Introduction:
This is played like and with all the skills of poker and much, much simpler without the questionable ethics (gambling) involving money.
To play:
Beginning:
Shuffle standard 52 pack and deal 2 cards to the players.
Player on left MUST BID a 2, 4, 6, 8, or 10 (10 maximum) points.
The other players chooses a response of either increasing the bid (2, 4, 6, 8, or 10), ‘forget it’, ‘show ’, ‘duel’.
Hand ranks: Straight flush, Pair, Straight, Flush, High card. Secondary and Tertiary Rank: High card.
Next Phase:
If a player says ‘forget it’, they are out of the bidding and their hand is over.
If all players say ‘forget it’, bidding player is awarded half the original bid. The hand is over.
If a player says say ‘show’, they want the others in the bidding to show the hand. The bidding goes to the next player.
If all the players in the bidding say ‘show',The players show the hands to each other and the higher ranked hand is awarded the bid. The hand is over.
How to Increase?
Increase bid as even number to 10 maximum.
a. from 2? chose 4, 6, 8, 10
b. from 4? chose 6, 8, 10
c. from 6? chose 8, 10
d. from 8? chose 10
Duel (doubles previous bid).
a. from 2? bid is then 4
b. from 4? bid is then 8
c. from 6? bid is then 12
d. from 8? bid is then 16
e. from 10? bid is then 20
Note: Kind of defect that at bid of 6, 8, 10 - might as well 'DUEL'.
If player says ‘duel’, the other players may ‘show ’ or ‘forget it’.
Repeat Phases until all have 'Forget', or 'Show'
Exact tie: No points awarded.
ERRATA, CLARIFICATIONS and Criticisms:
> Also I would like to know what happens if the first player bids (say) 10
> and the other players all forget. Is the score then zero for everyone?
>
No. Bid is the bid playing for.
(As it says: If a player says ‘forget it’, they are out of the bidding and their hand is over.
If all players say ‘forget it’, bidding player is awarded half the original bid. The hand is over. )
First Player MUST bid. If First Player bids 10 that's the poker pot 'created out of thin air' as to say. If all others 'forget', then player 'A' gets 5 points.
First Player MUST bid. If First Player bids 8 that's the poker pot 'created out of thin air' as to say. If all others 'forget', then player 'A' gets 4 points.
First Player MUST bid. If First Player bids 6 that's the poker pot 'created out of thin air' as to say. If all others 'forget', then player 'A' gets 3 points.
First Player MUST bid. If First Player bids 4 that's the poker pot 'created out of thin air' as to say. If all others 'forget', then player 'A' gets 2 points.
First Player MUST bid. If First Player bids 2 that's the poker pot 'created out of thin air' as to say. If all others 'forget', then player 'A' gets 1 point.
>> OK. So it seems that after the initial bid your 'bidding' process is
>> essentially the same as poker betting.
>> 'forget' = 'fold'
>> 'show' = 'call'
>> 'increase' or 'duel' = 'raise' with the restriction that the only
>> possibilities are to
raise Bid TO EVEN NUMBER, TOTAL (again, 'total') only being, 4, 6, 8, or 10.
if the current bet is less
>> than 10, or to raise by doubling the bet (duel) if the current bet is
>> less than or equal to 10.
>> So the next question is how the scoring works. For example:
>> A bids 4, B forgets, C duels to 8, D says show, A forgets. So C and D
>> show their hands a C's hand is better.
Yes.
>> Now what do we do? Do the players score points? Do the losers score
>> negative points?
No. Only C or D gets 8 points. All the others get Zero.
For example with four
> players: player A bets 4, player B says duel, player C says show, player
> D says duel. Now what???
A. bid is 4 B. bid is now 8 C. bid is still 8 D. bid is now 16 At this point players A, B, C, Options are ONLY: All FORGET (D wins 8 points) SHOWS SHOWs At least one of A, B, C, SHOWS D wins 16 points of either D or other(s) with best hand - Did A demand SHOW win over D and other SHOWs? - Did B demand SHOW win over D and other SHOWs? - Did C demand SHOW win over D and other SHOWs?. Why 'only'? Bid is over 10 points.
Note: kind of defect that at bid of 6, 8, 10 - might as well 'DUEL'.
>> If it were poker the result would be (A bids 4, B forgets, C duels to 8, D says show, A forgets) something like A:-4, B:0, C:+12, D:-8. Is it the same in your game?
No. It's not that complex. I didn't say or instruct to score that way.
'B' loses zero and gets zero,
Phase II: back to 'A' and determines 'C' and 'D' options.
Phase II: If 'A' Forgets
Phase III: hand is over between 'C, D'.
Phase II: If 'A' Shows,
Phase III: hand is over between 'A, C, D'.
Phase II: If 'A' raises to 10,
Phase III: 'C, D' can only Duel, Forget or Show.
Phase IV: (need to say?)
Phase II: If 'A' duels, (bid is 16),
Phase III: 'C, D' can only Forget or Show.
One person gets 'BID' (show) (or 1/2 Bid - all 'FORGET'). All others score Zero.
Points created out of thin air.
> I see that this is a sort of 2-card poker - two cards of the same suit
> presumably make a flush and 2 adjacent cards make a straight. I'm
> guessing that A-2 and A-K probably both count as straights, and probably
> A-2 is the lowest straight, below 3-2, even though it contains an Ace.
No. A high, 2 low, no A-2 straight.
> What I don't understand is the betting. It reads as though players after
> the first have four options: increase, forget, show or duel. I think I
> understand what happens if everyone says either forget and show.
Why Play Duel It:
In five card poker, the odds of a good hand of two pair or three of a kind are slim. All higher hands odds are very slim (less than 1 in 250) above that. With two cards, there are bad hands, low hands, medium hands and high hands. The odds are easier to calculate, which are as follows:
In other words, these numbers can be called the hand's
'RATING'
|
Flush |
2.48 |
40.30% |
|
|
|
Straight |
4.91 |
20.40% |
432 |
|
|
Pair |
10.52 |
9.52% |
78 |
126 |
|
Straight Flush |
27.63 |
3.62% |
44 |
48 |
|
Royal Flush |
331.5 |
0.30% |
4 |
4 |
Better than a high card: 2.48 for 1 (40.27%). 2.48
Better than a flush: 4.91 for 1 (20.36%). 4.91
Better than a straight: 10.52 for 1 (9.50%) 10.52
Better than a pair: 27.63 for 1 (3.62%) 27.63
Royal flush: 331.5 for 1 (0.30%) 331.5