No Limit Shanghai
This is a game where the highest poker hand wins.
It is played with a standard poker deck of 52 cards.
Game Play
Round 1
- Each player pays an ante.
- A big blind, and typically a small blind are paid by the players to the left of the dealer.
- Each player is dealt four cards, three cards: face-down, one card: face-up.
- There is a round of betting, starting with the the highest poker hand.
Round 2
- One card is burned.
- Two cards are dealt to the table, face-up.
- There is a round of betting, starting with the the highest poker hand.
Round 3
- One card is burned.
- Two cards are dealt to the table, face-up.
- There is a round of betting, starting with the the highest poker hand.
Round 4
- One card is burned.
- One card is dealt to the table, face-up.
- There is a round of betting, starting with the the highest poker hand.
Winning the hand
At the end of the hand, the highest poker hand wins.
- Each player must form the best poker hand from two cards in their hand and three cards on the table.
- Aces are always high
Betting
- Each player may check, call, bet or raise, as their chips allow.
- A raise needs to be as least as large as the last bet.
Hand types
Poker hands:
- Royal Flush
- Royal flush
- Straight-Flush
- Cards of the same suit and in sequence.
- Quads
- Four cards of the same rank.
- Full House
- Three of a kind and and a pair.
- Flush
- A set of cards in all in the same suit.
- Straight
- A set of cards in consecutive sequence.
- Trips
- Three cards of the same rank.
- Two Pair
- Four cards, with two pairs of cards of the same rank.
- Pair
- Two cards of the same rank.
- High Card
- Kickers