Follow the Queen (or Chase the Bitch)

• Poker with no Community Cards and 7-card hands

• Best 5 card poker hand

• Number of players: 2-7

• Stakes: Fixed. Typically up to $1 per bet capped at 3 raises.  

• Wild cards: Yes

Overview

• This is a 7-Card Stud poker game where the best 5-card poker hand wins at showdown.

• Players are dealt 7 cards over 5 streets.

• Queens and the next card value turned up for another player ("what follows") are wild.

How To Play

• Each player is dealt two cards face down and one card face up starting with the player to the left of the dealer.

• There is a round of betting where each player can fold, call, or raise. Betting starts with the player with the best hand showing.

• Each player is dealt another face up card followed by another round of betting.  This is repeated 4 additional times.  The cards dealt as the last iteration will be face down.  Players end up with 2 down cards, 4 up cards and 1 down card.

• Queens are wild.  Optionally, Queens may not be wild unless one is shown face up in any player's hand.

• If a Queen is turned up then the next card (next player) is also wild.

• Optionally, if the Queen of Spades is dealt up to one of the players, then hand is folded, all remaining players re-ante and another hand is dealt..

Determining the Winner

• Each makes their best five-card poker hand using any of their 5 cards.

• Aces can play high or low.