At the showdown players use any two of their three hole cards with any three cards from the five community cards to form a five card poker hand.

Only One Blind

1. In 3 Card Manila players are dealt 3 cards one at a time starting with the blind.

2. Flop comes down one at a time until 5 community cards are face up on the table. There is a burn card between each community card, making a total of 4 burn cards.

3. In 3 Card Manila, 2 of the 3 hole cards must be used, as well as 3 from the board

4. In 3 Card Manila, an ace may only count high in a straight. For example: A, 7, 8, 9, 10 is NOT a straight. The only time you can use A in a straight is 10, J, Q, K, A

5. 3 Card Manila shall be played with a reduced deck of 36 cards, with the maximum number of players being 9.

9 players x 3 cards = 27

Community + burn cards = 9

Total = 36

6. A flush beats a full house in any reduced deck game.

7. The betting structure for £2 manila is £2, £4, £4, £4, £8 and £5 manila is £5, £10, £10, £10, £20

8. Only one blind, before cards are dealt. (eg £2), all players can either call the £2, raise to £6 or fold.

9. After all bets are called, a card is burnt, and the second community card is dealt.

10. Players can either, check, bet (£4) or fold. same thing up to 5 cards. The bet on the fifth card is now £8

11. The amount you can raise on the first round is double the blind and added onto the blind, so in a £2 game the raise would be £4 making the total to call £6. On a £5 blind, the raise is £10, making it £15 in total to call. All subsequent rounds, the raise is only double; for example: The bet is £4, first raise to make it £8, second raise to £12. Only 3 raises per round permitted when there are more than 2 players in the game.