Midnight Hold’em
One heads-up hand, fixed 2-chip bets, and a very expensive raised eyebrow.
Make the strongest five-card poker handEleven tables glowing above the city. Cards behave like cards. The carpet has seen things.
One heads-up hand, fixed 2-chip bets, and a very expensive raised eyebrow.
Make the strongest five-card poker handShed one of three hole cards, then play a fixed-limit hand. Pick your regret.
Make the strongest hand after shedding one cardFour cards in hand, exactly two at showdown, fixed 2-chip bets. No creative accounting.
Build the best hand using exactly two hole cardsSplit a fixed-limit Omaha pot high and eight-or-better low. Aim high. Also low.
Compete for the high and qualifying low handsTrade up to three cards once, then compare hands. No betting; plenty of second thoughts.
Make the strongest five-card poker handOne card down, four exposed, fixed 2-chip bets. A terrible table for secrets.
Read the exposed cards and make the best handBuild melds and shed deadwood. Knock before your rival tidies up.
Finish with the least unmatched card valueFlip the higher rank to take the battle. Diplomacy has been removed from the deck.
Win more battles than your rivalBuild four suit foundations with unlimited stock passes. The desk is patient.
Send all 52 cards to their suit foundationsCorner a suit before its price falls. Yesterday’s genius bought today’s problem.
Corner a suit while its price is highPush toward 31, then bank before you burn out. Smoke is not a strategy.
Build and bank the strongest signal up to 31