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Best Flush Poker Rules

This game is a variant of 5 Card Stud. In this game, as the name suggests, only flushes are worth anything in as much as you need a flush to take down a pot. It is worth noting that a flush is, in community card games, five cards of the same suit (not any less as can be the case in this game). In this game all players are dealt five cards as in Five Card Stud.

The ranking of hands in this game are as follows.

Remember only flushes feature in this game:

Straight - 5 consecutively suited cards.
5 Card - Any 5 cards of the same suit.
4 Card - Any 4 cards of the same suit.
3 Card - Any 3 cards of the same suit.
2 Card - Any 2 cards of the same suit.

The following illustration shows how to play the game including the game structure.

All players ante

Each player dealt 1 card face-down (hole card) and 1 card face-up (door card)

First betting round

Each player is dealt one card face-up

Second betting round

Each player is dealt another card face-up (4th street)

Third betting round

Each player is dealt a last card face-up (river)

Final betting round

Showdown

Note: If two players are tied .i.e. both players had a three card of different suits, the winner would be decided by the next highest card, not including the cards that were being used to make their initial hand.

What if No-one Makes a Flush?

This is a common question. If none are made then the standard ranking of hands would be followed to determine the winner. This would only be used in instances where no-one has made the required number of suited cards. The same rule set is followed through use of kickers (as in a standard game of poker).

A common variation that is frequently played is that where there is no winner, the money that has been put in the pot remains there and where no flush is made, the hand starts again, leaving the value in the pot to build, meaning that several rounds could be played before a winner. This can add to the excitement - the more you have in the pot, the more players try to represent to take it down.