Basic 5 Card Draw Poker, with some adaptations for PbP
Phase I- Ante . Ante a copper . Deal yourself 5 cards with the formula 'dice' 1d4;1d13 '/dice' . Reroll any duplicates in your own hand . If you choose to cheat (with sleight of hand, magic, etc), roll yourself an extra card. . If you cheat make a DC 15 check for whatever method you used. If you fail miserably, please write that into your in-character narrative. . Put your cards in a spoiler
Cards are read by this formula: 1d4= Suit. 1=Spades, 2=Hearts, 3=Diamonds, 4=Clubs 1d13= Number. 1=Ace, 2=2,... 11=J, 12=Q, 13=K
Phase II- Bet . Betting will go for 24 hours from first bet placed. . Betting is in any order (to speed things up) . Each character may bet up to 3 times . Bets are 'check,' 'raise,' 'fold,' and 'see' . Anyone not betting in 24 hours is considered folded
Phase III- Draw 1, 2, or 3 new cards . Announce Discards and Keepers in Spoiler . Roll 1, 2 or 3 new cards. . Reroll any duplicates in your own hand.
Phase IV- Winner Resolution . No second round of betting (to speed things up) . Show cards . If more than one player has the same card, clearly there was cheating. Resolve in character. . If you suspect someone of peeking at your cards, resolve in character. . If you suspect someone of cheating in the first round, resolve in character.
Feel free to make up new rules appropriate to your character-- familiars spying, great perception checks, great bluff checks, etc. Some may need to be announced in ooc's. Try to make it more about role-playing your character than winning at poker. Have fun!
