# Is there a version of Poker where players at some point reveal some but not all their cards? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 6, 2012, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-version-of-poker-where-players-at-some-point-reveal-some-but-not-all-their-cards/608676 "2012-01-06T23:09:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-version-of-poker-where-players-at-some-point-reveal-some-but-not-all-their-cards/608676/1 "2012-01-06T23:09:06Z")
In some versions of poker, players are dealt some cards face up. But are there versions where cards that were dealt face down are later revealed at some point earlier than a final reveal of ALL cards in the hand? ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-version-of-poker-where-players-at-some-point-reveal-some-but-not-all-their-cards/608676/2 "2012-01-06T23:55:02Z")
[Anaconda](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaconda_%28poker%29) At the end, each player reveals a card from their hand one at a time, with a betting round between each reveal. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-version-of-poker-where-players-at-some-point-reveal-some-but-not-all-their-cards/608676/3 "2012-01-07T00:42:13Z")
There’s also Follow the Bitch, Roll Your Own, No Peek, etc. In other words, there are lots of games where a player’s “up” cards are revealed gradually. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-version-of-poker-where-players-at-some-point-reveal-some-but-not-all-their-cards/608676/4 "2012-01-08T19:34:02Z")
Big Jacoby was played 40-odd years ago, at least in parts of California, but I get no obvious hit for it with Google or Wikipedia. To each hand: Five cards are dealt; two discarded; one rolled; then a round of betting. Three more cards are given (two in the variant called Little Jacoby) face up and one by one, with a round of betting after each one. Each hand then replaces 1 card (or stands pat), the replacement is face-up or -down according as the discardee was up or down. Another round of betting follows; then declarations (High, Low, or Both); and a final round of betting. (Declaring both you must win both ways or lose; the best low hand is 5-4-3-2-A.) ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-version-of-poker-where-players-at-some-point-reveal-some-but-not-all-their-cards/608676/5 "2012-01-09T05:50:45Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > In some versions of poker, players are dealt some cards face up. > > But are there versions where cards that were dealt face down are later revealed at some point earlier than a final reveal of ALL cards in the hand? The version that Hong Kong movies usually have is each player will get one card face down, and all subsequent cards are dealt face upward. When each card is deal, each player will choose whether to fold or raise etc. ---
**Author:** ![Terr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-version-of-poker-where-players-at-some-point-reveal-some-but-not-all-their-cards/608676/6 "2012-01-09T05:54:31Z")
> [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](#): > > The version that Hong Kong movies usually have is each player will get one card face down, and all subsequent cards are dealt face upward. When each card is deal, each player will choose whether to fold or raise etc. That’s five-card stud. The question was, I think, about the variations in which some cards that were dealt down are shown before the end of the game. I always wondered - those weird “home poker” kinds of games, like crisscross and Anaconda etc. - were they ever played in “official” poker games in casinos or saloons? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-version-of-poker-where-players-at-some-point-reveal-some-but-not-all-their-cards/608676/7 "2012-01-09T07:16:18Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > the best low hand is 5-4-3-2-A.) Why is that not a Straight, and therefore a high hand? ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-version-of-poker-where-players-at-some-point-reveal-some-but-not-all-their-cards/608676/8 "2012-01-09T07:50:00Z")
Because it’s the lowest five cards you can have, why would you have a game where a “low” hand wins but not make the lowest hand not even count because it also happens to be a straight in other games? And in hi/low games sometimes you can win the highest _and_ lowest part of the hand with such a straight. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-version-of-poker-where-players-at-some-point-reveal-some-but-not-all-their-cards/608676/9 "2012-01-09T10:20:48Z")
Aces, straights, and flushes don’t invalidate an otherwise low hand in California, so a _Bicycle_ (5-4-3-2-A) is the lowest hand. Elsewhere, 7-5-4-3-2 is the lowest hand. Since in California this particular holding is nicknamed _Kansas City Lowball_, I assume “elsewhere” includes the Show-Me state. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-version-of-poker-where-players-at-some-point-reveal-some-but-not-all-their-cards/608676/10 "2012-01-09T10:28:53Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > Because it’s the lowest five cards you can have, why would you have a game where a “low” hand wins but not make the lowest hand not even count because it also happens to be a straight in other games? So that going for the lowest possible hand can backfire. It would be kinda like busting in blackjack.