Guts

Guts is a Poker variation that is played with three cards, and since there are only three cards, the highest hand in this game is a three of a kind. The name of the game is derived from the question of whether or not the player has the guts to keep playing. Each of the players are dealt three cards, face down. The players then look at their hands and decide if they are going to play their hand. The players must declare their intentions at the same time. This is usually done by holding the cards face down over the table and dropping them on the table if you are not playing the hand. In the event that only one player stays in a particular hand, that player is declared the winner, given the entire pot and the game ends. If no one stays in at all, a new hand is dealt. When more than one player stays in, the player with the highest hand takes the pot, and the remaining players must each pay into the pot an amount equal to what was originally in it (a.k.a. "matching the pot" or "paying the pot"). In other words, if two players stay in, then the amount of the pot will stay the same. If three stay in, then the pot doubles, and so on and so forth. The game will continue as long as there is money in the pot. At the beginning of the next hand, all of the players hands are discarded, and new hands are dealt from the remaining cards in the deck. If the deck is not big enough the deal each player three new cards, then the whole deck is reshuffled and hands are dealt from the new deck instead. The limits for this game are shown in the table below.

10 cent ante tables Max pot replacement ante of $5
25 cent ante tables Max pot replacement ante of $10
50 cent ante tables Max pot replacement ante of $15
$1 ante tables Max pot replacement ante of $30
$2 ante tables Max pot replacement ante of $50
$5 ante tables Max pot replacement ante of $100