Rules, Instructions and More

Change up your game of Poker with Elevator! It’s a unique variation that’ll take you on a ride, which you can learn here easily with the poker rules we’ve provided

Elevator Poker Overview:

Elevator is a community Poker variation, which is based on Stud Poker yet uses the Texas Hold’em strategy. Basically, it involves each player receiving four cards, and then coupling them with three of the seven community cards in order to build a winning hand. The community cards are arranged in two groups of three cards, plus one “elevator” card, and the winner takes the entire pot. As you can see, it is a fantastic mix of several Poker greats, and is bound to liven up your game. Learn the poker rules below to get started.

Elevator Poker Rules:
- There can be anywhere from 4 to 11 players in each Elevator Poker game.
- Each player must receive 4 private cards, all of which have to be used in the player’s final Poker hand.
- There must be a total of 7 community cards dealt in each Elevator Poker game. The first six are organised into 2 columns of 3 cards each (called “shafts”), with the 7th remaining card, called the “elevator,” placed in between the shafts.
- The Elevator card can be used as a wild card.
- The Elevator card

Elevator Playing Instructions:
1. Players ante up.

2. Players are dealt their first 2 cards face down, but cannot yet look at them.

3. Players are dealt their next 2 cards face up, and may now look at their down cards.

4. 7 community cards are dealt face down on to the middle of the Poker table in the shape of an ‘H’, such that the Elevator card is positioned in between the 2 shafts.

5. The player holding the highest up card begins the first round of betting. After this, the first community card is revealed. Community cards should be revealed one at a time after each betting round, beginning with the top of the first shaft and moving down it, then the Elevator card, and then working down the second shaft.

6. The player sitting to the left of the dealer always begins the new betting round, which moves clockwise.

7. When all community cards have been revealed, remaining players must reveal their private cards in a showdown. They must choose which row of community cards to couple with them in order to make their best hand, and the one with the strongest is awarded the pot.