Players then make their five-cardpoker hands by using exactly two of their three hole cards and three of the four community cards. More often, though, instead of a river card being dealt to complete a five-card board, players are each dealt a third hole card instead. The game can be played according to the same procedure followed in regular hold'em, with the community cards coming in the same way - flop (three cards), turn (one card), and river (one card) - and betting rounds after each street. One other popular variation often introduced in six-plus hold'em has to do with the way the river is dealt. Six-Plus Hold'em Variation - The Deal (Fifth Street) These changes were introduced the because the removal of cards from the standard deck alter the probabilities of making certain hands.įor example, with only nine suited cards (instead of 13), a flush is harder to make in shord-deck poker than in regular hold'em. As you can see, following these alternate poker short deck hand rankings a three-of-a-kind beats a straight (instead of vice-versa), and a flush beats a full house (instead of vice-versa).
