Gin poker

Gin poker is a game played by two players that combines elements of both poker and gin rummy. Hybrid is buzzword today, usually used in relation to vehicles that cut back somewhat on your gasoline bill. But gin poker is also an example of a hybrid; a hybrid card game. Gin poker came into being as a result of bored gamblers who couldn’t think of anything else to do with their time when faced with a lack of enough players for a game of poker.

How do you play gin poker? Simple. The goal of gin poker is to draw the best complete poker hand which means a hand that can’t be improved upon with a second draw. Therefore the best hand in gin poker would be a royal flush, then a straight flush and so on down to a straight. A four of a kind is acceptable because it cannot be improved upon, but a three of a kind or or pairs would not constitute a winning hand.

The game begins with an opening ante as in regular poker, although the ante is typically substantially more than in regular poker. Then five cards are dealt—face down—to each player. The player who didn’t deal removes a card from the stack, which he may either retain or discard on a separate face-up pile. Should he decide to keep the card, he must discard one from the hand he was dealt. The dealer can then pick a card from the stack from the top of the discard pile. The game continues thusly until one of the player

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