UPSwing Poker is a variation of poker that is played with a 52-card deck. The object of the game is to win all of your opponents’ cards and thus complete a hand.
Unlike traditional poker, there is no wild card and no jokers.
To begin, each player receives two cards face down. These are called “hole cards.” The player then flips over the top card of their deck, which becomes their “live” card.
After this, each player flips over one more card, which becomes their “dead” card. The live and dead cards are always kept concealed from the other players.
The game then proceeds as follows: A player can either play one or two cards (depending on what their hole cards are). If they play one card, they must place that card on the table beside them (it becomes their “active” card).
If they play two cards, they must place both cards on the table beside them (one becomes their active and the other becomes their “passive” card).
After playing one or two cards, a player can optionally take another action. They can either put another live card into their hand or put another dead card into the discard pile (this discards any other active cards from that player’s hand).
Once a player has taken these three actions, they must finish their turn by drawing a new hole card and continuing to play until someone else takes an action.
Once everyone has completed their turns, the active player drAWS a new hole card and continues playing as normal. The first player to lose all of their cards (or who cannot play any more due to having no more active cards) is the winner of the hand.
