Standard House Rules The following rules shall apply unless the dealer calls otherwise: Bet limit is 50 cents Raise limit is 3 Cards speak, unless Carson cries about it, in which case, Cards speak. Flushes and Straights do not count against a low hand. First buy-in is $10. After that, we'll take whatever you got. All players MUST put Tooke's nuts in their mouth. Play time is generally 8pm to midnight. The Games Along with the standard stud and draw games, the Santa Paula Poker Club offers the following: Baseball Pot Level: Potentially High New Player Playability: Difficult Dealt like 7 card stud. Sixes, Nines, and "down" Threes are wild. Fours may be traded for another card for 50 cents. Threes are wild if the player matches the pot, which makes all subsequent Threes wild for that player. Variations: 1.)"Down" Threes make your "up" Threes wild. 2.) Dealer may offer Three "insurance" before game is dealt. Three Card Monty Pot Level: Low New Player Playability: Easy Lowball game. Players get 3 cards down. Bet. Draw up to 3. Bet. Draw up to 2. Bet. Draw up to 1. Bet. Best hand: A-2-3. Variations: "Minnesota Monty". Least points wins. (ie. Best hand: A-A-A.) 2-22 Pot Level: High New Player Playability: Difficult Split pot numbers game. Players attempt to build a hand in which the cards total 2 for low or 22 for high. All cards are face value except for face cards, which count as 1/2 point. On each round, players may take a card or pass. After 3 consecutive passes, player cannot take more cards. Closest hand to 2 (on or over) or 22 (on or over) wins. Variations: 1.) On or under. 2.) "In between" (On or over 2, on or under 22). 3.) In a tie, the player with the most cards wins. 4.) In a tie, the player with the least cards wins. 2-22 Red/Black Pot Level: Potentionally Astronomical New Player Playability: Very Difficult Same as 2-22, each player has 2 hands in that one hand contains red cards and one hand contains black cards. Variations: Same as 2-22. Santa Paula 2-22 Pot Level: Potentionally Astronomical New Player Playability: Very Difficult 22-22 Red/Black, "in between". Variations: Most cards wins. Least cards wins. Two Card Option Pot Level: Moderate New Player Playability: Moderate High/low split. Players are dealt one card up and one card down. Bet. Three more cards up with bets after each. Players may exercise the first "option" by trading an up card for an up card, or a down card for a down card. There is now a bet, a 2nd "option", and a final bet. Low Hole Wild Pot Level: Moderate New Player Playability: Easy Dealt like 7 card stud. The low hole card in your hand is wild. Any card that matches it is also wild. Crossfire Pot Level: Moderate New Player Playability: Moderate Each player is dealt 3 cards, 2 down and 1 up. A cross of down cards is placed on the table in the form of 1 card, surrounded by 1 card on each side. There is an initial bet, then each of the side cards is revealed, with a bet each time. Another up card is dealt, followed by a bet. The center card is then revealed, and there is a final bet. Players play the best 5 cards made up of any cards they have, along with the cards in any 1 row of the cross. The center card is wild, and any card which matches it is also wild. It can take a while to describe these crazy-ass girlie games. Therefore... Back to Santa Paula Poker Club