Keep Em Poker is a relatively new variation of poker that is growing in popularity. The game is played with a regular 52 card deck, with two jokers and a wild card.
The object of the game is to win all of your opponents’ cards, or to get rid of all of your cards.
To begin the game, each player is dealt two cards face down. These two cards will be the player’s starting hand.
After these two cards are dealt, the remaining cards are placed face down in the middle of the table, forming the “poker pot”.
To play a card, a player must first place it on the table beside their starting hand. After playing a card, a player may NOT place another card on top of their starting hand.
If a player wishes to discard a card instead of putting it on the table, they must place it in front of them so that other players can see it.
The goal of the game is to either win all of your opponents’ cards, or to get rid of all your cards. To win an opponent’s card, they must either have a higher rank than the opponent, or have a card that matches one of the opponent’s cards.
To get rid of a card, a player must either have an Ace that matches one of the opponent’s cards, or they must have two matching cards (e.g., Two Aces).
If at any point during the game one player has no more cards left in their hand, that player loses the game. If two or more players have no more cards left in their hands at the same time, then the last player to have any cards left in their hand wins the game.
If there is still a tie after all players have passed their last card, then each player takes turns dropping out until there is a winner.
