Seven twenty-seven
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Seven Twenty-Seven is a vying game similar in some respects
to poker
, and often played as a "dealer's choice" variant at
home poker games.
It uses the same equipment and betting system, but the value of
hands does not use traditional poker hand rankings, either high or low.
Rather, only the sum of the cards is used to calculate the worth of a hand.
The game is somewhat of a cross between blackjack
hands and poker bluffing.
The game play proceeds like this:
Numbered cards are scored at face value; face cards count for one-half
a point.
Ace
s count for one and eleven, so a hand with a five and two aces
scores 7 and 27 at the same time.
On showdown, the pot is split in half, with the hand(s) valued closest
to 7 and the hand(s) valued closest to 27 each winning one half of the pot.
If there is a tie where two players are off by the same amount, but in different directions (6 to 8), the lower hand wins.
If there is an exact tie, that half-pot is split again among the tied players.
Ties are common.
The same player may contest for both high and low, usually because of aces. A player with a five and two aces can win the whole pot.
There are a few variations in rules that complicate things somewhat:
first, the rule about ties in different directions varies; also, some
players play with a declaration
, while others
play cards speak. Still others require players to not go over 7 or 27 to win the respective halves of the pot; in this variant, if everyone is over 7, the player closest to 27 without going over wins the whole pot. Still other players play with other pairs of target numbers (usually 20 points apart, such as 13 and 33, or 16 and 36).
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Poker
Poker is a family of card games that share betting rules and usually hand rankings. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bet sizes, and how many rounds of betting are allowed.In most modern poker...
, and often played as a "dealer's choice" variant at
home poker games.
It uses the same equipment and betting system, but the value of
hands does not use traditional poker hand rankings, either high or low.
Rather, only the sum of the cards is used to calculate the worth of a hand.
The game is somewhat of a cross between blackjack
Blackjack
Blackjack, also known as Twenty-one or Vingt-et-un , is the most widely played casino banking game in the world...
hands and poker bluffing.
The game play proceeds like this:
- Each player is dealt a downcard and an upcard.
- A betting round begins with the player on the dealer's left, and proceeds exactly as in poker: all players must either equal the largest bet or drop out.
- After the betting, each player may draw a card, face up, in turn from the dealer's left. If all players pass on their opportunity to draw, there is one more round of betting, followed by a poker-style showdown. Otherwise the game continues with another betting round (often beginning to the left of the player who began the previous round) and another draw, so there can be as few as two betting rounds in the game, but more often three or four.
Numbered cards are scored at face value; face cards count for one-half
a point.
Ace
Ace
An ace is a playing card. In the standard French deck, an ace has a single suit symbol located in the middle of the card, sometimes large and decorated, especially in the case of the Ace of Spades...
s count for one and eleven, so a hand with a five and two aces
scores 7 and 27 at the same time.
On showdown, the pot is split in half, with the hand(s) valued closest
to 7 and the hand(s) valued closest to 27 each winning one half of the pot.
If there is a tie where two players are off by the same amount, but in different directions (6 to 8), the lower hand wins.
If there is an exact tie, that half-pot is split again among the tied players.
Ties are common.
The same player may contest for both high and low, usually because of aces. A player with a five and two aces can win the whole pot.
There are a few variations in rules that complicate things somewhat:
first, the rule about ties in different directions varies; also, some
players play with a declaration
Declaration (poker)
There are several actions in poker called declaration, in which a player formally expresses his intent to take some action ....
, while others
play cards speak. Still others require players to not go over 7 or 27 to win the respective halves of the pot; in this variant, if everyone is over 7, the player closest to 27 without going over wins the whole pot. Still other players play with other pairs of target numbers (usually 20 points apart, such as 13 and 33, or 16 and 36).