Best five-card hand under these short-deck rankings wins.
Poker room / CLUB FORMAT 18Medium
Short Deck Hold’em
Hold’em with the 2s through 5s removed.
How to play
- 01
Remove all 2s, 3s, 4s and 5s, leaving 36 cards. Deal two private cards to each challenger and a five-card board.
- 02
Use any five of the seven available cards, as in Hold’em.
- 03
This club version follows the 6+ ranking in which a flush beats a full house, while a straight still beats three of a kind.
- 04
An ace may be high or low in A-6-7-8-9. Use a straight showdown with no betting rounds.
Identical best hands push; replay.
Standard five-card high-poker rankings
Royal flush → straight flush → four of a kind → full house → flush → straight → three of a kind → two pair → one pair → high card.
Compare the rank of the made combination first, then kickers from highest downward. Suits are equal. Aces can be high or low in a straight, but cannot wrap around. Short Deck, lowball, Three Card Poker, Four Card Poker and Poker Dice use their own rankings.
AFTER THE GAME
Cards down. Phones up.
The winner proposes the agreed collaboration share on the loser’s first qualifying prospect. Both call counters start at zero. The loser can cancel the proposed split by completing the agreed redemption challenge before its cutoff. The actual work and contribution still determine earned credit.
Read the challenge and redemption rules ↗Underlying game reference: Read the standard-game reference ↗. This club guide defines its own simplified format; the reference does not endorse the club.
