As in all low poker games, pairs should be avoided if possible. A hand without any pairs beats a pair, and a pair beats two pairs and three of kind etc. Hands without any pairs are compared by the highest card, where the highest card loses. Straights and Flushes do not count and Ace is the lowest card.

Before the game begins all players have to pay the ante, which is the stake everyone must put into the pot before receiving any cards from the dealer. In this game there are a total of five betting rounds, and the game moves clockwise around the table. In all rounds there are a maximum of three re-raises and in the final round of betting there are four cards facing up and three cards facing down in front of each remaining player (all but the last card is dealt face up).

All players are dealt three cards; two facedown and a third facing up. The player with the highest face-up card starts the first betting round. Suits are valued (from lowest to highest): Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts and Spades. The players can do one of three things: fold (throw their hand away), call (bet the same amount as the current bet) or raise (bet an amount greater than the current bet).

In the second round of betting all players have received another face-up card. This time the player with the best visible hand starts the betting. Since there are less than five open cards, no straights, flushes or full houses count towards this.

A third, fourth and fifth round of betting follows with the same principle follows. Finally there is the showdown where the player with the best hand wins and takes down the pot.

If a player has an open pair in the second round of betting he makes a double bet for that round. In the last round of betting, the player who was first to bet in the previous round starts.