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Smack My Bitch Up is played exactly like Follow the Queen, except that when a king is dealt face up it cancels every wild card, queens included, and from then on only kings are wild. If another queen is later dealt face up, Follow the Queen rules return. The wild cards at the showdown depend on whether a king or a queen was the last of the two to appear face up.
Also known as Pimp Daddy
Smack My Bitch Up is a variant of Follow the Queen, itself a form of seven-card stud. It was contributed to pagat.com by Andy Noreen, who named it after a song by The Prodigy and also calls it Pimp Daddy.
The game uses a standard 52-card deck. The best five-card high hand wins.
Five of a kind is possible. By the usual convention it ranks above a straight flush. See hand rankings.
Antes, betting limits and the order of betting are as in seven-card stud, or as the house sets them.
| Street | Cards dealt | Betting |
|---|---|---|
| Third street | 2 face down, 1 face up | First round |
| Fourth street | 1 face up | Second round |
| Fifth street | 1 face up | Third round |
| Sixth street | 1 face up | Fourth round |
| Seventh street | 1 face down | Final round |
Follow the Queen rules. Queens are wild. When a queen is dealt face up, the next face-up card dealt becomes the follower, and every card of its rank is also wild. A later face-up queen replaces the old follower with a new one. Face-down cards never change the wild cards.
The king. When a king is dealt face up, it cancels all existing wild cards, including queens and any follower. From that moment only kings are wild. The card dealt after a king does not become wild.
The queen returns. If a queen is then dealt face up, it cancels the kings, and Follow the Queen rules apply again: queens are wild, and the next face-up card sets a new follower.
The wild cards may switch back and forth any number of times. What counts at the showdown is whether a king or a queen was the last of the two to be dealt face up. If no king is ever dealt face up, the hand is played as ordinary Follow the Queen.
By tradition, the game's name is called out when a king cancels the wild cards.
The wild cards change hands
The face-up cards are dealt in this order, among others: Q♥, then 7♦. Queens and sevens are wild.
Later a K♠ is dealt face up. Queens and sevens stop being wild, and only kings are wild.
On sixth street a Q♣ is dealt face up, followed by a 3♥. Kings stop being wild. Queens and threes are wild at the showdown, since no king appears after that queen.
After the final betting round, the remaining players show their hands. Using the wild cards in force at that moment, the best five-card high hand wins the pot.
A face-up king cancels every wild card, queens included. From then on, only kings are wild, until another queen is dealt face up.
Its contributor also calls it Pimp Daddy. The rules are the same.
Then the game is ordinary Follow the Queen: queens are wild, along with the rank of the card dealt face up after the last face-up queen.
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.
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