to raise - which is to put in the amount needed to call, plus an additional stake anywhere between the agreed minimum and maximum.

to call - which is to stake additional money, so that the total amount you have stakes is equal to the total amount staked by the last player who bet or raised.to fold - which is to drop out of the play, abandoning any money already bet on the hand.If someone bets, subsequent players in rotation have the following options: If everyone passes the betting round is over. If this player passes, the next player in clockwise rotation has the same options, and so on round to the dealer. The player to dealer's left may either pass or bet any amount within the agreed limits, placing the amount of the bet next to the pot. There is then a round of betting, which works in the same way as Poker betting, as follows.

Variation: Many play that each player is initially dealt two cards face down and one face up. The players look at their face-down cards and then each player in turn, starting with the player to dealer's left, may ask for an additional card, face-down. The dealĮveryone places the agreed initial stake in the pot and the dealer gives one card face up to each player and then one card each face down. Thus five-ace-ace is a perfect hand that totals exactly 7 and 27 at the same time. Aces are worth 1 or 11 points each - and you are allowed to count the same ace as 1 for the purpose of making 7 and as 11 for the purpose of making 27. In this game kings, queens and jacks are worth half a point each, and the numeral cards are worth their face value. The cardsĪ standard 52 card pack is used. You also need to agree the amount of the initial stake (ante) and the betting limits (the minimum and maximum amount by which the bet may be raised at one time).

There are several variations, especially on what counts as nearest, so it is essential to agree on the house rules you will use before beginning to play. Seven Twenty-Seven is an American vying game for 4 to 10 players, in which players try to make a hand whose points total as near as possible to 7 or 27 points.

This page is based on a contributions from P.J.Ackerson and Bill Maher, supplemented with information from Peter Sarrett's poker variations web site.

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