Rim Job

• Poker with 5 Community Cards

• Best 5 card poker hand

• Number of players: 2-7

• Stakes: Stakes: Pot Limit (typical), No Limit , Fixed

• Wild cards: no

Overview

The object is to make the best/worst possible five-card hands, using a combination of 3 of the hole cards and  2 of community cards.

This is a split pot game. The best high hand wins half of the pot and the best low hand wins the other half of the pot.

How To Play

• Players are dealt six hole cards and must arrange them in a triangle (3x3x3).

• There is a round of betting where each player can fold, call, or raise. Betting starts left of the dealer or left of the big blind.

• Community cards are dealt as a three card street (flop), a one card street (turn) and a one card street (river) with betting rounds following each street.  A "burn" card is dealt before each street.

• After the flop but before the betting, each player will reveal the top corner of their triangle.

• After the turn but before the betting, each player will reveal the 2 cards adjacent to the top corner (leaving the bottom row face down).

• At showdown, players must use one of the sides of their triangle combined with 2 of the community cards to make best 5-card high and low hand. The same cards can be used to make a high and a low hand.

Determining the Winner

•  A low hand must qualify for there to be a split pot. Straights or flushes do not count towards a low hand. A qualifying low hand can be no better than 8-high (5 unpaired cards that are and 8 or lower.  Aces can be used as the lowest card.  The best possible low hand is A-2-3-4-5 ("the wheel") and the worst possible low hand is 4-5-6-7-8.

• It is possible for a player to win both the high and low portions of the pot--known as "scooping". If there is no qualifying low hand, the best high hand will scoop the whole pot.