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Guts is a comparing card game, or family of card games, related to poker. Guts is a

gambling game involving🧬 a series of deals of 2, 3, or 4 cards. Hand are ranked

similarly to hands in poker. The betting🧬 during each deal is simple : all players

decide whether they are "in" or "out",[1] and announce this at the🧬 same time. Each deal

has its own showdown, after which the losers match or increase the pot, which grows

rapidly.🧬 A round of the game ends when only one person stays in and wins the pot.

Basic

rules [ edit ]

In🧬 "Two-Card Guts", each player is dealt down, two hole-cards, at the

beginning of a new deal. Two Card Poker rankings🧬 apply; Pairs are ranked over high

cards; however there are no 'straights' or 'flushes' in two card guts (or two🧬 card

poker).

One variation of 2-card guts, ranks 23 (of any suits) as the highest ranking

hand, trumping AA (pocket aces).🧬 Even though getting dealt 23 is more probable than AA

(16 possible combinations of 23 compared to only 6 combinations🧬 of AA, or 1.2% vs 0.45%

respectively), rather, it's the role reversal of the worst hand in heads-up, two-card

poker.🧬 The name for the 23 hand, in this variation, is called the "Royal Crumpler",

among other names.

All players have a🧬 chance to say 'in' or 'out' at the same time by

holding out one or two fingers, or holding a🧬 chip or nothing in their hands; those who

are 'in' have a showdown.

Each round starts with an ante. The players🧬 then play a

series of deals; after each one, the winner takes the existing pot and the losers match

it,🧬 so that the pot or some multiple of it carries over to the next deal.

For example,

if the pot isR$5🧬 and three people stay in, then one player will receive theR$5 pot and

two players will be forced to addR$5🧬 each to the next pot, escalating the size of the

pot for the next deal. Then the hand is re-dealt,🧬 and all players (even those who were

"out" in the last round) can participate again. The round ends when only🧬 a single

player has the guts to stay "in", and thus the pot is taken without

replenishment.

Declaring "in" or "out"🧬 is similar to declaring high or low in high-low

games. Each player takes a chip, places their hands under the🧬 table, and either places

the chip in one fist or not. Each player then holds their closed fist above the🧬 table,

and the players simultaneously open their hands to reveal their decision (a chip

represents "in", an empty hand represents🧬 "out").

Rapid pot growth [ edit ]

One of the

characteristics of guts is that the pot grows quickly. As it can🧬 double or more each

round, pots of 50 or 100 times the original ante are possible.

There are many

variations. Sometimes🧬 only the single player with the worst hand (who stayed in) must

add to the pot, but they must double🧬 the pot rather than match it. In one variation,

nobody wins the pot unless nobody else stays in.

One solution to🧬 the exponentially

growing pots is to cap them at 50x or 100x the ante. That is, if there are 5🧬 players

with an ante ofR$1, the pot started atR$5. If there were 3 doublings, the pot is now

atR$40. Suppose🧬 the "cap the pot atR$50" rule were in force. Then, if another doubling

occurred, each loser would payR$40, but the🧬 pot would now be atR$50 and the extraR$30

would be set aside as the ante once there's a hand with🧬 a winner and no loser.

Common

variants [ edit ]

straights and flushes In some variants, straights and flushes count

for two-card🧬 guts (making them higher than other no-pair hands). In others, straights

and flushes do not count for three-card guts.

high three🧬 of a kind Some variations for

three-card guts rank three of a kind above a straight flush, but the latter🧬 occurs less

frequently.

partial hands Each player receives all but one card face down, and if they

are in, they receive🧬 their last card face up.

dummy hands Many variants include a dummy

hand that must be beaten if only one person🧬 stays in. In some variants, rather than a

dummy hand, you must have a pair or better. In others, the🧬 dummy hand always plays

against the other hands, and may be called "Granny", "The Kitty", "Herb", or "The

Pot".

The Batey🧬 one community card is flipped over from the top of the deck after all

hands have been dealt which each🧬 player uses in making their hand. Named after its

inventor, Justin Batey

dealer option In variants where players do not declare🧬 all at

the same time, the dealer declares last; if no other player has stayed in, the other

players sometimes🧬 have another chance to declare and challenge the dealer. With this

variation, there is generally no dummy hand.

chicken fee If🧬 no one stays in for a hand

(more common in variants where there is a dummy hand to beat), everyone🧬 has to pay

another ante on the next deal.

Henry Rule Similar to the chicken fee. If no one stays

in,🧬 the player with the hand that would have won must match the pot.

One low "in" and

wild In this three🧬 card game, everyone is dealt one card face up. The player with the

lowest card face up is automatically in,🧬 but that number is wild.

Two low "in" and wild

In this three card game, everyone at one point is dealt🧬 a card face up. The people with

the two lowest cards are automatically in but these card numbers are also🧬 wild.(If more

than one person has the same number card, then more than two people can be in.)

Hi-Lo

When deciding🧬 to stay in, each player also indicates high or low, usually by having a

high-valued chip in hand for high,🧬 low-valued for low, or none for folding. If multiple

players stay in, the best hand among those indicating high gets🧬 half the pot and the

others have to match the pot. Similarly for low. Usually played with a dummy hand🧬 which

has to be beaten in the appropriate direction to take the pot. If no dummy hand is

played, a🧬 single player choosing high can take half of the pot uncontested even if

other (low) players are in the game.🧬 Some games also allow "Hi-Lo" option, usually

indicated by both a high-valued chip and a low-valued chip in hand at🧬 the reveal. The

player going "Hi-Lo" competes amongst both the high players and the low-players, and is

usually only a🧬 good idea with hands such as ace-deuce.

No Peek A pure gambling game,

each player gets two (or three) cards, but🧬 cannot look at them before deciding to stay

in.

Winner Takes All The winner of a round gets the pot and🧬 all the money matched by

losers. This variant is usually played with a dummy hand and a chicken fee. The🧬 pot

will only grow if there is a chicken fee and no players stay in, or if there is a🧬 dummy

hand and the sole remaining player loses to it.

School Bus In this variant, the highest

possible combination of the🧬 two-card hand is the 6 and 9, for obvious reasons. Any

player who loses against this hand must then double🧬 the pot in the next round.

Nuts [

edit ]

There is a variant of Guts called Nuts. Each player is required🧬 to place a

certain amount of money in the pot. For example, the bet starts with one dollar. With

five🧬 players, there would be five dollars in the pot. Each player is dealt two cards,

and the lowest cards win🧬 (Pairs are strong). If a player is "in" and no other players

are, the player gets a "nut." If two🧬 players go in, then neither gets a nut. These two

players have to compete their cards against each other. The🧬 lower cards win, and the

loser has to pay the winner money equivalent to the pot, in this case five

🧬 dollars.

When the third card is dealt, the best cards are the highest cards. Here the

process of in and out🧬 is repeated. With the fourth card, the low cards are the best.

Then with the fifth and last card, the🧬 higher the better. When a player gets three

nuts, he or she will get the pot. If three nuts are🧬 not awarded within the first round,

a second round is needed. With the second round, each player adds a dollar🧬 to the pot,

so the pot doubles. This continues until someone gets three nuts, and thus the

pot.

Similar games [🧬 edit ]

There are a few other games which share the geometric pot

growth and in/out betting of guts.

Toh [ edit🧬 ]

Toh is a high-card game in which

players act in order to decide whether they are in or out, as🧬 in guts. There is a

balance between the number of players and the number of points/cards needed to win;

this🧬 number of points is announced before the game begins. The game is designed for 4

to 10 people. 4 players🧬 might play to 5 points, 8 or more players to only 3 points.

The

rules of the game are as follows:🧬 the pot is seeded with a penny. Each hand, every

player is dealt one card face down. The deal rotates.🧬 After each deal, discards are

kept in a separate discard pile; as long as there are enough cards in the🧬 remaining

deck to deal the next hand, there is no reshuffling. (In a friendly game, the last hand

before a🧬 reshuffle may be announced as such.) Each player in turn announces whether

they are in or out. If only the🧬 dealer stays in, players have a second chance to stay

in as well.

At the showdown, the losers match the pot,🧬 and the winner keeps the high

card face up next to her. High card wins; card value increases by suit,

🧬 club-diamond-heart-spade. The first player to reach the declared number of points wins

the game, and takes the pot.

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