House Rules.
These rules apply across every variant in the rotation, unless a specific game's rules override them. They were transcribed from the onboarding notes I received when I joined the table in 2024.
These rules are taken from the 2024 onboarding doc, which the table itself flags as — in their words — "not fully accurate but an OK start." I have left them as written and will annotate corrections as they come in. If you are at the table and something here is wrong, tell me.
The Table
| Buy-in | $5 per player |
|---|---|
| Maximum seats | 7. Overflow sits out positionally after the deal. |
| Ante | 5¢ per player per hand. 10¢ during the Mold-‘Em window. |
| Maximum bet | 10¢ |
| Maximum raises | 3 per betting round |
| Check-raises | Not permitted, except during Mold-‘Em. |
The dealer rotates each hand and chooses the game, with one exception: once the night's Mold-‘Em window opens (typically around 10pm and running through 10:45pm), the dealer's-choice selection locks into Mold-‘Em until the end of the night.
Betting order is determined by the visible high hand at any given table state, with action proceeding clockwise from there. Where nothing is visible — before any reveals, or where everyone is tied — action proceeds clockwise from the dealer.
Card Values
| Card | Value |
|---|---|
| 2 through 10 | Face value |
| Jack | 11 |
| Queen | 12 |
| King | 13 |
| Ace | 1 or 14 |
Hand Rankings
The standing ranking covers both directions of a hi-lo game in one unified list. The top is the best possible high; the bottom is the best possible low (the six-four).
- Five of a Kind — the modal winning high in 7s, 8s, and 9s
- Straight Flush
- Four of a Kind
- Full House
- Flush
- Straight
- Three of a Kind
- Two Pair
- One Pair
- High Card
- A–2–3–4–6 (the six-four) — the best possible low
In split-pot games, the high pot goes to the best ranked hand counting from the top of the list, and the low pot to the best ranked hand counting from the bottom. The 5 is excluded from the low hand because A–2–3–4–5 is a wheel straight, which disqualifies it as a clean low.
Specific variants — the 7s/8s/9s passing game, the various wild-card constructions, the 9-card array Baseball forms — each have their own rules layered on top of these. See the index for the full list.