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In No Peek, each player is dealt seven cards face down and may not look at them. In turn, each player flips cards one at a time until their face-up cards beat the best hand on the table, and a betting round follows each new leader. The player showing the best hand when no one can beat it wins the pot.
No Peek is played with a standard 52-card deck without jokers, by two to seven players. There are no wild cards in the basic game.
Hands rank according to the standard poker hand rankings. A player's hand is the best five-card combination among the cards they have turned face up.
The object is to show the best hand when play ends, or to be the last player remaining after the others fold.
Each player places an agreed ante in the pot before the deal.
The dealer deals seven cards face down to each player. Players shall not look at their own cards at any time before turning them up.
The player to the dealer's left turns up one card and begins the first betting round.
The next active player clockwise turns up cards one at a time until their face-up cards beat the best hand showing. They then stop, and a betting round follows, usually begun by that player.
A player who turns up all seven cards without beating the best hand showing is out of the hand.
Play continues clockwise, skipping the player currently showing the best hand. A player whose hand has been beaten turns up more cards on their next turn. Play ends when every player other than the leader has either folded or turned up all their cards.
Comparing partial hands. Hands are compared on the cards showing, even if a player has fewer than five face up.
3.5(a) Where hands are otherwise equal, an extra card beats a missing card. A seven with a three beats a seven alone.
3.5(b) A straight or a flush requires five cards. Four cards to a straight or flush count only as their high cards or pairs.
3.5(c) A tie does not beat the best hand. The player must turn up another card.
A kicker beats a missing card
Player B leads with 9♣9♠4♠, a pair of nines with a four.
Player C turns up 9♥9♦. A pair of nines with no kicker loses to a pair of nines with a four. C turns up 2♣: the two is lower than B's four, so C still loses.
C turns up A♣. C now shows a pair of nines with an ace, which beats B's pair of nines with a four. C stops, and a betting round follows.
When play ends under 3.4, the player showing the best hand wins the pot. That player need not turn up any remaining cards.
If all other players fold during a betting round, the remaining player wins the pot at once.
No. Your seven cards stay face down and unseen until you turn them up one at a time. That is the whole point of the game.
Yes. Hands are compared on the cards showing, so a pair of twos beats a single ace. When hands are otherwise equal, an extra card beats a missing card.
You are out of the hand and lose whatever you have put in the pot.
Where any doubt remains in the application of this document, Rob is right.
Hand rankings, high to low: royal flush · straight flush · four of a kind · full house · flush · straight · three of a kind · two pair · one pair · high card. Suits never break ties.
No Peek Rules · OPR-697 · officialpokerrules.com/no-peek/