Poker Night Custom Games

1. Ascending Wild Cards#

• Setup: Standard poker deck, dealer rotates left each round.
• Wilds: Start with 2’s wild; next dealer’s round → 3’s wild; continues ascending.
• Opening Requirement: Trips (three of a kind) to open betting.
• Win Condition: Straight or better.
• Flow:
  1. Everyone antes.
  2. Dealer deals, players check for trips to open.
  3. If no opener, hand is tossed, next dealer, ante again.
  4. Continue until someone opens; play to showdown.

2. Red Delilah#

• Low Hole Rule: Lowest card in each player’s hand is wild for that player.
• Side Pot: Lowest diamond in any player’s hand wins side pot.
• Side Pot Funding:
  • Initial side ante (e.g., $0.10 if main ante is $1).
  • Every main bet matched with same amount into side pot.
• Deal: 2 down, 4 up, 1 down.
• Last Card “Down and Dirty”:
  • Player may pay (e.g., $0.25) to have last card dealt face up.
  • Strategic if they believe they have lowest diamond down.

3. Suits#

• Objective: Compete for 4 separate pots (one per suit).
• Deal: 6 cards per player.
• Draws: Two draws — first up to 3 cards, second 1 card.
• Scoring:
  • Count cards in each suit; Aces = 11 points.
  • Highest total in each suit wins that suit’s pot.
  • Ties split pot. -Note: Players often “save” suits strategically.

4. Man’s Tonk#

• Goal: Be last player with quarters (bets).
• Setup: Each player starts with 3 stacks of quarters.
• Deal: 1 card per player.
• Special Cards:
  • Kings: Safe — revealed immediately, cannot be traded.
  • Queens: Highest card, always traded away; Black/Red Queens are wild.
• Play:
  • Player may trade with left neighbor unless they have a King.
  • Last player may draw from deck.
  • Highest card loses a stack; ties both lose a stack.
  • Play continues until one player remains.

5. Spit in the Ocean (Low Hole / Super Mega Colon Blow)#

• Deal: 5 cards to each player.
• Spit Card: During deal, someone calls “spit” — next card dealt face up as wild for all.
• Draws: First draw up to 3 cards, second draw 1 card.
• Side Pots: 8 total — highest and lowest card of each suit.
• Funding: Fixed ante per side pot (e.g., $0.35 each).
• Main Pot: Only main pot receives betting.

6. Crisscross 4 Corners#

• Opener: Jacks or better to open.
• Win Condition: Trips or better to win.
• Layout: Dealer lays 5 down cards in a cross pattern.
• Usage: Players may use up to 3 cards from corners only; center card is wild, revealed last betting round.
• Flow: Multiple deals possible before opener appears; antes/bets accumulate.

7. 6 Card Double Draw#

• Deal: 6 cards per player.
• Draws: First draw up to 3 cards, second draw 1 card.
• Wilds: None.
• Win Condition: Standard poker hand rankings.

8. Double-Headed Anaconda#

• Setup: 2 pots, one for each of the two best hands.
• Deal: 11 cards per player.
• Passing:
  1. Pass 3 left → bet.
  2. Pass 2 left → bet.
  3. Pass 1 left → bet.
  4. Last player in pass chain draws from deck.
• Showdown: Players set two hands; each pot awarded to best hand in that slot.

9. Blind Baseball Extra Innings#

• Deal: 8 cards face down; no peeking out of turn.
• Play:
  • Bet, then flip one card.
  • Continue betting/flipping until showdown.
• Wilds: 3’s and 9’s.
• Twist: Stop flipping once a player beats previous best; rotate lead.

10. Inbetween Sans Serif (Non-poker)#

• Decks: Up to 3 decks shuffled together.
• Pot: $2 ante per player.
• Play:
  1. Dealer lays first card; if Ace, ask “high or low.”
  2. Dealer lays second card.
  3. Player may bet up to $2 to draw a card between the two.
  4. If wrong, lose bet; if “pot” called and wrong, match entire pot.
• Ace Rules: First Ace declared high/low; second Ace auto-high.
• End: After 3 decks or dealer change, pot split among remaining players.