Short Deck Texas Hold'em - BARGE Rulebook

Short Deck Texas Hold’em

Forced Money

The game is played with a button and blinds.

A deck of 36 cards is used, where all of the deuces, treys, fours, and fives have been removed, leaving a deck with sixes, sevens, eights, nines, tens, Jacks, Queens, Kings, and Aces in the four suits.

Each player is dealt two cards face down, followed by a round of betting. Three community cards are placed face up. This is followed by a round of betting. One additional community card is placed face up. This is followed by a round of betting.

One additional community card is placed face up. This is followed by a round of no-limit betting. This is followed by a showdown.

Evaluating the Showdown

The best high five-card hand wins the pot. In this game, a flush outranks a full house. Note that the lowest possible straight in this game is 9876A (the “short deck wheel”) with the AKQJT (broadway) as the highest straight. Note: This game is also called Six-Plus Texas Holdem and was played with no-limit betting at BARGE 2019. The game is sometimes played where three-of-a-kind beats a straight. See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-plus_hold_%27em](the Wikipedia page at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-plus_hold_%27em).

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