TEN CARD REGRETS

In Ten Card Regrets, my goal is to create a hand with both high and low cards in order to win some or all of the pot. It’s a game that can be played by 2 to 5 players using a standard 52-card deck.

The ranking of the cards in this game goes as follows: A, K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2.

Ten Card Regrets falls under the category of Poker and is intended for adults.

WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF TEN CARD REGRETS

Ten-Card Regrets is like a poker game with two hands, just like Pai Gow Poker and Chinese Poker. If you know how to play regular poker with one hand, you’re good to go. You can find the rules for that here. You might also want to check out the Poker Hand Rankings and Poker Betting Variations pages for more info on basic poker.

Ten-Card Regrets is a game for up to 5 players. Instead of making one 5-card hand, you’ll make two: one low hand on the left and one high hand on the right.

HOW TO PLAY

First, everyone puts in an ante. An ante is a bet you have to make in some poker games to play and get dealt cards.

The Deal & Betting

Once the antes are placed, I get dealt 2 cards. Now, I have to decide if I want both cards in my right hand, both in my left hand, or one in each. It’s a tough choice! When everyone is ready, we reveal our cards. Exciting, right? Then we start betting, and it all begins with the player to the left of the dealer.

But the fun doesn’t stop there. Now, the dealer gives us two more cards. Now we have to decide again – left hand or right hand? It’s like a gamble within a gamble! After we make our decision, we go back to betting.

We keep repeating this process of dealing and betting until we each have two full 5-card hands. But here’s the trick: once a card goes into a hand, it stays there. No moving it around! So by the end of the 5 rounds, each hand must have exactly 5 cards, no more, no less.

Showdown

When we’re done creating our hands and placing our bets, it’s time for the showdown. At this point, the players who have the highest and lowest hands will divide the pot equally. But here’s the catch: the left hand can’t win the high, and the right hand can’t win the low. We need to compare the left and right hands separately.

A Different Twist

Let me introduce you to a variation called Seven-card Regrets. This version is simpler and more common than the 10-card variant. It follows the same basic rules, but with a few changes. Instead of being dealt 10 cards, each player receives 7 cards for each hand. Then, you have to discard two cards from each hand. After that, the pot is split between the highest and lowest hands.