Round the World Rules

The object of the game is to win the pot, either by holding the best five-card hand at showdown or by making a bet that no other player calls.

The game is played with a standard 52-card deck without jokers. Hands rank according to the standard poker hand rankings. There are no wild cards.

Each player receives four hole cards and four table cards are shared by everyone. One deck therefore serves up to twelve players.

A player's hand is the best five cards chosen from their four hole cards and the four table cards, in any combination.

Before the deal, each player puts in the ante agreed for the game.

The dealer deals four cards face down to each player, one at a time and clockwise, and four cards face down to the centre of the table.

Players may look at their own cards. The table cards stay face down until the dealer turns them.

The dealer turns the table cards face up one at a time. After each card is turned, there is a round of betting.

Betting follows the group's usual structure and order of play. Unless the group has agreed otherwise, the first active player to the dealer's left acts first in each round.

If all but one player folds at any point, the remaining player wins the pot without showing their cards.

After the fourth betting round, the players still in the hand show their cards. The highest five-card hand wins the pot.

Cards outside a player's best five do not count. If two best hands are identical, the pot is split equally.