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How to Play Card Games
Need to know how to play card games for your next party? This selection shows you how to play popular adult party card games for 5 or more players. For a casino themed party, Black Jack and Poker are the most popular card games in America. But if you're just out for a fun filled evening, "I Doubt It," is for you! Here's a list of best bets for those who enjoy the classics as well as for those just learning how to play card games:
Card Games to Play at a Party: Black Jack
Decide demonimations of your poker chips, i.e. white, $1, red $5, blue $10. Give each player a set amount, i.e. $30. Hold back the majority for the dealer's bank. Each player places his bet in front of him on the table. There is usually a set minimum and maximum bet. After bets are placed, the dealer gives each player one card face down. He finishes by giving himself one card face up. Then the dealer gives one card face down to each player including himself. Each player then has two cards face down and the dealer has one card face down and the other face up. The object is for each player to get 21 or as near to 21 as possible, without going over. Face cards count as 10. Aces count as 1 or 11, as the player wishes. All other cards are valued by their number. Each player (excluding the dealer) views his cards. If he has a total of 21 with the first 2 cards, it's referred to as a "natural" or "black jack" and the dealer pays him 1 and 1/2 times his bet. Therefore, for a $10 bet you win $15, and you take your $10 chip back. If the dealer's face up card is an ace, 10 or face card, he may look to see if he has a natural as well. If the dealer has a natural black jack, he collects all the money from each player (except those with naturals). If both a dealer and a player have a natural black jack the player takes his chips back - neither pays nor collects. After all bets are settled regarding naturals, if the dealer does not have a natural, he turns to the player to his left and offers a 3rd card. A player must accept cards one at a time until he reaches 17. The player may stand if he has at least 17 or take another card. If the card causes the player to go over 21, it is a bust and the player looses his chips. The dealer moves to the next player after the previous player has reached 17 or has busted. When the dealer has served each player, he turns up his own face down card. If the total is 17 or more, he must stand. Any player who has a greater hand than the dealer is paid the amount of their bet. If the dealer goes over 21, he pays each player who stood, the amount of their bet.
How to Play Card Games: I Doubt It!This is among the most hilarious of card games to play at a party -- it's well suited for large groups!
A dealer is chosen at random and deals cards to each player in rotation until all cards are dealt. The player to the dealers left discards 1 to 8 cards face down on the table in front of him. The first player announces which cards he is discarding. He announces he has any number of aces (even though they may not have any aces). For example: " I have 3 aces". He may or may not tell the truth about the cards he is discarding. Any player at the table may either say, "I doubt it", or remain silent. If doubted the player turns his cards face up. If the player's statement was true, the doubter must take the cards. If the player's statement was false, the player himself must take all players' discarded cards. When an announcement is not doubted, the cards remain on the table until a player's announcement is doubted and found to be false, at which time that player picks up all the cards on the table, according to the previous stated rules. If two people simultaneously doubt on the same hand, the first speaker is the offical doubter. If two people simultaneously doubt on the same hand, the first speaker is the official doubter. The second players' announcement must include cards that are of the next lesser denomination. For example, the first player announces, "The aces". And the second announces she is discarding 1 to 8 kings"; the next player must announce, "Queens", and so forth. A player may state that he has no queens and discard jacks instead. Whether of not it is true is not relevant. When the announcements reach deuces, the next player must announce that he is discarding aces. The game ends when a player lays down his last cards, and it is either not doubted or doubted and found to be true. The winner receives one point for each card held by other players or each player pays one chip for each card he holds in his hand.
Poker Hand Order Rankings from Highest to Lowest
Five cards of the same suit in sequence. For example, the highest straight flush is A, K, Q, J, 10 and the lowest is 5, 4, 3, 2, A. A straight flush beats all other hands.
Four cards of the same rank. Four kings, for example. Four of a kind beats all hands except a straight flush.
Three cards of one rank and two of another. Three 10s and 2 Queens, for example.
Five cards of the same suit. Example: A, K, 4, 3, 2 of hearts beats a flush of Q, 10, 9, 7, 6.
Five cards in ranking in consecutive order. They can belong to two or more suits. Example: A, K, Q, J, 10 belonging to clubs, hearts and spades.
Three cards of the same rank. Example: Three 10s.
Two cards of one rank and two cards of another rank. Example: two queens and two 7s.
Two cards of the same rank. Example: Two Kings.
Single Card of the Highest rank. When no player has a pair or better. The highest ranking card wins. Card Games to Play at a Party: Five Card Stud
There's no ante for five card stud. The dealer gives each player a face-down card, then a face-up card. The first betting interval begins, the player with the high card must place the first bet. After the first betting interval, the dealer gives another face-up card to each active player. There is another betting interval. This continues until all four rounds are complete, at which time the fifth card dealt determines the winner. A player may fold and be removed from the game during any betting round, but he forfeits the chips he has bet until that point. Each player may match the previous person's bet or raise the bet. If a player raises a bet, all other players must increase their bets to that amount for that round. The player with the highest ranking suit after at the end of the fifth round wins the hand and the pot.
Casino NightHere's what you'll need:
The best card game for party activity is poker. Send invitations with one randomly selected card from a deck (excluding jokers), keep the rest of the deck for the party.
After all the guests arrive, a special round of five card stud poker is played with the remaining cards from the deck. During any round of the poker game, each guest may replace one card in his hand with the card sent in the invitation. A prize, such as poker chips, a nice deck of cards, or an enticing bottle of liquor can be given to the lucky winner. For games other than card games, be sure to visit our home party games page or our party game ideas page.
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