Good, Bad, Ugly
A game sharing the title of a pretty hip movie, one would wonder what difference the Good, the Bad and the Ugly poker game can offer. You might be surprised with how good this game can turn out. Just when you think you got the perfect cards in your hand to complete quite a strong hand, someone takes it away from you. Intrigued now? That is exactly the charm of the game, adding zeal to the already fun game. But first things first, let us lay down the basic mechanics of the game.
Each players of the Good, the Bad and the Ugly will receive a total of seven cards throughout the game, just like a regular seven-card poker game. But players will be dealt with two face-down cards first followed by a round of betting starting again with the player seating to the dealer’s left. Players can either call, raise of fold in this round. After this is done, players will be dealt additional two cards again, this time all facing up and in addition to that, the dealer will place three face-down community cards in the middle of the table. A second betting round will follow after this starting to the player with the highest ranking face-up card.
After the second round of betting, the dealer will turn the first of the three cards in the middle. This card is called the Good. Players having card of the same rank on their hands can make that their wild card. For instance, the Good hand turns out to be an Eight, all Eights will be considered as a wild card. Another face-up card will be dealt to each players followed by the usual round of betting. The dealer will now then turn the middle card called the Bad after the betting. This time, any player with the same card rank as that middle card will have to discard that card without getting any card replacement at all. This is quite bad really since any ranking card could be subject to discarding and this rule actually goes for all the cards in a player hand whether face-up or face-down.
After the Bad card has been turned up, a new face-up card will be dealt to each player again followed by a series of betting before the final card will be turned, known as the Ugly card. It gets really ugly because players holding the same rank card must immediately fold irregardless of their hand’s value. After a player with an ugly card has folded, a final face-down card will be dealt followed by the final betting too. All remaining players must reveal their hands after this to determine who the winner is. The dealer will declare who has the best poker hand and will also award the pot to the winner. So, are you ready to get your game Ugly?