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| This popular game combines the feature of betting on gradually exposed hands with the basic principle of the knock-poker family (the ability to obtain cards from other players). Each player is dealt seven cards face down and there is a betting round. Each active player then passes any three cards to the player on his left. There is another betting round, and then each player discards two cards from his hand and arranges his remaining face-down cards in a strategic order. Each player flips his first card over simultaneously, followed by a betting round. This continues for each card until the showdown, with the highest hand winning the pot. Note that if you are dealt a strong hand (like a full house) you are forced to break it up when you pass three of your seven cards. When choosing the cards to pass, you should anticipate receiving low or midrange replacements. The key is the arrangement of your face-down cards. Since they are revealed one at a time, sort them in an order that will keep your opponents guessing to the end. You'll need at least a flush to win this game. |
| Also called Texas Tech. The game begins like Shotgun, but after each player has been dealt three cards face down there is a betting round. Another face-down card is dealt to each active player, followed by a betting round and one more face-down card. Then each player may discard and draw, as in draw poker. After the draw, each player turns up any card and there is a betting round. This is repeated until four cards are exposed, as in five-card stud. The highest hand wins the pot, and you'll need at least two pairs. |
| As in Low Hole Card Wild (Shipwreck), the lowest-ranking card of a player's three hole cards, and every other card of the same rank in his hand, is wild. The twist is that you get to choose which one of your first three cards is exposed, thereby assuming some control over which rank is wild in your hand before the first betting round. Since the seventh card is also dealt face down, the most intriguing (and dangerous) feature of this game is that your last card can dramatically change the value of your hand if its rank is lower than your first two hole cards. Play conservatively and look for a four-of-a-kind to be the surprise winner. |
| This is the same as Mexican Stud except that every player's hole card, and all other cards of the same rank, is wild in that player's hand. The betting is the same as in five-card stud except that all cards are dealt face down. After the first two cards are dealt, and then after each subsequent card is dealt, every player picks a single hole card and turns it face up. This option normally allows you to conceal or expose strategic cards at each stage of the game, in an attempt to keep your opponents guessing. But more importantly, you should use the roll to control which cards in your hand are wild, especially if you have paired up. Four-card straights and flushes are legal in this game, but a wild full house will usually win. |
| Up to seven players can join in this game. Seven cards are dealt face down to each player. Do not look at your cards! This game is similar to Midnight Baseball, but without all the special cards, and is played high-low. The player to the dealer's left is the first lead player. The lead player exposes one card and starts the betting. The next player starts rolling cards until that player's revealed hand beats the highest revealed hand on the table (initially, the lead player's single up card) or until the rolling player has exposed six of player's seven cards. Bet, beginning with player with highest poker hand exposed. Continue in turn with each player rolling until player has the high hand or has exposed six cards, with a round of betting whenever someone stops rolling cards. When no one can defeat the high hand without rolling a seventh card, bet. Now all players may look at hole card(s). Note that player with high exposed hand may have more than one hole card to peek at. Declare. Bet. Showdown. High and low hands split the pot. |
| Start with up to seven players. Deal six cards face down to each player (no peak) and seven face up in the center. Dealer arranges the seven in the middle into the best high hand and discards the remaining two cards. Player to dealer's left exposes a card. Bet. Next player exposes cards until player has best poker hand among players, but if player's exposed hand is superior to the center hand, player must fold. Bet. Next player exposes the same way, followed by a bet. Continue until just one player remains. Player that makes the highest hand without exceeding hand in center is the winner. |
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