Description
No Flop Pineapple Hold ’em is a poker-based card game played against the house. The object of the game is to win by having the best 4-card poker hand using 2 hole cards and 2 community cards.
Rules
No Flop Pineapple Hold ’em is played using a single 52-card deck.
The game uses standard poker rules when comparing 2 hands. The following list shows the rank order of all hands, with hands listed in descending-rank order.
Four of a Kind
Straight Flush
Straight
Flush
Three of a Kind
Two Pairs
Pair
High Card Hand
To begin, all players make a Ante wager. They have the option to make a wager on the Pocket Pairs side bet. If the players 2 hole cards are a pair, they wins the side bet and are paid according to the posted Pocket Pairs pay table.
The dealer then deals 3 cards face down to each player and 3 cards face down to himself. He also deals 2 community cards face down.
Each player then examines his 3 cards and determines which 2 cards he wishes to keep and which card to discard. Players are not allowed to share information about their unseen cards with other players.
After all players discard one card, the dealer will reveal the first community card. Each player must now decide to either fold his hand and lose his Ante bet or make a Play bet of 2X his Ante bet and continue playing the game.
After all players have either raised or fold, the dealer will reveal the last community card and his 3 hole cards. He will then discard one of his 3 cards to make his best possible 4-card hand.
The dealer will then compare his hand to each player's hand. If the dealer's hand beats the player's hand, the player loses his Ante and Play bets. If the player's hand beats the dealer's hand, the player wins even money on his Ante and Play bets. If the hands tie, the player's Ante and Play bets push.
If the player gets a flush or better, the player wins a High Hand “Ante” Bonus on his Ante bet regardless of the outcome of the game.
The following is the pay table for the High Hand “Ante” Bonus:
Four of a Kind: 40 to 1
Straight Flush: 20 to 1
Straight: 2 to 1
Flush: 1 to 1
