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Are you looking for something a bit different? Then give Red Dog Poker a try. It is incredibly simple to learn and also loads of fun.

Red Dog Poker is an easy game to learn. It doesn’t belong to the traditional set of poker games. You don’t play against any other players or the bank and the card rankings also differ from traditional poker rankings.

Red Dog was popular in America in the early nineteenth-century, it was initially known as ‘in-between’ because of the way the game is played. In short, the player won the round if the value of the third card drawn is in-between those of the first two cards drawn. The game did not remain popular for long, the simple game rules made it easy to cheat and other Poker variants took over in popularity. However, in the 1930’s when gambling became legal in Las-Vegas the game reappeared, rebranded as ‘Red Dog Poker’ with slightly revised game rules.

As mentioned above, the card rankings differ in Red Dog Poker but it does use a regular deck of cards. See the table below for the card rankings:

Card Value
2 - 10 Face value
Jack 11
Queen 12
King 13
Ace 14

The rules are very simple:

1. Place your bet.
2. The dealer deals two cards face-up onto the table.
3. After the first two cards are drawn the player can raise their bet or
stick to the original bet by calling.

How much money is won depends on the difference in value between the first two cards. The smaller the difference the more money paid out. There are a few basic pay out rules:

• If the third card dealt matches one of the first two cards in value or is outside the spread between them then the player looses their bet.
• If the first two cards dealt have consecutive values then the round is over and the player’s bet is returned to them, this is known as a push.
• If the first two cards have the same value a third card is drawn. If the third card matches the first two in value then you get paid 11:1, otherwise it is a push.

If the difference between the first two cards dealt is greater than 3 then the payout is 1:1. A difference of 1 has a payout of 5:1, a difference of 2 has a payout of 4:1 and a difference of 3 has a payout of 3:1.