Russian Poker

One of the most popular types of poker!

The goal of the game is to collect a combination of cards higher than the dealer's. All players play against the casino, meaning everyone has a chance to win.

The game involves a deck of 52 cards. The highest card in each of the four suits is an ace, the lowest is a two. In a Straight combination, the Ace can act as either a high or low card.

At each gaming table, the casino sets a minimum Ante bet size, as well as a maximum table payout.

The maximum number of boxes in the game is four.

To participate in the game you must place a bet on the Ante field. After the dealer says “No more bets” and closes bets with his hand, you cannot touch or change your bets. The dealer deals five cards face down to each box and five cards to himself. And reveals his first (bottom) card.

The player can optionally play on 2 light boxes. In this case, the Ante bets on both boxes must be equal; you can look at the cards and make a decision on the bet only one by one, during the course of the hand. Once a decision has been made at boxing, there will be no return to it.

If there are free boxes, the player can play any (up to 4 in total) number of dark boxes with any bet (other than the main one).

Light boxes must be located next to each other (sequentially) in front of the player, dark boxes can be located on any free box.

On the dark box there is only one additional option - betting on the Bonus. Minimum game "Ace-King".

After 5 cards have been dealt, you have the opportunity to:

• Play by confirming your intention with a BET bet (twice the original ANTE bet);
• Do not play by folding your cards and losing your initial ANTE bet;
• Change from 1 to 5 cards once, or buy a 6th card for one Ante.

If the player's combination is greater than the dealer's combination, then the dealer pays only the BET bet in accordance with the payout table, in this case the ANTE bet is not paid.

In the case of "No game" at the dealer, the player can choose to receive ANTE or "buy the game" to the dealer, i.e. exchange the dealer's highest card for the next card from the deck for one ANTE. Moreover, if the next card from the deck is identical to the one being replaced (and the dealer again has “No game”), then the dealer re-exchanges the highest card without additional payment, but only once.

If, after buying the game, the dealer has any combination, then he turns over the cards of the players who participated in the purchase of the game and compares the combination of each of the boxes with his own combination (according to the rules of Russian poker).

If after buying the game from the dealer again “No game”, then the ANTE and BET bets are not paid and are not collected.

The bet on insurance does not exclude the possibility of buying the game from the dealer.

If the dealer and the player have the same combinations, the winner is determined by the highest card; in the absence of such, a “draw” or Stay situation arises: the player’s bet does not lose and does not win.

Minimal game "Ace-King".

The uniqueness of Russian poker lies in the fact that a player can simultaneously form two poker combinations and both of them can be paid in accordance with the payout ratios. For this, two conditions must be met:

• One of the two combinations must be higher than the dealer's;
• The second hand must include at least one card not included in the first hand.

Before the start of the hand, the player can place an additional bet on the bonus in addition to the usual ANTE bet. The bonus is paid before the start of both the exchange and the purchase of cards by the players.