Black Mariah Poker Rules

Black Mariah rules are virtually the same as Follow the Queen. In this variation, all queens are wild which means these cards can be played as any card. Another rule specific to this game is that when a queen is dealt face up, either on the board or to a player, the next card dealt up becomes a wild card along with all other cards of the same value. If a subsequent queen is dealt up, the next up card replaces the previous wild as a new wild card. If a queen is the last card dealt up, only queens are wild in the game.

In this variation, all Queens are wild cards - that is to say that they can be played as any card. This game is pretty similar to 7 Card Stud with the following differences:

A player can pay an agreed sum for a Queen when it is his/her time to bet.

All cards dealt after a Queen face up are wild.

If last card up is a Queen, no other card is wild in the game, except all Queens.

If the Queen of Spades is dealt face up- the hand ends and all players re-ante and the hand begins again.

This card game is popular for the reason that the wild cards make it pretty wild. Due to the wild cards, you tend to hit very big hands a lot of the time. You should also note that hands are devalued playing this variation as people are hitting bigger hands. You should take care with flushes and straights as these are easily beaten.