Lame-Brain Pete Rules

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Lame-Brain Pete can be played by up to 20 players at the same time.

The game uses community cards (the ‘board’ dealt to the centre of the table). All players can use these cards in conjunction with their own cards (pocket cards), which only they can see, to form a five-card poker hand.

Betting Structure

Betting follows a two-tiered structure typical of hold’em games. The first two rounds of betting use the small bet size and the last two rounds use the large bet size.

Small blind and big blind are used. The small blind is half a small bet (or sometimes rounded to a convenient amount) and the big blind is equal to a small bet.

The Deal Each player is dealt three cards face-down. Four cards are dealt face-down onto the table (the board).

Betting Rounds After each of the first four betting rounds, one of the board cards is turned face-up, which the players can then use in conjunction with their pocket cards to form their poker hand.

On the fifth betting round, all four community cards will be visible and players will have their final hand.

The Showdown The player with the highest hand wins the pot. Equal hands share the pot evenly.