I played an interesting hand of poker the other day. My foe in the coup was none other than Black Belt C.E.O. himself, Warren Wooldridge. The game in question was Pot Limit Pips and Flushes Six-Card Replace with a Declare. This is a split pot variant where half the pot goes to the highest pip count and the other half goes to the longest flush. Picture cards are worth zero; aces are worth one; and all the other cards are the pips they represent. Hopefully by now you will have worked out that if you are playing pips the nuts is 49 (4 tens and a 9).
The best flush is A-K-Q-J-T – note that this is not counted as a royal flush, just the highest possible flush. Remember this isn’t normal poker; in Pips and Flushes, Ad-8d-5d-4d-2d would beat Ks-Qs-Js-10s-9s. In other words, straight flushes are irrelevant; it’s the highest card in your flush that is important.
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