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Auction

Pot Builder: Yes
Rounds of Betting: 6
Dealer's Edge: Yes
Number of Players: 2-7
Wildcards: No
  • Each player is dealt two cards face down.
  • Round of betting.
  • Cards equal to the number of players is turned up in the middle of the table.
  • Each person then secretly chooses an amount (At least the minimum bet) and places it in their hand.
  • Bets are dropped to the table.
  • Cards are auctioned:

    1. The person who "bid" highest chooses one of the up cards and adds it to his hand. (Cards remain face up)
    2. The person who "bid" second highest chooses next, and so forth.
    3. If there is a tie, then the person closest to the dealer's right (dealer is the right most person) chooses next.
  • Round of betting.
  • Cards equal to the number of players is turned up in the middle of the table.
  • Another Auction begins, by the same rules as above.
  • Round of betting.
  • Auctions continue until all people have 7 cards
  • Then there is a single betting round starting with the high hand on the table.
  • Remaining players declair high/low/both.
  • High and low hands split

Variation:
7th card is down (no auction), not up.
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