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How to play Dice Poker — hand ranking
Poker dice, Liar's poker dice
Dice Poker brings poker hands to dice: five dice, two rerolls, best hand wins. Play it in the open or under a cup with a healthy dose of bluff.
- Players
- 2 to 8
- Length
- ≈ 15 min
- Difficulty
- Medium
- What you need
- 5 standard 6-sided dice + 1 cup per player.
Rules
How to play
Each player rolls 5 dice under their cup. You get 2 rerolls (can keep some dice). The goal is to form the best poker hand.
Hand ranking
Best to worst: Five of a kind. Four of a kind. Full house (3 + 2 matching). Large straight (1-2-3-4-5 or 2-3-4-5-6). Small straight (4 sequential). Three of a kind. Two pairs. One pair. High value.
Winning
Best hand wins the round. Can be played with stakes or best of rounds (first to 3 wins).
Hand ranking
| Hand | Rank |
|---|---|
| Five of a kind | 1 |
| Four of a kind | 2 |
| Full house (3 + 2) | 3 |
| Large straight (1-2-3-4-5 or 2-3-4-5-6) | 4 |
| Small straight (4 in a row) | 5 |
| Three of a kind | 6 |
| Two pairs | 7 |
| One pair | 8 |
| High die | 9 |
FAQ
- How many rerolls do you get in Dice Poker?
- Two rerolls after the first roll, keeping any dice you like.
- Who wins a tie?
- The hand made with higher dice: three 6s beat three 4s. If it's still tied, replay the round.
- How is it different from Yahtzee?
- In Dice Poker each round is won with a single hand. In Yahtzee you fill a 13-box sheet over the whole game.
