Poker Night House Rules
Texas Hold'em on the MRC poker topper. Play for chips and bragging rights.
Protect the table
- Drinks stay on the side rails or a side table, never on the felt
- No food on the topper
- Two people lift the topper on and off the pool table
Setup
- Everyone starts with the same chips
- Pick a dealer; the button moves left each hand
- Small blind sits left of the button, big blind left of that
A hand of Hold'em
- Each player gets 2 cards face down
- Bet, then the flop (3 cards), bet, the turn (1), bet, the river (1), bet
- Best 5-card hand from your 2 + the 5 shared cards wins
House etiquette
- Act in turn and say your bet out loud
- Don't show your cards to a player still in the hand
- New players get a quick lesson and one free hand
Hand rankings, best to worst
| Royal flush | A K Q J 10, same suit |
| Straight flush | Five in a row, same suit |
| Four of a kind | Four cards of one rank |
| Full house | Three of a kind plus a pair |
| Flush | Five cards of one suit |
| Straight | Five in a row, any suits |
| Three of a kind | Three cards of one rank |
| Two pair | Two different pairs |
| One pair | Two cards of one rank |
| High card | None of the above |
Blind schedule (raise every 20 minutes)
| Level | Small blind | Big blind |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 3 | 25 | 50 |
| 4 | 50 | 100 |
| 5 | 100 | 200 |
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