Strip Poker Rules

Winning is everything

Surely everyone over a certain age has played strip poker at some point? There are hundreds of strip poker stories doing the rounds all over the World Wide Web, yet Judging by the number of searches for strip poker rules it doesn’t look like it! So then it would seem a comprehensive list of strip poker rules is required.

First things first

It goes without saying that every player should not only be over 16 or whatever the age of consent is in your state or country of residence, but also comfortable with what they are about to do and no one is too inebriated so as to have regrets in the morning. Right that’s the responsible bit done with! Now for the fun bit!

Decide what every item of clothing is worth, maybe a sock could be worth 1 bet and a pair of underpants could be worth five. Or if you want to keep it simple have every item worth the same. It is best to play a version of poker that does not have too many betting rounds. Texas Hold ‘Em could get a little too complicated so it is probably best to play 5 card draw. 5 card draw is the easiest poker game to understand and the original, so inexperienced card players should have no trouble at all picking it up.

Each player should put a small bet into the pot (here is where wearing socks will come in handy!)

The Dealer

Decide on the dealer (usually this is done by dealing cards and the player with the highest card will then become the dealer. Remember the dealer changes with every hand and moves clockwise around the table)

The dealer starts dealing to the player on his/her left and deals out five cards to everyone.

The players pick up their cards and suss out their hands.

There is then a round of betting which begins with the player to the dealer’s left. At this point if you have a good hand it may be better to start betting small, perhaps with a t-shirt, rather than scare the rest of the players off by betting for underpants!

Once the betting has been done, those players still in the hand are able to swap up to three cards for new ones from the deck. You do not have to swap any cards and if you are in possession of an ace if they show the other players the ace they may swap four cards.

Nearing the naked end

A final round of betting commences and this is then were you may start asking for bras and pants if not only to bluff as if you will comfortably win the round, to make sure you are able to keep yours on!

Once the betting is finished the remaining players must then show their hands. The losers get naked whilst the winners have a good giggle. And the game starts again. Of course these rules are just a guide, you can tweak them a little to make it even more fun by having the game stop once one person gets naked and then allowing the other players to put back on their clothes whilst the loser must remain naked for the rest of the party. To make the game even more simple you could have the weakest hand take off an item of clothing after ever hand dealt and do away with the rounds of betting.

Strip poker rules are as easy as poker rules get. Why not try your luck (in more ways than one) at your next party!