Mexican poker
How to Play
- The round of Mexican Poker begins from the player who is seated to the left of the dealer.
- The dealer button rotates clockwise after each hand is complete. The players may choose to fold, call or raise in each of these rounds.
- At the outset two cards are dealt with namely, one turned upward and the other downward, and the betting commences with a forced opening of the high card clockwise of the dealer button. The player with the lowest up card must wager a bring-in (forced bet), or maybe a full bet, but cannot check or fold.
- After the betting is over, the players may choose to expose their own cards if they wish. Once this is over, the third card will be dealt with up or down based on whether the previous cards have been exposed or not. Post this, the next round of betting occurs, and the game continues in a similar fashion according to the same format, with the highest hand starting the round.
The Rules
- It is played with a deck stripped of the 8’s, 9’s, 10’s. The deck size in Mexican poker is 41 cards including the joker.
- Each player receives 5 cards in toto. One of the cards must be placed face down.
- A maximum of 8 players can play this game.
- The joker is considered wild in all cases when dealt face down. But in circumstances it is dealt face-up, it is considered as wild only with Aces, Straights, and Flushes. Also, when the joker is dealt face-up, it will be considered as an ace for the opening bet.
- The betting structure used is that of either fixed limit or no limit.
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