In 5-card low, it took an A234 (one card didn't play)ĥ) In games where we declared at same time we would go below table with chips and open hands at same time. In low, a player with a four-card 5 or better in 4-card low would scoop. In high guts games, the hand would only end if one person played the dummy hand and beat it. If it had the winner then every matched pot and we continued. 4 or 5 cards for lowball guts with a draw.Ĥ) A dummy hand would play every time. Sometimes in the 3-card you would draw two once you declared for a 5-card hand. We would keep stacks in front of everyone to make sure it was right.ģ) 3 (with 2's and 3's wild) or 5 straight for high. You could always get back in if someone played so if you were under the gun and checked and someone or even multiple people behind you played then you could also join.Ģ) Everyone antes.

Please vote once in each grouping.ġ) In my home games in my younger years, we would start with the first to the left of the dealer declaring and it would go clockwise. We also played 'Monte Carlo' style where everyone who didn't win had to Ante up, which created some enormous pots sometimes.įor the poll you can vote for multiple times. With three cards the threes were wild, with five cards the fives, and so on. We also sometimes did a variant similar to the one seen in the movie Lucky You, where you added cards if nobody was in, going from 3 to 5 to 7. His defense was that he was drunk and not paying attention.

There had been known to be arguments when somebody would late drop (and it was always the same person), with the accusation he was hoping to steal and did a late drop when somebody else was in too. You were supposed to hold onto your cards if you were in and drop them for out. With my old Seal Beach friends we did both 2- and 3-card Guts. If you declare at the same time, how do you do it? Do you play with 2, 3, 5, or some other number of cards?ĥ. If three or more people are 'in,' do all but the winner have to Ante to the new pot, or only the lowest hand?ģ. Does everyone declare at the same time or do you rotate?Ģ. My question for this thread is how do you play Guts in your home poker games? In particular:ġ. I've been working hard on developing an optimal strategy for Guts.

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