Rules, rules, rules.
In the house rules section of the Card Night web page, there’s a line corresponding to declarations in a hi-lo declare game: “The number of chips in a player’s hand will determine which way the player is going, even if he made a mistake and obviously intended to go a different way.” As unambiguous as that rule sounds, Paul made a move tonight that may make it necessary to revisit it.
In Texas Hold ’em Hi-Lo Declare, it came down to just Paul and Mary. They both brought their fists up from under the table, and as Mary opened her hand to reveal her two chips, Paul quickly moved his fist back under the table to change the number of chips in his hand! When he brought his fist back up, he also had two chips in it. Paul had the higher hand and scooped the pot. He claimed that since he never revealed the one chip he had originally had in his hand, he didn’t do anything wrong.
Do we need to enforce a “1-2-3” countdown when revealing chips for hi-lo declarations?
While we’re on the subject of rules, here’s a reminder about Rule 9 from our house rules:
“In the event of a split pot where the pot cannot be split evenly (e.g., there’s an extra quarter left over), the extra amount goes to the player(s) with the winning high hand. If this cannot be done (e.g., because the pot is being split between players with identical hands), the extra amount goes into jackpot.”
Hey! We’ve got a new feature at the Card Night web page. There is now a Players section featuring individual pages for every Card Night player that has attended this century. Now you can check out all the stats on your favorite player (who is probably you)!
| Mark D | ‑$6.00 |
| Mary | +$20.00 |
| Paul | +$71.00 |
| Phil | $0.00 |
| Jason | ‑$93.00 |
| Glen | ‑$2.00 |
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