
The Showdown
1. Cards are now revealed.
2. The highest and lowest hands share the pot.
Royal Flush Payout
Royal and straight flushes that do not require a wildcard earn the bonus if the player wins their hand.
Guts
The Deal
1. Two cards are dealt face down to each player. After each player looks at their cards the dealer calls “Drop” and each player must immediately either drop or hold their cards.
2. The result of the hand is either zero, one or many players hold their cards
3. If only one player holds his cards he is the takes the pot and game ends.
4. If no players hold their cards then the player with the highest two cards must match the pot up to a limit of $3. Cards are then redealt for another hand.
5. If multiple players hold their cards then the player with the highest hand takes the pot. The losing players must together match the pot with an individual limit of $3 and cards are then redealt for another hand.
– For example if the pot is $5 and three players hold their cards then the two losing players each contributes $2.50. If the pot is $7 and three players hold their cards then the two losing players each contributes $3
The Betting
Betting is defined above
The Showdown
The Showdown is the players choosing to drop or hold their cards
Royal Flush Payout
Royal and straight flushes are not possible.
Highest Flush
The Deal
1. Three cards are dealt face down to each player. When the dealer calls “turn” each player turns a card of their choice face up, leaving each player with two face down cards and one face up.
2. Betting round.
3. Each player is dealt a card face down. When the dealer calls “turn” each player turns a card of their choice face up, leaving each player with two face down cards and two face up.
4. Betting round.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4. This leaves each player with two face down cards and three face up.
6. Repeat steps 3 and 4. This leaves each player with two face down cards and four face up.
7. Each player is dealt a card face down. Each player now has three face down cards and four face up.
8. Betting round.
The Betting
1. 50 cent betting is permitted when two of the same suit showing.
2. Only flushes are considered for determining the best betting hand.
The Showdown
Terminology: the “Longest Flush” is the hand with the most cards of the same suit. For example, if a player has four heart cards and no other player has four or more cards of the same suit they have the Longest Flush.
1. Each player reveals his hand and cards speak for themselves, with the sole winner being the best high hand.
2. Determine the Longest Flush in the game.
3. If a player has a straight flush that is equal in size or one less than the size of the Longest Flush then they are the winner.
4. If condition 3 is not met then the player who has the Longest Flush wins. If two or more players have the same number of cards in the same suit then the regular flush tie-breakers apply (who has the highest card, next highest, etc. through the lowest card, then Hoyle for suit).
Royal Flush Payout
Royal and straight flushes do not earn a bonus.
Judge Getz
The Deal
1. Five cards are dealt face down to each player and four piles of two are dealt in the middle.
2. Betting round.
3. One pile is turned.
4. Betting round.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4. Two of the four piles are now face up.
6. Repeat steps 3 and 4. Three of the four piles are now face up.
7. Repeat steps 3 and 4. All of piles are now face up.
The Betting
50 cent betting is permitted when either:
1. One of the piles contains a pair
2. The third pile is turned.
The Showdown
1. Each player remaining in the game will declare high, low or both ways.
2. Cards are now revealed.
3. Each player must use either:
– all five cards from their hand or
– three from their hand and both cards from one of the piles.
4. If the player goes both ways they may use two separate piles for their high and low hands.
5. The highest and lowest hands share the pot.
Royal Flush Payout
Royal and straight flushes earn the bonus if the player wins their hand.
Judge Getz More
The Deal
1. As Judge Getz but five piles are dealt in the middle.
The Betting
50 cent betting is permitted when either:
1. One of the piles contains a pair
2. The fourth pile is turned.
The Showdown
1. As Judge Getz.
Royal Flush Payout
Royal and straight flushes earn the bonus if the player wins their hand.
Judge Getz Even More
The Deal
1. As Judge Getz but four piles of three cards are dealt in the middle.
The Betting
50 cent betting is permitted when either:
1. One of the piles contains a pair
2. The third pile is turned.
The Showdown
As Judge Getz except each player must use either:
– all five cards from their hand or
– three from their hand and two of the three cards from one of the piles.
Royal Flush Payout
Royal and straight flushes earn the bonus if the player wins their hand.
Low Card in the Hole
The Deal
1. As stud, except one card is dealt face up in the middle to denote the suit of the wild card.
The Betting
50 cent betting is permitted when a pair is showing in one player’s hand
The Showdown
1. Each player remaining in the game will declare high, low or both ways.
2. Cards are now revealed.
3. The middle card dealt in step one determines the suit of the wildcard
4. If one or more players has a hole card of the same suit as the middle card, then the lowest ranked hole card is the sole wild card in the game (not one per player).
Note – the rank of the middle card is irrelevant – if it is lower than the lowest hole card then the hole card is still wild.
5. The rankings are Deuce (lowest) through King, with the Ace is highest.
6. The highest and lowest hands share the pot.
Royal Flush Payout
Royal and straight flushes earn the bonus if the player wins their hand.
Molly
The Deal
1. Three cards are dealt face down to each player. When the dealer calls “turn” each player turns a card of their choice face up, leaving each player with two face down cards and one face up.
2. Betting round.
3. Each player is dealt a card face down. When the dealer calls “turn” each player turns a card of their choice face up, leaving each player with two face down cards and two face up.
4. Betting round.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4. This leaves each player with two face down cards and three face up.
6. Repeat steps 3 and 4. This leaves each player with two face down cards and four face up.
7. Each player is dealt a card face down. Each player now has three face down cards and four face up.
8. Betting round.
The Betting
50 cent betting is permitted when a pair is showing in one player’s hand
The Showdown
1. Each player remaining in the game will declare high, low or both ways.
2. Cards are now revealed.
3. The lowest card in each player’s hole is wild for that player.
4. If the player has an Ace in the hole then they can choose that to be wild or can declare their next highest card to be low. However, if the player chooses for the next lowest card to be the wildcard then the Ace is considered to be higher than a King when determining which is the lowest hand.
5. The highest and lowest hands share the pot.
Royal Flush Payout
Royal and straight flushes that do not require a wildcard earn the bonus if the player wins their hand.
No Peek Sequential
The Deal
1. Seven cards are dealt face down to each player. Players may NOT look at their cards and are considered to have folded if they do.
2. The next card in the deck is dealt face up. The player to the left of the dealer now turns his cards until he has a better hand than the face up card. Note that Hoyle is not considered for this round.
3. Betting round.
4. The next player turns his cards until he has the highest hand or has turned all of his cards.
5. Betting round.
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 until all players have turned over all of their cards or all but one players have folded
7. The last player to have face down cards may only turn those cards if they can change the outcome of the game, either by making the high hand or the low hand. If these cards cannot change the outcome then they cannot be played even if it could give the player a straight flush.
The Betting
50 cent betting is permitted when a pair is showing in one player’s hand
The Showdown
Cards speak for themselves. The highest and lowest hands share the pot.
Royal Flush Payout
Royal and straight flushes earn the bonus if the player wins their hand.
No Peek Simultaneous
The Deal
1. Seven cards are dealt face down to each player. Players may NOT look at their cards and are considered to have folded if they do.
2. All players turn a card of their choice face up.
3. Betting round.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until all cards are face up.
The Betting
50 cent betting is permitted when a pair is showing in one player’s hand
The Showdown
Cards speak for themselves. The highest and lowest hands share the pot.
Royal Flush Payout
Royal and straight flushes earn the bonus if the player wins their hand.
No Peek Follow The Bitch
Wildcard Rules and Variants
If any queen is turned the current wildcard is cancelled and the next card becomes the wildcard. The player turning the queen must halt if canceling the wildcards means that he now has the highest hand.
Don Imus Version: only black queens trigger the wildcard
Suicide King Version: if the king of hearts is dealt then the hand is dead and is redealt to all players who had not folded
Don Imus Kills Himself Version: if the king of hearts is dealt then the hand is dead and is redealt to all players who had not folded unless both black queens have already been turned up in which case the hand remains live
The Deal
1. Seven cards are dealt face down to each player. Players may NOT look at their cards and are considered to have folded if they do.
2. The next card in the deck is dealt face up. The player to the left of the dealer now turns his cards until he has a better hand than the face up card. Note that Hoyle is not considered for this round.
3. Betting round.
4. The next player turns his cards until he has the highest hand or has turned all of his cards.
5. Betting round.
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 until all players have turned over all of their cards or all but one players have folded
7. The last player to have face down cards may only turn those cards if they could change the outcome of the game, either by making the high hand, the low hand or changing a wild card. If these cards cannot change the outcome then they cannot be played even if it could give the player a straight flush.
8. The last player to have face down cards does not have to turn those cards over if he chooses. Typically this is a factor if there is a potential for the facedown cards to change or eliminate the wildcard.
The Betting
50 cent betting is permitted when a pair is showing in one player’s hand
The Showdown
1. Each player remaining in the game will declare high, low or both ways.
2. Cards are now revealed.
3. The card after the last Queen (Bitch) is wild for all players.
4. If the final round has a Queen as the last up card there is no wild card card for The Showdown.
5. The highest and lowest hands share the pot.
Royal Flush Payout
Royal and straight flushes that do not require a wildcard earn the bonus if the player wins their hand.
Omaha
The Deal
1. Each player is dealt two face down cards.
2. Three common cards are dealt face down.
3. Betting round.
4. The first common card is turned over
5. Betting round.
6. The second common card is turned over
7. Betting round.
8. The third common card is turned over
9. Betting round
10. Each player is dealt a third face down card.
11. Betting round
12. Each player is dealt a fourth face down card.
13. Betting round
14. A fourth face up common card is dealt
15. Betting round
16. A fifth face up common card is dealt
17. Betting round
The Betting
50 cent betting is permitted when:
1. A pair is showing in the common cards
2. The players are dealt a third face down card (step 10)
The Showdown
1. Low hands are only permitted if the highest card is 8 or lower
2. Each player remaining in the game will declare high, low or both ways.
3. Cards are now revealed.
4. Each player must use three common cards and two cards from their hand.
5. Different cards may be used if a player is going both ways
6. If the lowest hand is an 8 or lower then the highest and lowest hands share the pot, otherwise the highest hand takes the entire pot.
Royal Flush Payout
Royal and straight flushes earn the bonus if the player wins their hand.
Pass ‘Em
The Deal
1. The dealer can nominate the minimum number of players who must play beyond step 4 to avoid a redeal.
2. Each player is dealt seven cards face down.
3. Each player passes three cards to their left.
4. Each player choses whether to play or fold their hand. If the minimum number of players is not met then the deal returns to step 2. 5. Each remaining player discards two cards then places the remaining cards down in front of them in the order that they wish to reveal them (first card to be revealed on the top).
6. Each player rolls a card.
7. Betting round.
8. Repeat steps 6 and 7. Each player now has two up cards in front of them.
9. Repeat steps 6 and 7. Each player now has three up cards in front of them.
10. Repeat steps 6 and 7. Each player now has four up cards in front of them.
11. Repeat steps 6 and 7. Each player now has all five cards up.
The Betting
50 cent betting is permitted when a pair is showing in one player’s hand
The Showdown
1. Cards speak for themselves.
2. The highest and lowest hands share the pot. It is possible to win both ways with an Ace high if no pairs are showing.
Royal Flush Payout
Royal and straight flushes do not pay out
Push ‘Em
The Deal
1. Two cards are dealt face down to each player
2. The player to the left of the dealer is dealt a card face up. The player has a choice of keeping this card or pushing it to the next player. If they push the card they pay a 25 cent penalty and get dealt the next card from the deck. 3. If the prior player pushes a card then the next player has the choice of keeping the pushed card, or pushing it in which case they pay a 25 cent penalty and get dealt the next card from the deck.
4. If the prior player keeps their card then the next player gets dealt the next card from the deck and have the choice of keeping it or pushing it, in which case they pay a 25 cent penalty and get dealt the next card from the deck.
5. If the dealer pushes a card then that card is buried face down. It does not get pushed to the player to the left of the dealer.
6. Betting round.
7. Repeat steps 2 through 6. This leaves each player with two face down cards and two face up.
8. Repeat steps 2 through 6. This leaves each player with two face down cards and three face up.
9. Repeat steps 2 through 6. This leaves each player with two face down cards and four face up.
10. Each player is dealt a card face down. Each player now has three face down cards and four face up.
11. Betting round.
Variants
The penalty to push the card can be varied.
The Betting
50 cent betting is permitted when a pair is showing in one player’s hand
The Showdown
1. Each player remaining in the game will declare high, low or both ways.
2. Cards are now revealed.
3. The highest and lowest hands share the pot.
Royal Flush Payout
Royal and straight flushes do not pay out.
Pussy
The Deal
As Stud
The Betting
As Stud
The Showdown
1. Each player remaining in the game will declare high, low or both ways.
2. Cards are now revealed.
3. The highest and lowest hands share the pot.
Variants
Common Pussy (a.k.a. Madonna) – this can be played if there are eight players. The third up card is dealt as a common card rather than to each player, thus reducing the number of potential cards from 56 to 49.
Royal Flush Payout
Royal and straight flushes earn the bonus if the player wins their hand.
Railroad
The Deal
1. Each player is dealt four down cards.
2. Ten cards are dealt in the center of the table in two columns of five.
3. Betting round.
4. The first card in the left column is turned over. If the card is red then the left column is the red column and the right column is the black column. If the first card is black then the left column is the black column and the right column is the red column.
5. The first card in the right column is turned over. 6. Betting round.
7. The second cards in both columns are turned over.
6. Betting round.
7. The thrd cards in both columns are turned over.
6. Betting round.
7. The fourth cards in both columns are turned over.
6. Betting round.
7. The fifth cards in both columns are turned over.
6. Betting round.
The Betting
50 cent betting is permitted when a pair is showing regardless of whether the cards are in different columns or are inactive
The Showdown
1. Each player remaining in the game will declare high, low or both ways.
2. Cards are now revealed.
3. The cards in the two columns are considered active if they are the same color as their column was designated in step 4 of the deal, otherwise they cannot be used in The Showdown
4. Each player can use the four cards in their hand, and either the active cards in the red column or the active cards in the black column.
5. The left hand column will have between one and five active cards, the right hand column between zero and five active cards.
6. A player may use the different columns when declaring high and low.
7. The highest and lowest hands share the pot.
Royal Flush Payout
Royal and straight flushes do not payout as there is the potential for players to have up to 10 cards, and on one hand there were two straight flushes played.
Stud
The Deal
1. Three cards are dealt to each player, two face down and one face up.
2. Betting round.
3. Each player is dealt a card face up. This leaves each player with two face down cards and two face up.
4. Betting round.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4. This leaves each player with two face down cards and three face up.
6. Repeat steps 3 and 4. This leaves each player with two face down cards and four face up.
7. Each player is dealt a card face down. Each player now has three face down cards and four face up.
8. Betting round.
The Betting
50 cent betting is permitted when a pair is showing in one player’s hand
The Showdown
1. Cards are now revealed.
2. The player with the highest hand wins the pot.
Royal Flush Payout
Royal and straight flushes earn the bonus if the player wins their hand.
Two Touch
The Deal
1. Three cards are dealt to each player, two face down and one face up.
2. Six cards are dealt face down on the table in a grid that is three across by two down.
3. Betting round.
4. The top left table card is turned.
5. Betting round.
6. The top right table card is turned.
7. Betting round.
8. The bottom center table card is turned.
9. Betting round.
10. Each player is dealt a face up card. Each player now has two face down and two face up cards.
11. Betting round.
12. The bottom left table card is turned.
13. Betting round.
14. The bottom right table card is turned.
15. Betting round.
16. The top center table card is turned.
17. Betting round.
18. Each player is dealt a face down card. Each player now has three face down and two face up cards.
19. Betting round.
The Betting
50 cent betting is permitted when a pair is showing in one player’s hand.
The Showdown
1. Each player remaining in the game will declare high, low or both ways.
2. Cards are now revealed.
3. Each player may play all five cards from their hand, four from their hand and one from the table or three from their hand and one from the table. However, if two cards are used from the table they must touch by an edge (and not diagonally).
4. The highest and lowest hands share the pot.
Note: valid combinations of two cards from the table are:
– Top Left and Top Center
– Top Center and Top Right
– Bottom Left and Bottom Center
– Bottom Center and Bottom Right
– Top Left and Bottom Left
– Top Center and Bottom Center
– Top Right and Bottom Right
Royal Flush Payout
Royal and straight flushes earn the bonus if the player wins their hand.
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