WILD but FRIENDLY POKER Working Copy 5-30-17 edit afternoon 2

GENERAL RULES
1. Dealer calls the game he/she wishes to play.
2. Dealer explains any special rules for the game selected.
3. Dealer announces the method of betting for the game selected.
4. In all games, there will be no checking and raising.
5. In all games, the number of raises allowed is optional and is
decided by the group before the game begins.
6. In games where players’ cards are showing, the player having
the highest hand is the bettor. That player has the option of
placing a bet or checking. If the bettor opts to check, then the
option to bet or check rotates around the table clockwise.
7. In games where players’ cards are not exposed, the player
making the bet rotates around the table for each new bet. In
these games, the player whose turn it is to bet MUST place the
bet or fold. No checking is allowed. The rotation begins with the
player to the dealer’s left.
8. In seven card games, only five cards are used to determine the
best hand. In the event of a tie, the pot is split. A sixth card tie
breaker is not allowed.
9. In games having wild cards, five of a kind beats a royal flush.
(see section on ranking of hands)
10. When playing High/Low games, no wild cards are used.
11. When a player opts to go both ways in a High/Low game,
he/she MUST win both, or lose both. Ties lose.
12. In all games, “Cards Tell.” A player’s cards may be read by any of
the other players in the game, only if the player seeking help
lays his/her cards on the table. A player may not be helped
while he/she is holding their cards in their hand.
13. In all games, the dealer will always distribute cards to the
players, one card at a time.
14. In “No Peek” games, players cannot look at any of the cards
dealt to them. If they do look at any of their cards, even if
inadvertently, they are automatically out of the hand.
15. In games that have five or more community cards, and the
winning hand is the five community cards, the hand is a “wash.”
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