For thirty years I have been playing an unusual game called Butcher at my weekly card game. The rules are very simple but the game seems to compress the dynamic of bluffing to a simple game.
After putting up an ante, lets say a dollar, each player receives one card down and beginning on the dealers left, decides whether or not they will play or check.
After going around the table one player usually decides to play and following players must either play or fold. Those that checked in the first round get another chance to decide to play.
The players that have chosen to play then reveal their cards with the highest card winning. Ties are resolved by suits (Spades highest, with hearts, diamonds, and clubs following). Anyone who played and did not win must match the pot.
The winner places his card face up in front of him for the duration of the game. To win the entire game and take the pot, a player must have five cards in front of him.
I have never heard of the origin of this game or seen it in any rule book but it contains a lot of card counting and bluffing.
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