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Manila Poker - Seven Up Poker

These are the Manila Poker rules.  Manila poker is also called Seven Up Poker in some places.

Manila Poker is one of the most popular poker games in Australian casinos.  Manila poker rules are a variant of Texas Holdem poker rules.  Manila Poker is played with a stripped deck in which all cards below the rank of 7 are removed (leaving 32 cards and hence the name Seven Up Poker). 

Each Manila Poker player is dealt two private cards, and a single community card is dealt face up, followed by the first poker betting round.  Then a second community card is followed by a second poker betting round, a third community card and a third poker betting round, and fourth community card and a fourth poker betting round, and finally a fifth community card, fifth poker betting round, and showdown. 

On the showdown in Manila Poker, unlike Texas Holdem (and more like Omaha poker), each poker player makes the best poker hand he can from both of his hole cards with exactly three of the five community cards.

Because of the stripped deck in Manila Poker, a flush beats a full house.  Also, an ace may not be played low for a straight (that is, the hand A-7-8-9-10 is not a straight in Manila Poker).  Manila Poker and its variants are rarely played high low split (in fact, very few stripped deck games are ever played low).

Common Manila Poker rule variations involve dealing three cards to each poker player, one of which can either be discarded at some point (like Crazy Pineapple Poker), or else held to the end, but maintaining the requirement that each Manila poker player play exactly two of his own cards with exactly three of the board community cards.  The three card rule variation is sometimes played with sixes being restored to the deck, making it 36 cards.

One of the few major world poker tournaments to feature Manila poker is the Aussie Millions Australian Poker Championship held each year at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia.  The Manila Poker Championship tournament is always one of the most popular of the dozen or so tournaments at the Aussie Millions Australian Poker Championship.

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