Poker Games - Cincinnati

Cincinnati

Poker with 2 boards of community cards
Best 5-card poker hand splits pot with longest, highest straight flush
Number of Players: 2-7
Wild Cards: No
Stakes: Fixed by round. Typically .25 ante and rounds of .25, .50, .75, $1 and final bet limit of $3.
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Players are dealt a 5 card hand and a board of 10 cards is set up in two rows of 4 cards and end cards on each end that can be part of either row.
Community cards are revealed each round between betting actions.
Pot is split between best poker hand and longest/highest straight flush.

Each player is dealt five cards face down.
Ten community cards are dealt. 2 rows of 4 cards each with the last two cards centered over the ends of each of the 4 card rows.
A card in each of the 4 card rows is revealed.
A round of forced betting occurs for $.25 starting left of the dealer. Raises can be made in increments of $.25.
A second card in each of the 4 card rows is revealed.
A round of forced betting occurs for $.50 starting 2 players left of the dealer. Raises can be made in increments of $.50.
A third card in each of the 4 card rows is revealed.
A round of forced betting occurs for $.75 starting 3 players left of the dealer. Raises can be made in increments of $.75.
The fourth card in each of the 4 card rows is revealed.
A round of forced betting occurs for $1 starting 4 players left of the dealer. Raises can be made in increments of $1.
The two end cards are revealed.
A final round of betting occurs with wagers up to $3 starting 5 players left of the dealer. Raises can be made in increments of $3.

Each makes their best five-card poker hand using any of their 5 cards and any of the cards in the 2 rows of community cards. The two rows of community cards are made up of one row of 4 cards plus both end cards.
Aces can play high or low.
The pot is split with the person that has the longest, highest straight flush. Straight flushes can be of any length (does not need to be 5 cards) with longer straights beating shorter straights, and higher straights beating lower straights of the same length. For example, 10-9-8 would be A-K and 6-5-4 beats 3-2-A.