Covington Cards

Dealer's choice. Pick a game or let the deck pick one for you.

5♠

Five-Card
Stud

One card down, four up, with a bet after every card. No draws and no community cards.

Stud · 2-10
5♠
7♠

Seven-Card
Stud

Two down, four up, one down. Five rounds of betting and your best five of seven plays.

Stud · 2-8
7♠
4♦

Criss
Cross

Five cards in the middle laid out in a cross. Use the row or the column, not both.

Community · 3-7
4♦
2♠

Krogering

Seven-card stud, but your lowest down card is wild, along with every card of that rank in your hand. Named after the guy who kept dealing it.

Stud · Covington original
2♠
Q♠

Chase the
Queen

When a queen is dealt face up, the next face-up card is wild for everyone. Another queen changes it.

Stud · 3-8
Q♠
K♣

Screw Your
Neighbor

One card each and three lives. Keep your card or trade it to the left. Low card loses a life, and nobody can take a king.

Table game · 4-9
K♣
J♣

Liar's
Poker

Bid on the digits in everyone's dollar bill serial numbers. Call a bluff and the bills go on the table.

Table game · 3-6
J♣
A♣

Beat
Charlie

Charlie gets a hand in the middle and never bets or folds. If nobody beats Charlie, the pot carries over to the next deal.

Table game · 2-8
A♣
8♥

In
Between

Bet that the next card lands between the two showing. Hit one of them and you pay double.

Down to luck · 2-10
8♥
3♥

Night
Baseball

Seven cards face down and nobody looks. Flip until you beat what's showing. Threes and nines are wild and a four gets you an extra card.

Down to luck · 2-8
3♥
J♣

Euchre

A 24-card trick-taking game for two teams of two. Call trump and take at least three of the five tricks.

Table game · 4
J♣