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Summary. Players are dealt one card at a time, betting after each card, alternately competing for high or low hand.Rules. After the ante, each player is dealt one card face down, which they can look at. For this first hand, players are competing for the highest card. To allow players to simultaneously indicate if they are going to compete for the pot, everyone secretly puts a coin in his or her hand to indicate they are competing or doesn’t to indicate they are not competing. Everyone puts their closed fist on the table and opens them at the same time. Players who did not compete risk nothing and gain nothing. Players who did compete swap their cards to determine who wins – the other players do not get to see the competing players’ cards. The player with the highest hand takes the pot. The competing players who lost have to match the pot. If there is a tie or no one stayed in, the pot carries over.

 

The dealer then deals one more card face down to each player, which everyone adds to his or her hands. This time players are competing for the lowest hand (just like in Low Ball). Again each player simultaneously indicates if they are competing by secretly placing a coin in their hand to indicate they are staying. Competing players again swap hands to determine the winner with the lowest hand taking the pot. Losing players match the pot – noncompeting players do nothing.After the third card, players compete for highest hand the same way. After the fourth card, players compete for lowest hand the same way. After the final card, there is a showdown (with everyone automatically competing). The highest hand takes the pot and the game is over.

Variants

As the rules are stated, if only a single player competes for a hand, he takes the pot and there is no pot for the next competition. There are a couple ways to remedy this situation.Ante every time. Before each card, every player antes. This insures that there is always money in the pot and can allow the pot to increase more quickly.Punishment. If only one player stays in, everyone else matches the pot. If no one stays, everyone matches the pot. This encourages more people to compete.

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Summary. 7 card stud where the lowest hand showing gets to choose their card from several face up cards.

 

 After a round of betting, one card is dealt face up in the middle for every player. So if five people are playing, five cards are dealt face up. The player who has the lowest hand showing gets to pick which card they want. Hands are ranked as in low ball with ties going to the player closest to the dealer’s left. After that, the next lowest hand chooses, and so on, until the highest hand takes the last card. Another round of betting is followed by another round of face up cards, with the lowest hand again choosing first. Players bet and there is a final round of face up cards that players choose from. After betting, everyone is dealt one more card face down (for a total of seven) followed by a final round of betting and showdown. The player with the best five card hand takes the pot.

Strategy. Strategy can be interesting, because it is often in a player’s best interest to choose a low card that will allow them to choose early in the next round. Matching one of your down cards often works well because you don’t have a pair showing, which would cause you to choose later in the next round. Straights and flushes can be chosen without your up cards beating other’s up cards. Of course, your selection may also be influenced by trying to prevent the next player from getting the card they want.
Variant
5 Card Stud. Players are dealt one card down and one card up. After betting, one card is dealt face up in the middle for each player, with the lowest hands choosing first as above. Players bet and choose twice more, for a total of five cards. Showdown follows the final round of betting.

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There are few things more enjoyable in life than inviting some friends over for a night of poker. It’s a great way to catch up while you play cards — and maybe make a little money, to ooh yeah!

If you’re looking to host a home poker game for the first time, make sure it’s a poker-perfect night by setting it up right. There are a few things you’ll need to decide before you start sending out emails and making phone calls to invite people to your big poker night:

What Kind of Poker Night Will it Be?

Do you want to have an informal gathering of friends and play dealer’s choice, where each player gets to choose the game played each hand? Or do you want to focus on one game, like Texas Hold’em, all night? Or do you want to imitate the action of the televised  poker tournaments  at your home?

How Many People Should You Invite?If you’re playing a dealer’s choice game, stick to 5-7 people. In any game where seven-card stud is a possibility, you can’t have more than 7 players at the table. On the other hand, if you’re hosting a  Texas Hold’em only night, you should aim for 6-10 players.

What’s the Buy-In and What are the Stakes?

No matter what kind of poker night you’ve decided to have, you should make it clear how much money your friends should bring to play, or “buy in” to the game with. A good way to set the buy-in for a new game is to choose an amount that you would spend on a night out. Whether it’s $10 or $100, it should be enough so the money matters a little, but not so much that anyone is going to miss paying their mortgage or electric bill if they lose it.

The other thing to consider is what the stakes, or the betting structure, will be. Will it be a spread-limit, fixed-limit, or no limit game? How much will the minimum and maximum bets be?

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