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Introduction

The games on this page are mostly stud poker variants in which players try to improve their hands by passing unwanted cards to their neighbour, or in some cases taking cards from or trading cards with other players. Readers are assumed to be familiar with the rules of poker in general and of five-card stud and seven-card stud in particular.

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Pass the Trash

This variation is sometimes known as Anaconda. Also the name 'Pass the Trash' is sometimes used for the game called Selection / Rejection on this page. There can be up to seven players.

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After the antes are placed, seven cards are dealt, face down, to each player. Players look at their cards and there is a betting round, begun by the player to dealer's left.

Now each active player places three unwanted cards face down in front of them. When all are ready, each set of three cards is passed to the next active player to the left. Players look at the new cards they received and there is a second betting round.

Now everyone discards two unwanted cards, choose an order for the other five cards and stacks them face down. Each player turns over the first card of their stack and there is a betting round, begun by the player with the highest hand showing. This is repeated until everyone has four cards face up and just one face down.

After the final betting round the highest five-card hand wins the showdown.

Variations

This game is often played high-low. Before the showdown everyone declares whether they will go for high, low or both, and the high and low winners split the pot.

Some play with three phases of passing trash. In the first phase three cards are discarded and passed to the left; in the second phase two cards are passed two places to the left; and in the third phase one card is passed three places to the left. There is a betting round after each phase of passing.

The dealer (in a dealer's choice game) can specify other patterns of passing as desired.

Because cards are normally passed to the left, some play that the pot is split between the high hand and next active player to the right. The logic is that you should share in the success of the player to whom you passed cards.

Howdy Doody

This is the same as Pass the Trash, played high/low, but with wild cards. Threes are wild in the hand of a player going for high and kings are wild for a player going for low. A player who calls both will need to win high with threes wild and low with kings wild.

Push

This is a five-card stud game in which players can pay to reject an up-card dealt to them and take the next card from the deck instead. The price for doing this must be agreed in advance - for example 5 times the minimum bet. The game can be played by 4 to 9 players and is best for 5 to 7.

One card (the hole card) is dealt face down to each player. Then the dealer offers a card face up to the player to his left. The player may either accept this card or pay the agreed price to the pot to 'push' that card and receive be dealt the next card from the deck face up. This second card must be accepted.

The next player to the left is offered the card pushed by the previous player or, if that player accepted the free card, a new card face up from the deck. The player can accept the offered card free of charge, or pay to push that card and be dealt the next card face up. All the other players in turn have a similar choice. If the last player pays to push, the pushed card is discarded face down. Now there is a betting round beginning with the player who has the highest card showing.

There is another round of pushing. The first card offered to the first active player to dealer's left is always a fresh card dealt face up from the deck. Other players are first offered the pushed card if the previous player pushed. When everyone has two face-up cards there is a second round of betting begun by the player with the highest hand showing.

There are two more rounds of pushing, each followed by a betting round. At the end, active players have five cards, four of which are face up. In the showdown the highest hand wins.

Variations

Roll your own. In this variant, all cards are dealt face down and pushing is free. The dealer deals a card face down to the first player to the left, and this player either accepts it or pushes it and must take the next card. If a card is pushed it is offered to the next player; otherwise the next player is offered the top card of the deck. Each player in turn either accepts the first card offered or pushes it and must take the next card from the deck. If the dealer pushes the pushed card is discarded face down. Now everyone has one hole card and there is a betting round.

In the next four rounds, cards dealt and pushed face down as in the first round, but each time a player acquires a new card, one of the player's two face down cards must turned face up. This each player always has one card in the hole and at the showdown has four face up cards. This variant can be played all-high, all-low or high/low with declaration.

Substitution. In this variant, after the betting round in which each player has five cards, the active players may pay to change one card. Each in turn, starting with the first active player to dealer's left, can pay a price agreed in advance (for example 10 times the minimum bet) to discard any one card and receive a new card from the deck face down in exchange. Either the hole card or an up-card can be discarded: if an upcard is discarded the player will have only three cards showing after the exchange. There is a final round of betting and a showdown.

Selection / Rejection

This seven-card stud poker variant for up to 7 players is sometimes known as Want it? Want it? Got it! or occasionally as Polish.

The players place an ante and two cards are dealt face down to each player. In each subsequent round of dealing there is a 'leader': first it is the player to dealer's left and in each subsequent round of dealing the position of leader moves to the next active player to the left.

The dealer offers the top card of the deck face up to the leader. The leader can accept it or reject it. If it is rejected it is offered to the next player to the left and if this player also rejects it the third player must take it. Then the next card is offered face up to the next player in turn - i.e. the player to the left of the one who took the previous card - who may accept it or reject it. Each card can be rejected at most twice: the third player must accept it. When offering cards around the table, players who have already acquired a card in that dealing round are skipped. When everyone has a card there is a betting round. As usual in stud poker, all betting rounds are begun by the player with the best card or hand showing.

This process is repeated three more times, so that everyone has four up-cards. After the ensuing betting round, a seventh card is dealt to each player face down. There is a final betting round followed by declaration of high, low or both and a showdown.

Do Ya

This is a five-card stud game in which players have a choice of three cards for each of their up-cards.

After the antes are placed, the dealer deals one card face down to each player. Each player's hole card is wild for that player only.

The dealer now deals a card face up and offers it to the first player to dealer's left, traditionally saying 'do ya?'. The player can accept or reject the card. If it is rejected the dealer offers a second card similarly. If that too is rejected the dealer deals a third card face up, which the player must accept.

There will now be zero, one or two rejected cards face up on the table. The next player to the left has a choice of these rejects. If none of them is accepted the dealer deals further cards face up one at a time, but again at most two cards cane be rejected and then the third must be accepted. So for example if the previous player rejected two cards and the next player does not want them either, this player must accept the next card from the deck and the same two rejects will be offered to as the first two cards to the following player.

When everyone has acquired a card, any cards rejected by the last player (dealer) are discarded face down and there is a betting round. All betting rounds are begun by the player with the best card or hand showing.

The process of offering, accepting and rejecting cards is repeated three more times, so that everyone has four cards face up and one (wild) face down hole card. After the final betting round there is a showdown and the high hand wins the pot.

It is also possible, though unusual, to play this game high/low.

Have a Heart

This is a seven-card stud variant in which hearts have a special effect. The deal is exactly as in seven card stud: two cards face down and one face up to each player; betting round; three more cards face up to each player, each followed by a betting round; one card each face down; betting round; showdown in which the high hand wins.

The difference is that whenever a heart is dealt face up, the player who gets it takes one card of his or her choice from any other player. A face up card can be taken and it remains face up or a face down card can be taken unseen from another player's hole cards. If a face down card is taken, the player taking it looks at it after selecting it and keeps it face down as an extra hole card.

Players whose cards are taken do not draw replacements, so it is possible for a player to finish with fewer than five cards. In this case the rules for comparing incomplete hands are used in the showdown.

Variation. Alternatively, you can play that the player who takes a card must give the player a card in exchange: a face up card for a face up card or a face down card for a face down card. The player with the heart chooses what card to give back. It is even possible to give back the same card, for example if a hole card is taken and proves to be of no use.

Buddha's Folly

This game is played with match pot betting, as in Guts.

The players ante and the dealer deals five cards face down to each player. The players look at their cards.

Now the dealer turns the next card of the deck face up and offers it to the player to his or her left. This player may either

• accept the card, add it to his or her hand, and discard one card face up in exchange which is offered to the next player to the left, or
• reject the card offered and pass it on to the next player to the left.

The next player then has the same options: accept or reject the offered card. This continues around the table, possibly for several circuits, until some card is rejected by every player and comes back to the player who originally discvarded or rejected it.

Now all players declare whether they are in or out - this can be done simultaneously or in sequence as agreed in advance or specified in advance by the dealer. The players who stay in show their hands. The best five-card poker hand wins the pot, and any other players who stayed in must pay an amount equal to what was in the pot to be played for in the next deal.

If playing with simultaneous declaration, some play that if everyone tries to drop out, the players show their hands and the player with the best hand must pay all the antes for the next deal.

Trees

After the antes have been placed, five cards are dealt face down to each player, and there is a round of betting.

Active players can then trade cards freely. The Game Report, which described this variant, specified that a player must give the same number of cards that he receives, but did not explain exactly how the trades are done. I suggest that after two players have agreed how many cards they wish to exchange, each should simultaneously select that number of cards from hand and put them on the table face down; then the cards are exchanged between them without showing them to the other players.

Trades continue until no more trades can be agreed. Then there is a final round of betting followed by a showdown, which is won by the highest hand.

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Other Poker Game’s Rules:

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Poker is a simple game to learn, but the poker rules can be challenging for a complete beginner.

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Here's everything you'll learn in this guide on how to play poker:

1. And lots more

Before you move to the 'practical' side of this guide on how to play the most popular variants of this game, you need to learn the basics of poker.

When most people say they want to know 'how to play regular poker,' they imply that they want to learn the basics of Texas Hold'em.

Texas Hold'em is (by far) the most popular poker game out there and it's the one you find at every online poker site.

But that's just the tip of the iceberg. With so many poker variants to play online and offline, the only proper guide on how to play poker for dummies is the one that gets you access to all the best games out there.

Not just to the most famous one.

Many poker rules are consistent from game to game, although among the dozens of variants such as Texas hold'em, Omaha, and seven-card stud you will find some ket differences you need to kno.

Let's have a quick look at the poker rules of the most played poker games online:

How to Play Texas Hold'Em

Also called the 'Cadillac of Poker,' Texas hold'em is the one you are going to play over and over again.

This is the most popular poker game online and it is also the one you are most likely to play with our friends in your next home game.

Whether you play it in the form of a tournament or as a ring-game, the basic poker rules and the hand rankings don't change.

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How to Play Omaha Poker

The second-most popular poker variant. Omaha poker finds its roots in the game of Texas Hold'em, although the rules of the two games are slightly different from each other.

Many players find learning how to play poker Omaha to be the natural step to take after they have successfully mastered the basics of Texas Hold'em.

In the poker rules page dedicated to the game, you find the perfect beginner's guide to moving your first steps in the world of Omaha.

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How to Play Seven-Card Stud

Before Texas hold'em became king, anyone who wanted to learn the basic poker rules and how to play poker had to go through the game of seven-card stud.

As the name suggests, this is a variant of stud poker. 7-card stud is also the 'S' game in the H.O.R.S.E. poker — but if you are still learning how to play poker, it's probably too early for you to jump on that.

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Other Poker Rules to Learn

If you want to go deeper and you want to learn how to play even more poker games, PokerNews is the right site for you.

Pick one poker variant to learn from the list that follows and find out how to play some of the most exciting and lesser-known poker games out there!

Use these guides to learn how to play poker and master not only the most 'obvious' games like Texas hold'em bu also all the other different variants out there.

In our guides for beginners, you find the official poker rules, the basic strategy tips, and the hand rankings — because knowing how to calculate points is key if you want to win at poker.

Common Traits of Most Poker Rules

The Value of Poker Hands

One element used in most poker variants is the system of hand rankings.

The highest ranked hand is a Royal Flush (five cards of the same suit, ranked ace through ten), followed by a Straight Flush (five cards of the same suit of consecutive ranks).

The third-best combination is the Four-of-a-kind, which is then followed by the Full House (three of a kind plus one pair), the Flush, the Straight, the Three-of-a-kind, Two Pair, One Pair, and High Card or no pair.

When a hand reaches the showdown, the player with the highest-ranked hand wins the pot.

That's true of Texas hold'em, pot-limit Omaha, seven-card stud, and five-card draw.

Of course, in 'lowball' games like razz or deuce-to-seven triple draw, the hand rankings are turned upside down and the 'worst' hand according to traditional hand rankings is the winning one.

Poker Hands Ranking

• Royal Flush10JQKA
• Straight
  Flush56789
• Four Of
  A Kind3333K
• Full HouseJJJKK
• Flush2459K
• StraightA2345
• Three Of
  A Kind45777
• Two Pair499KK
• One Pair3QK1010
• High Card248QK

Suggested Readings

• Poker Hands Chart: The official classification of all poker hands with a free pdf to download and print.
• What Beats What in Poker: the perfect starting guide to learn how to count points in poker and discover the real value of each hand.

Blinds and Ante Bets

Games like hold'em and Omaha feature small and big blinds, so called because they are 'blind' bets players have to make before they are dealt any cards.

Meanwhile stud games usually use 'antes', which also involve players putting chips in the middle before the hand begins.

From there players bet more as the hand progresses, thereby creating larger pots.

Limit vs. No Limit Poker Games

Some games are played with no-limit betting, which means players can bet as much as they like at any point in the hand, including going 'all in.'

Pot-limit betting means that the current size of the pot creates an upper limit on how much a player can bet.

Games that are played with fixed-limit betting have predetermined amounts from which players cannot vary when they make their bets and raises.

The Action

There are other terms that tend to be used in all different poker games, including many having to do with the actions you perform when playing.

When the action is on you, you can:

• Check: Decline to bet
• Fold: Withdraw from the hand, if someone else has bet already
• Bet: Place a wager on the table
• Raise: Add more chips by matching your opponent's bet and putting in a greater amount.
• Call: Match the bet of your opponents to stay in the hand and continue to play.

All of those terms are an important step in your journey to learn how to play poker since they tend to come up in all poker variants.

The Betting Rounds

In games with community cards like hold'em and Omaha (also sometimes called 'flop games'), the betting rounds are referred to as:

• Preflop: The bets made before any community cards are dealt
• Flop: The bets made after the first three community cards are dealt)
• Turn: The bets made after the fourth community card
• River The bets made after the fifth and last community card.

Suggested Readings

• How to bet in poker: a beginner's guide to betting in Texas hold'em.
• Texas hold'em betting tips: This short article gives you some actionable tips to learn how to play poker with your stack of chips.

The Table Stakes

One other poker rule common to just about every variant of the you'll play – whether you are playing live poker or online poker – is one called 'table stakes.'

Table stakes means that once a hand begins, you can only bet whatever amount you had on the table to begin the hand and are not allowed to add anything more during the hand as it plays out.

If you only have $100 on the table to begin a hand, you can't pull out your wallet and add more halfway through the hand – you can only play out the hand with whatever you had to start.

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Now that you know the basic poker rules and you have links to go back to your poker guides when you need to, it's time to look for the best websites to practice poker online.

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