Poker Dice Game Rules

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Balut is a game invented at the end of World War II by an American soldier lacking playing cards for playing poker. He was stationed on Cebu (the Philippines) and initially named the game Poker Dice. Years later, in the early 1970ies a Dane named Niels Lumholdt working for Thai Airways traveled to the Philippines frequently and picked up how to. Dice Poker is a simple game with a quick drift to events. The game was inspired by the well-known card version of Poker.

1. Balut is a game invented at the end of World War II by an American soldier lacking playing cards for playing poker. He was stationed on Cebu (the Philippines) and initially named the game Poker Dice. Years later, in the early 1970ies a Dane named Niels Lumholdt working for Thai Airways traveled to the Philippines frequently and picked up how to.
2. Game is to add a die to a string of dice. The last person to add a die to the string scores a point. The first player to score 5 points wins the game. STRING: A string of dice has two characteristics. First, no two numbers are alike. Second, each side-by-side pair of dice “match”. Two dice match if the pattern of spots on the die with fewer spots is.

Poker dice are dice which, instead of having number pips, have representations of playing cards upon them. Poker dice have six sides, one each of an Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10, and 9, and are used to form a poker hand.

Each variety of poker dice varies slightly in regard to suits, though the ace of spades is almost universally represented. 9♣ and 10♦ are frequently found, while face cards are traditionally represented not by suit, but instead by color: red for kings, green for queens and blue for jacks. Manufacturers have not standardized the colors of the face sides. The game can also be played with ordinary dice.

As a game[edit]

The classic poker dice game is played with 5 dice and two or more players. Each player has a total of 3 rolls and the ability to hold dice in between rolls. After the three rolls, the best hand wins.

In most variations, a straight only counts as a Bust (high-card). A Straight is less probable than a Full House, so, if counted, it should rank above a Full House, though tradition usually ranks it below Full House, as in card poker. Neither a 'flush' nor a 'straight flush' is a possible hand, due to the lack of suits on the dice.^[1][2]

In some rules, only a straight to a King is called a Straight, while a straight to an Ace is called (somewhat incorrectly) a Flush. Each one has an exact probability of 120 / 7776. Under these rules, a Straight beats a Full House (unlike in card poker, but correctly reflecting its probability) but does not beat a Four of a Kind (incorrectly reflecting its lower probability). A Flush beats a Four of a Kind (as in card poker, and correctly reflecting its lower probability).

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Probabilities[edit]

The poker dice hand rankings and the corresponding probabilities of rolling that hand are as follows^[3][4](not sorted by probability but from highest to lowest ranking):

^*Busts have much lower probability than in card poker, because there are only 6 values instead of 13, making pairs and straights much more likely than with cards. In poker dice there are in fact only four possible bust hands: [A K Q J 9], [A K Q 10 9], [A K J 10 9], and [A Q J 10 9]; both other no-pair hands (i.e., in which either the A or the 9 are missing) are straights. Consequently, in some variants of the rules, straights are counted as busts.^[5]

Variants[edit]

Marlboro once marketed a set of octahedral poker dice that included suits; each die had slightly different numberings, ranging from 7 up to ace. A similar set is currently manufactured by Koplow Games.^[6][7]

In 1974, Aurora produced a set of 12-sided poker dice called 'Jimmy the Greek Odds Maker Poker Dice'^[8] and in 2000, Aurora/Rex Games produced a similar set under the name 'Royal Poker Dice'.^[9] The sets featured five 12-sided dice allowing for all 52 playing cards to be represented. The remaining 8 faces featured stars and acted as wild cards allowing for every possible poker hand to be rolled.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^Berger, A. J.; Bruning, Nancy (1979). Lady Luck's Companion: How to Play ... how to Enjoy ... how to Bet ... how to Win (illustrated ed.). Harper & Row. p. 57. ISBN978-0-06-014696-2.
2. ^Bewersdorff, Jörg (2004). Luck, Logic, and White Lies: The Mathematics of Games. CRC Press. p. 22. ISBN978-1-000-06531-2.Extract of page 22
3. ^Deep, Ronald (2006), Probability and statistics with integrated software routines, Elsevier Inc., ISBN0-12-369463-9Chapter 1 p 42
4. ^Bărboianu, Cătălin (2006), Probability Guide to Gambling: The Mathematics of Dice, Slots, Roulette, Baccarat, Blackjack, Poker, Lottery and Sport Bets, INFAROM Publishing, p. 224, ISBN973-87520-3-5Extract of page 224
5. ^Arneson, Erik (2012). 'The Complete Rules for the Dice Game Poker Dice'. About.com. New York Times Company. 'Board / Card Games' subsite. Archived from the original on 2014-04-12.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
6. ^Koplow Games
7. ^8-sided poker dice on BoardGameGeek.com
8. ^Jimmy the Greek Odds Maker Poker Dice on BoardGameGeek.com
9. ^Royal Poker Dice on BoardGameGeek.com

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External links[edit]

• Rules for Dice Poker at BrainKing.com (similar to Yahtzee)
• Arneson, Erik (2012). 'The Complete Rules for the Dice Game Poker Dice'. About.com. New York Times Company. 'Board / Card Games' subsite. Archived from the original on 2014-04-12.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) (no straights)
• Poker dice at Britannica.com

The objective of Poker Dice game is to roll best possible poker hand using 5 six-sided dice. Special poker dice with playing card representations (Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10, and 9 in high to low order) are also available to play this game.

No Of Players: 2 or more players

Poker Dice Game Play:

In each round players take turn in clockwise manner to roll five dice up to a maximum of 3 times. After each roll players can set aside one or more dice and then roll remaining dice. Players may choose to not set aside any dice and roll all five dice in second as well as third roll.

Players are not required is roll for exactly 3 times. They may end their turn after first and second roll also.

Poker hands are ordered in sequence from highest to lowest as following

1. Five of a kind – All 5 dice showing the same number
2. Four of a kind – 4 dice showing the same number
3. Full house – 3 dice with one number and 2 dice showing another number
4. Straight – Five sequential dice(1-2-3-4-5 or 2-3-4-5-6)
5. Three of a kind – 4 dice showing the same number
6. Two pairs – 2 dice pairs showing same number
7. One pair – 2 dice showing same number
8. Bust – All dice numbers are different

In some variants Straight is not considered a poker hand. Also, some variants define sequence of numbers from high to low to be 1, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2. If you are using special poker dice then aces are high, then king, queen, jack, 10 and 9 in high to low sequence.

Since there are no suits, there can be no flush.

At the end of each round player with highest poker hand wins. If there is a tie between two or more players then those players again roll five dice to make highest poker hand and win.

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