The players freely exchange cards with other players, always receiving the same number of cards as is traded away. When all players are finished trading, there is a final betting round.
Best five-card hand wins.
The only rule when trading is that the number of cards traded must be the same as what is received. Example: "Who wants to trade 3 cards?” "Does anybody want to trade 2 cards?"
This trading round continues until no pair of players wants to trade cards. There is a second betting round, followed by a showdown.
Strategy: Try to remember which cards have been given to what players. Players interested in trading initially three, and then two, and then one card is most likely putting a straight or flush together.
Very few people make their fortunes playing poker. A lot more lose theirs. We don't mean to get preachy here, but we don't want you to pawn your high school ring to pay the phone bill. We've seen it happen, and it isn’t pretty.
