As a general rule, the game is played between 4 to 8 players, and the deck used is that of standard 52 cards. The game uses antes instead of blinds. Before the cards are dealt to each player, the players are required to place an ante into the pot. This is rule of thumb, and each player should comply to it. There is no fixed amount to ante, and varies depending on the set limit for the game. Usually, it can be anything between five to ten percent of game’s large bet. After this, players are given one card at a time, until everyone gets 3 of them. The first two cards are face down, and third one is face up. The player who gets the lowest up has to bring in a bet. The game continues in clockwise direction. Each player can fold, call or raise; raise is on the low betting amount. Until all the players have acted, the play would continue.

After this, as the 4th street, each player is again given a face up card, and this time play would begin with the player who has the highest hand. Play continues as usual, and then comes the 5th and 6th street where again players are given face up cards; during 5th street the bets and raises are done on the large bet level. 6th street is the last time that players get cards; the game continues after this and after that all the players have acted, the play moves on to the final round. In this final round, players are given one more card, but it is face down. And then the winner is chosen depending on the most powerful hands.

If a joker is in play, the best hand a person can have is a five of a kind with five Aces at the top of the list. If no joker is in play, the best hand is the straight flush. A straight flush is five cards of the same suit such as all spades, all hearts, all clubs, or all diamonds. Of course, the cards must be in order to be a straight such as five diamonds from 5 to 10. A Royal Flush is the best hand, which includes the Ace, King, Queen, Jack, and Ten.

Four of a kind comes next. All four cards must be the same card, such as all tens, kings, etc… with the higher the card ranking the better. The best of course would be four Aces. Next is the Full House. A full house is three cards that have the same rank and then a pair. The higher the three cards the better such as 3 Kings and 2 5’s. Of course, the person with the higher three cards will beat other players. The flush is next. A flush is cards of the same suit, but not in order. This means you can have five hearts of any rank. The person with the highest rank card will win if everyone has a flush.

The straight is next with five cards in order from various suits. This means you can have 1 ace space, 1 diamond king, 1 heart queen, 1 club jack, and 1 spade 10. The suit does not matter. Three of a kind means the same card such as all three kings. The next is a two pair of the same such as 2 Aces and 2 fives. The last one is one pair such as 2 tens. Of course if no one has any of the above, the person with the highest card will win the hand.