The Pack
The standard 52-card pack is used.
Object of the Game
The goal of each player
is to win the pot which 😗 contains all the bets that the players have made in any one
deal. A player makes a bet in hopes 😗 that they have the best hand, or to give the
impression that they do. The top combination of five cards 😗 is the best hand and winner
for that deal. The winner gets all the chips in the pot at the 😗 end of the round.
Card
Values/Scoring
Straight Flush – This is the highest possible hand when only the
standard pack is used, 😗 and there are no wild cards. A straight flush consists of five
cards of the same suit in sequence, such 😗 as 10, 9, 8, 7, 6 of hearts.
Four of a Kind –
This is the next highest hand. An example 😗 is four aces or four 3s.
Full House – This
colorful hand is made up of three cards of one rank 😗 and two cards of another rank, such
as three 8s and two 4s.
Flush – Five cards all of the same 😗 suit, but not all in
sequence, is a flush. An example is Q, 10, 7, 6, and 2 of clubs.
Straight 😗 – Five cards
in sequence, but not all of the same suit is a straight. An example is 9♥, 8♣, 😗 7♠, 6♦,
5♥.
Three of a Kind – This combination contains three cards of the same rank, and the
other two 😗 cards each of a different rank, such as three jacks, a seven, and a four.
Two
Pairs – This hand contains 😗 a pair of one rank and another pair of a different rank,
plus any fifth card of a different rank, 😗 such as Q, Q, 7, 7, 4.
One Pair – This
frequent combination contains just one pair with the other three 😗 cards being of
different rank. An example is 10, 10, K, 4, 3.
No Pair – This very common hand contains
😗 nothing. None of the five cards pair up, nor are all five cards of the same suit or
consecutive in 😗 rank. When more than one player has no pair, the hands are rated by the
highest card each hand contains, 😗 so that an ace-high hand beats a king-high hand, and
so on.
The Deal
For this version of High Low Poker, each 😗 player receives two cards face
down, and five cards are dealt face down to the center of the table.
The Play
Once 😗 the
cards are dealt, the person to the left of the dealer begins the first round of
betting. Players have 😗 the option to check, bet, raise or fold after each deal.
Check: A
nominal bet; usually one that does not require 😗 any chip to be put in the pot.
Bet: Put
a number of chips in the pot based on your likeliness 😗 of having the best hand and
winning.
Raise: Put more chips in the pot than are needed to meet the previous
😗 bet.
Fold: Withdraw from the current deal, as signified by turning one’s cards face
down.
After the first betting interval, three of 😗 the five center cards are turned face
up in the center. Then there is a second betting interval, followed by 😗 one more center
card being turned up. Then there is a third betting interval, and the last center card
is 😗 turned up. Then there is a final betting round. The player must use his best five
cards, taken from the 😗 two in his hand and the five turned up in the center of the table
to form the best poker 😗 hand possible.
The player with the best hand wins the pot.
