Poker Dice
By GamezBuff The objective of Poker Dice game is to roll best possible poker hand using 5 six-sided dice. Special poker dice with playing card representations (Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10, and 9 in high to low order) are also available to play this game. No Of Players: 2 or more players.
This is a dice version of the card game of the same name. It is usually played with a special set of five poker dice, each has the playing cards Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10 and 9 printed on its six faces, but it can just as easily be played with a set of five standard dice.
Play:
The aim is to build the best possible poker hand (hands are ranked as below). Each player in turn has up to three throws of the dice. After each throw they put aside any dice they wish to use for their hand, rolling the remainder. Players may stop after the first or second throw if they wish. The player with the highest ranking hand, after everyone has had a turn, wins the game.
The best hand in poker is a royal flush which is composed of the Ace, King, Queen, Jack and 10 of a single suit. The chances of being dealt a royal flush is 1 in 649,739 (or a 0.000154% chance). The is the best possible hand you can get in standard five-card Poker is called a royal flush. This hand consists of an: ace, king, queen, jack and 10, all of the same suit. If you have a royal flush, you'll want to bet higher because this is a hard hand to beat. A Guide to the Best Hands in Poker Poker is an overarching name for many different variants of the game, with the most popular being Texas Hold’em. The Texas Hold’em rules are one of the most commonly known, but they differ from Razz and Omaha.
Poker hands ranked high to low:
1 Five-of-a-Kind Aces ranking highest; 9s lowest.
2 Four-of-a-Kind Aces ranking highest; 9s lowest.
3 Full House Three-of-a-kind and a pair. A, A, A, 9, 9 beats K, K, K, 10, 10.
4 Straight Five consecutive values. A, K, Q, J, 10 beats K, Q, J, 10, 9.
5 Three-of-a-Kind Aces ranking highest; 9s lowest.
6 Two Pairs A, A, 10, 10, 9 beats K, K, Q, Q, 10
7 One Pair Aces ranking highest; 9s lowest.
8 Highest Die Ranking according to highest backers. A, K, J, 10, 9. beats A, Q, J, 10, 9.
Variations:
You could use standard dice by simply playing 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 ,1 corresponding to A, K, Q, J, 10, 9.
A standard dice version is sometimes called Indian Dice. In Indian Dice the 1 corresponds to an Ace and is ranked high, or in yet other versions 1s are wild, in which case they count as any value.
Other versions of both Poker and Indian Dice allow subsequent players only as many throws of the dice as the first.