Follow the Queen is an interesting twist the your standard Seven Card Stud game. The overall format of how the game is played is the same however it makes use of wild cards which only apply to certain rules. If you like games that can keep you guessing and can change very quickly you will definitely like playing Follow the Queen.
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Like all games, poker comes with a set of rules that make up the game. Now the rules may differ slightly with the variants, but essentially, they are all based on the same fundamentals. To take a screenshot with your Mac, Command + Shift + 3 and then release all keys to captuer the whole screen, or press Command + Shift + 4 and press down.
Instructions for Follow the Queen
Before the game begins, each player will be forced to ante. Once antes are in, the dealer will deal two cards face down to each player as well as one up card. Normally the player with the highest up card would start the betting. Once the first betting round is complete, the dealer will then deal each player another up card. A second betting round will take place with the player with the highest two card poker hand. The same process will continue until each player has two down cards and four up cards. The dealer will ask each player if they want to receive their 7th card face down or face up. Usually it’s in your best interest to take it down.
Once the players have all seven cards a final betting round will take place followed by a showdown. The player with the best five card poker wins the pot.
Follow the Queen Wild Cards
The wild cards in this game change depending on the queen. All queens dealt face up are wild but a player has to receive a queen face up in order to make any queens dealt down wild. Each time a queen is dealt to a player, the next subsequent card will become a wild card. If another queen falls, the previous wild card is no longer wild and the next card following the second queen is now wild.
This continues until the game ends or all four queens are in play. Some games require a queen in order to play, meaning “No Queen No Game”. This rule forces you to play the game, however if a queen does not show in one of the up cards, nobody wins the pot and the game starts again with each player anteing.
Example of how to play Follow the Queen
Player 1 – (x – x) A
Player 2 – (x – x)10
Player 3 – (x – x) 8
Player 4 – (x – x) 3
4th Street
Player 1 – (x – x) A 5
Player 2 – (x – x)10 Q
Player 3 – (x – x) 8 8
Player 4 – (x – x) 3 8
By looking at the example above, player 2 received a Queen which has set the game up for wild cards. Player 2 will pay the ante for that Queen. Player 3 has an 8 which becomes a wild card because it falls after the Queen. Player 3 will pay for his 8 and because he holds a second 8, that card to is now wild. (He only has to pay for the 8 that was dealt to him). At best he’s already holding three of a kind of the wild card sticks. Player 4 was also dealt an 8 and will pay for his card.
5th Street
Player 1 – (x – x) A 5 5
Player 2 – (x – x)10 Q J
Player 3 – (x – x) 8 8 7
Player 4 – (x – x) 3 8 Q
Now the game has changed. Player 4 received the next Queen which he has to pay for. Because he received a Queen, 8’s are no longer wild. Player 1 will receive the next wild card after the betting round is complete because it’s the next card to follow the queen.
6th Street
Player 1 – (x – x) A 5 5 6
Player 2 – (x – x)10 Q J 6
Player 3 – (x – x) 8 8 7 9
Player 4 – (x – x) 3 8 Q J
Player 1 was dealt a 6 and because it’s the next card to follow the queen it’s now the second wild card and he will pay for it. Player 2 was also dealt a 6 which is wild and he too will need to pay for his card. At this stage each player has received six cards, two down and four face up. There are no more wild cards that can be dealt face up and because of this 6’s will now hold as the final wild card. 7th street will continue as normal and any six or queen that was dealt face down will be used as wild cards.
Pay Cards in Follow the Queen
Wild cards are considered pay cards in this game which means if you receive a wild card you will have to pay for it by placing a chip equivalent to the amount of the ante into the pot. Even though the second set of wild cards change throughout the game you are still forced to pay for your card.
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How to Play
At the beginning of each game each player must make a One Card Poker primary wager (“Primary Wager”). Table minimum bet is $4 and Max $2000, all wagers must be in even increments. To win the primary wager, the rank of the player’s card must exceed the rank of the Designated Player’s card.
In addition to the primary wager, the player may elect, prior to any cards being dealt, to make a Tie Wager. To win the Tie Wager, the ranks of the player and the Designated Player’s cards must be equal at the initial deal, then the player must beat the Designated Player once the hand is extended.
The rank of the cards used in One Card Poker, for the purpose of determining a winning hand, shall be, in order from the highest to lowest rank: ace, king, queen, jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3 and 2. If the player’s and Designated Player’s cards have the same rank the player is given the option to surrender half their bet or to extend the game with the Designated Player so as to determine a winner as further described herein.
This extension of the game is commonly referred to as “War.” The player must make another bet equal to their primary wager to exercise the option to extend the hand, the Designated Player also matches the player’s primary wager and places it next to the player’s. Both the player and Designated Player also have the option to decline extending the hand, as further described below. Players must have sufficient money/ chips to complete all wagers of their current hand.
The cardroom dealer then “burns” three cards and deals a card to the player.The dealer “burns” another set of cards and deals a card to the Designated Player. If the player’s card has a higher rank than the Designated Player’s card then the player wins. If the player’s card has a lower rank than the dealer’s card, the player loses.
If the player and the player-dealer’s cards are of equal rank the Designated Player and player will continue to play until such time as either the Designated Player or player wins the hand. Once the player and Designated Player place wagers one time to extend the hand, no additional wagering is required for that hand. Players must be seated in front of their respective betting circle in order to place a wager. Only one player per betting circle allowed at all times. Players may wager in multiple betting circles beside each other, however the house reserves the right to restrict players to one betting circle at any time.
One Card Poker Payout Scale
- Tie Bet: 10 to 1
- Play Bet: 1 to 1
The Designated Player Requirements:
Must provide $30,000 per table for initial operational start up and maintain $30,000 in play per hand.
See designated player Rules in poker room.
Per Florida Regulation 61D-11.002(5)(b): In 3-Card Poker, Ultimate Texas Holdem,Fortune Pai Gow, and One Card Poker the dealer button will rotate around the table in a clockwise fashion on a hand by hand basis to provide each player desiring to the designated player an equal opportunity to participate as the designated player.
60. Per Florida Regulation 61D-11.002(5)(c): In 3-Card Poker, Ultimate Texas Holdem,2 Card Poker, and One Card Poker, the room does not require the designated player to cover all potential wagers.
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