AUCTION FLOP POKER

Objective of Auction Flop Poker: The goal is to create the best hand and win most of the pot.

Number of Players: You can play with 2 to 8 players.

Number of Cards: You’ll need a standard 52-card deck.

Rank of Cards: The cards are ranked as follows: A (high), K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2.

Type of Game: Auction Flop Poker is a gambling game based on poker.

Audience: This game is suitable for adults.

An Introduction to Auction Flop Poker

Hey there! Have you heard of Auction Flop Poker? It’s a cool twist on good ol’ draw-style poker that adds an extra layer of excitement. This awesome game was actually inspired by a French article called “Poker aux enchères” and created by the talented Charles Magri. If you have any questions about this hip new variant, you can reach out to Magri at cmagri2001@yahoo.com.au.

If you’re not familiar with poker, no worries! Just click here to learn all about poker hand rankings and the different ways you can bet.

Let’s Get Started!

So, at the beginning of each game, every player starts off with the exact same number of chips. To decide who gets to be the first dealer, we do it fair and square by choosing someone at random.

Before we jump into the action, we all put in a fixed ante of, let’s say, 2 chips. Then, the dealer hands out 5 cards facedown to each player, just like in regular poker. The remaining cards go into a stockpile, ready to be used later.

THE FIRST PHASE

First things first, let’s take a look at our cards. If we want, we can get rid of some or all of them by putting them in the middle of the table. But wait, before we do that, we need to pay a certain amount of chips:

• If we don’t discard any cards, we don’t have to pay anything.
• If we discard one card, we need to pay one chip.
• If we discard two cards, we have to pay three chips.
• If we discard three cards, the payment goes up to six chips.
• If we discard four cards, we’ll have to pay ten chips.
• If we go all the way and discard five cards, we’ll need to pay fifteen chips.

Now, here comes the interesting part. Unlike other poker games, where the dealer gives us new cards, we get to choose which cards we want from the face-up cards on the table. That happens in the next phase, so hold on tight!

THE SECOND PHASE

So here’s the deal: the top three cards in the stockpile are face-up. We call them the “flop cards,” just like in Texas Hold’em. But hold up, they’re not shared or community cards. Nope, these bad boys are up for grabs to the highest bidder.

Now, the player to the left of the dealer gets to take the lead. They can either pass or make a bid of 1 chip for those shiny flop cards. The choice moves around the table, with each player passing or upping the bid by 1 chip. And hey, if you pass, no worries; you’ll get another chance to bid in the same round when it swings back your way. But if you’re already holding 5 cards, you’ve got no choice but to pass and let the others duke it out.

So here’s how it works: bidding keeps going until the flop is sold. The highest bidder gets the flop, but they have to pay for it and keep at least 1 card. Any cards they don’t want go to the discard pile. This happens until everyone has 5 cards in hand.

Now, if everyone except the First voice passes, the First voice has a choice. They can either take the flop for free (and keep at least 1 card), or they can pay 1 chip to not take it. If they decide not to take it, the next player who has less than 5 cards can either take the flop for free or pay 2 chips to not take it. This keeps going until someone takes the flop. Each time, the cost of not taking it goes up by 1 chip.

If we run out of cards before we have a full hand of 5, we’ll shuffle the discarded pile and use it.

Showtime!

Once we’ve formed our hands, we reveal them and divide the pot like this:

• The player with the highest-ranked hand gets 60% of the pot.
• The player with the second-highest-ranked hand gets 30% of the pot.
• The player with the third-highest-ranked hand gets 10% of the pot.

The deal then passes to the left, and we start another round.

The deal then passes to the left, and we start another round.