Extra payment for sweep Some play that a player who wins all three hands against another player is paid an extra 1 unit (or sometimes 3 units) for a sweep. When an individual hand is tied, the house wins it. The other players compare their hands with the house, but not with each other, and pay or receive accordingly. Playing against the house One player, probably the dealer, is the house (bank, casino). Here are the ones I have so far discovered. There seem to be numerous variations in the way the payments are organised.

Complete straight: the hand has one card of each rank: A-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-J-Q-K.

If two players have this, the player with the better back hand wins if tied the better middle hand if those are also tied, the better front hand.

Three flushes: the back and middle hands are flushes, and the front hand is a three-card flush (three cards of one suit).

If two players have three straights, compare the highest (back) straights first, then if these are equal the middle straights, and finally, if all else is equal, the front straight.

Three straights: the back and middle hands are five card straights and the front hand is a three card straight (i.e.

When two players have six pair hands, compare the highest pair if the highest pairs are equal compare the second highest pair, and so on.

Six pairs: a hand with six pairs and one odd card.

A typical schedule of special hands, in ascending order, is:

After the special hands have been dealt with, the remaining players expose their cards and settle up among themselves in the normal way. When two special hands come up against each other, the higher wins the full specified amount and the lower loses its value (though it can still win against the other players). When special hands are allowed, the following 13-card hands win automatically against any ordinary hand, if declared before the hands are exposed.

Rules for dragon poker