Playing with a Dummy Hand

Sometimes there just aren't enough people dealt in to make some of the games interesting which depend on certain cards coming up, such as Follow the Queen or Chaos. In those cases, a Dummy hand might make things more interesting.

Typically, a Dummy hand is dealt like any other, typically to the left of the dealer (the first player). the Dummy hand never bets, nor needs to match any bet - it is always in. Progressive deals continue to deal the Dummy hand in.

As an added twist, at the end of the hand if the Dummy hand beats the highest hand of any true player, then the hand is redealt among all players who remained in the game to the end, and they must re-ante.



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