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Introduction
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Games you Can Play
General Rules
Imperfect Deck
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Draw Poker
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Draw Poker
General Rules of Poker
Stander Hand Rank of Poker
Basic Draw Poker Rule
Draw Poker Variation
Low and High-Low Variation
Spit Card Variants Poker
Miscellaneous Draw Poker Variants

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Stud Poker
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Stud Poker
Five Card Stud Variation
Miscellaneous Stud Poker Variants
General Poker strategy
Possible Poker Hands
Paring your Hole Card

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Rummy Games
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Rummy Games
Six Seven Card Straight
PIF-PAF
Six Seven Card Knock Rummy
Coon Can
Five Hundred Rummy
Continental Rummy
Fortune Rummy
Kalooki (CALOOCHI)
PAN

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Gin Rummy =================

Gin Rummy
Standard Hollywood Gin Rummy
Jersey Gin

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Canasta
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Canasta
Variation of Canasta
Typical Four-Handed Score Sheet

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Bridge: Contract and Auction =================
Contract and Auction
Contract Bridge Scoring Table
Bridge Poker
Minimum Biddable Suits
CONVENTIONAL LEADS
CHANCES OF VARIOUS SUIT
The Laws of Progressive Contract Bridge
The Laws of Duplicate Contract Bridge
Auction bridge

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Cribbage and How it is Played
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Cribbage how to Play
Strategy at Cribbage

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Casino
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Casino
Strategy at Casino

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Children and Family Card Games
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Family Card Games
Old Maid
Animals or menagerie
TWENTY –ONE

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Miscellaneous Card Games
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Miscellaneous Card Games
Briscola
Primiera
Scotch whist
Lift smoke
Preference
Grand
Crazy eights

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Solitaire and Patience Games =================

Solitaire and Patience Games
Single-deck solitaire
Decade
Auld Lang Syne
Klondike
Four Seasons
Beleaguered Castle
Trefoil
Poker Solitaire
Two-deck solitaire
Tournament
Multiple solitaires

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Chess, Checkers, and Teeko
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Chess
Checkers
Teeko
Standard Teeko Strategy
Start Teeko Game
Standard Checkers Law

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Parlor Games for All
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Parlor Games
Twenty Questions

PARING YOUR HOLE CARD AT FIVE-CARD
STUD, THREE CARDS COMING

Number of players	Approximate chances of Pairing if Your Hole Card is Unmatched on the Table	Approximate chances of Pairing if Your Hole Card is Matched on the Table
Five	Once in 6 deals	Once in 8 deals
Six	Once in 6 deals	Once in 8 deals
Seven	Once in 5 deals	Once in 7 deals
Eight	Once in 5 deals	Once in 7 deals
Nine	Once in 4 deals	Once in 6 deals
Ten	Once in 4 deals	Once in 6 deals

With your hole card matched twice in the upcards the chance of catching that last hole card match is about half that with one hole card variants match showing. After being dealt your third card on the last two cards is as follows:

PARING YOUR HOLE CARD AT FIVE-CARD
STUD, TWO CARDS COMING

Number of players	Approximate chances of Pairing if Your Hole Card is Unmatched on the Table	Approximate chances of Pairing if Your Hole Card is Matched on the Table
Five	Once in 7 deals	Once in 11 deals
Six	Once in 7 deals	Once in 11 deals
Seven	Once in 6 deals	Once in 10 deals
Eight	Once in 6 deals	Once in 10 deals
Nine	Once in 5 deals	Once in 9 deals
Ten	Once in 5 deals	Once in 9 deals

Seven –Card Stud Poker

The following tables give the approximate odds against making a straight, flush, and full house when holding three or four particular cards in Seven- Card Stud.

CHNCES AGAISNT MAKING A STRAIGHT IN SEVEN-CARD
STUD POKER

Player’s Hand	Chances against Making a Straight
J 10 9	4 1/5 to 1
J 10 9 4	8 to 1
J 10 9 4 3	21 to 1
Q J 10 9	13/10 to 1
Q J 10 9 2 (or A Q J 10 8)	21/4 to 1
Q J 10 9 3 2 (or A Q J 10 8 3)	21/10 to 1
Q J 10 8	27/10 to 1
Q J 10 8 3	4 ½ to 1
Q J 10 8 3 4	10 ½ to 1
K Q J (or 4 3 2 )	6 3/10 to 1
K Q J 2 (or Q 4 3 2 )	12 to 1
A K Q ( or A 2 3 )	12 6/7 to 1
A K Q 3 (or 3 2 A 8 )	24 to 1

CHNCES AGAISNT MAKING A FLUSH IN SEVEN-CARD
STUD POKER

Player’s Hand	Chances against Making a Straight
Three cards of the same suit	5 ½ to 1
Three cards of the same suit plus one odd card	9 2/5 to 1
Three cards of the same suit plus two odd cards	23 to 1
Four cards of the same suit	1 1/8 to 1
Four cards of the same suit plus one odd card	1 4/5 to 1
Four cards of the same suit plus two odd cars	4 1/10 to 1

CHNCES AGAISNT MAKING A FLUSH HOUSE
IN SEVEN-CARD STUD POKER

Player’s Hand	Chances against Making a Straight
One pair and one odd card	13 to 1
One pair and two odd cards	19 to 1
One pair and three odd cards	39 to 1
Two pairs	4 to 1
Two pairs and one odd card	7 to 1
Two pairs and two odd cards	10 to 1
Three of a kind	1 ½ to 1
Three of a kind and one odd card	1 ½ to 1
Three of a kind and two odd cards	2 to 1
Three of a kind and three odd cards	4 to 1

Seven – Card High-Low Stud poker

The following table gives the approximate chances against filling in various low hands in Seven-Card High–Low Stud governed by Scarne rules that state aces count both only high. A cinch low hand is six, four, three, two, ace.

CHANCES OF MAKING A LOW HAND IN SEVEN-CARD
HIGH-LOW STUD POKER

Hand	Chances Against Making a Six Low	Chances Against Making No Worse Than a Seven Low	Chances Against Making No Worse Than an Eight Low
6 2 A	4 to 1	2 to 1	Even
6 2 A J	8 to 1	4 to 1	2 to 1
6 2 A J K	22 to 1	10 to 1	6 to 1
6 3 2 A	11 1/3 to 1	2 to 1	1 to 1
6 3 2 A J	2 to 1	1 ¼ to 1	2 to 1
6 3 2 A J K	5 to 1	3 to 1	2 to 1
3 2 A	6 3/5 to 1	2 ¾ to 1	Even
3 2 A J	12 to 1	5 to 1	2 ¼ to 1
4 3 2	12 to 1	3 ¾ to 1	1 ¼ to 1
4 3 2 J	24 to 1	6 to 1	2 3 /5 to 1

POSSIBLE POKER HANDS IN AN ITALIAN 40-CARD PACK
(stripped of eights, nines, and tens)

Ranking Order of Hands	Number of Possible ways hand can be made	Chance of Being dealt in Original 5 cards
Straight flush	28	1 in 23,500
Four of a kind	360	1 in 1, 828
Full house	2,160	1 in 305
Flush	980	1 in 670
Straight	7,140	1 in 92
Three of a kind	23,040	1 in 29
Two pairs	51,040	1 in 13
One pair	322,560	1 in 2 1/3
No pair	249,900	1 in 2 ½
Total	658,008

POSSIBLE POKER HANDS IN A FRENCH 32-CARD PACK

(stripped of twos, threes, fours, and fives. And sixes)

Ranking Order of Hands	Number of Possible ways hand can be made	Chance of Being dealt in Original 5 cards
Royal flush	4	1 in 50,344
Straight flush	16	1 in 12,586
Four of a kind	224	1 in 899
Full house	1,334	1 in 151
Flush	204	1 in 987
Straight	5,100	1 in 40
Three of a kind	10,752	1 in 19
Two pairs	24,192	1 in 8
One pair	107,520	1 in 2
No pair	52,020	1 in 4
Total	201,376

BETTING RULES FOR FRIENDLY OR SOCIAL POKER

Personally I feel that when playing poker play for money, friendships should be left behind and a player may do anything to try and fool his opponents so long as he does not cheat. I frown on a game where the betting is restricted by rules and a player must bet a specific amount at certain times. I consider it part of the skill of the game to vary the amounts of my bets in certain situations. I also consider it good Poker playing to make a first big limit bet in an attempt to steal the pot ante. However, I do know that the girls that play Poker together once a week don’t care much for my style of Poker and prefer the Poker playing rules where sand bagging is prohibited and a more social form of Poker playing prevails. Twenty years ago a Poker Club in my home town made up of both women and men asked me to formulate a set of Poker rules for them to correct the following conditions: (a) to discourage the so-called “poker professionals” and Poker hustlers from joining their group; (b) to simplify the play of the game and to minimize the betting skill players; and (c) to avoid sandbagging, which is the number one factor in breaking up a friendly Poker game.
I did formulate their club rules and this same group still meets regularly and no one has really been hurt financially over the years. I have revised these rules slightly to agree with the changing times and offer them as my social or friendly Poker playing rules.

All the basic preliminaries before actual play and those of actual play that are discussed under previously stated rules in Chapter 1, 2 and 3 hold good, except of the following betting regulations:

Three units must constitute the betting limits: such as 1, 2 and 4 cents - or 5, 10, and 15 cents – or 1$, $2 and $ 4 – or any other three-figure limit, regardless of the amount. Players are permitted to bet only the three specified figures, as dictated by the rules previously established before the start of the game.
Draw Poker and Its Variant. The player who opens the pot is permitted to bet only one unit. After the draw, the opener must bet two units. He is not permitted to check nor can be bet other than two units.
Stud Poker ad Its Variants. The player who holds high card on the first betting round must bet one unit; he cannot check or drop out. During each succeeding round of betting, the high hand must bet one unit. But, if the high hand shows a pair or better, the holder may bet two units. He may, however, check or drop out.
After the first bettor of a particular round has made a legal bet as described here, other online poker players may raise either one, two, or three units.
If a player checks he is not permitted to raise in the same betting round. In other words, sandbagging is illegal in a friendly or social Poker game.
The maximum number of raises during any given betting round cannot exceed three.