Burn the Biffel Rules

Burn the Biffel is played by up to seven players with a standard 52-card deck. Like The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, it forces players to discard cards that match certain exposed cards.

After the antes, the dealer deals four cards face down to each player. The dealer then lays out two horizontal rows of five cards each, face down, in the centre of the table:

1.2(a) the top row is the good row, whose cards may be used in players' hands;

1.2(b) the bottom row is the bad row, whose cards may not be used and which force discards.

When the deal is complete, the dealer turns up one good card. The first betting round then begins with the player to the dealer's left.

The dealer then turns up one bad card. Any player holding a card of the same rank shall discard it face up on the table. The discard is not replaced. This applies even if the discarded card matches a good card already showing.

A betting round follows every bad card that is turned up.

The dealer continues to turn cards one at a time from the two rows until all ten are face up. The usual order alternates between the good row and the bad row.

When every card is face up, a final betting round is played, followed by the showdown.

Each remaining player makes the best five-card hand from any of their surviving hole cards and the cards in the good row. Cards in the bad row may never be used.

A good card whose rank also appears in the bad row is disqualified and may not be used by anyone.

The best hand wins the pot.

A kill card or wild cards may be added. The dealer shall name them before the deal.

A kill card is often placed as the last bad card to be turned. Any player holding a card of the same rank as the kill card must fold their hand.