As in a regular straight, you can have an ace either high (A-K-Q-J-T) or low (5-4-3-2-1). However, a straight may not 'wraparound'. (Such as K-A-2-3-4, which is not a straight). An Ace high straight-flush is called a Royal Flush and is the highest natural hand. Poker is one of the many games involving the use of a 52-card deck of playing cards. The 52 cards are categorized by 13 ranks from Two through Ace (Aces can be counted as both higher than King and lower than Two when needed, but can only count as one at a time in a hand), and by four suits: diamonds, hearts, spades, and clubs.
Try to earn the lowest number of points over the course of nine deals (or 'holes”).
- Game Type: Other
- Age: 8+
- Players: 2, 3, 4
- Tag: Shedding Game
The Pack
Standard 52 card deck
The Deal
Each player is dealt 6 cards face down from the deck. The remainder of the cards are placed face down, and the top card is turned up to start the discard pile beside it. Players arrange their 6 cards in 2 rows of 3 in front of them and turn 2 of these cards face up. The remaining cards stay face down and cannot be looked at.
The Play
The object is for players to have the lowest value of the cards in front of them by either swapping them for lesser value cards or by pairing them up with cards of equal rank.
Poker Does Ace Count As 1
Beginning with the player to the dealer's left, players take turns drawing single cards from either the stock or discard piles. The drawn card may either be swapped for one of that player's 6 cards, or discarded. If the card is swapped for one of the face down cards, the card swapped in remains face up. The round ends when all of a player's cards are face-up.
A game is nine 'holes' (deals), and the player with the lowest total score is the winner.
Scoring
Each ace counts 1 point.
Each 2 counts minus 2 points.
Each numeral card from 3 to 10 scores face value.
Each jack or queen scores 10 points.
Each king scores zero points.
A pair of equal cards in the same column scores zero points for the column (even if the equal cards are 2s).
In Poker Can Ace Count As 1
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