Open russian poker

When a Player has a hand of “Three of a Kind” or higher, they may insure this hand against the Dealer’s “No Game” (before the Dealer reveals their cards). To do so, the Player places a wager between the amount of the Ante and 100% of the expected payout for their hand, within the table’s maximum payout limits.

If the Dealer has any qualifying poker hand, the insurance bet loses. The exception is when the Dealer’s hand is higher than the Player’s or when the hands are equal. In such cases, the insurance wager is returned – it is neither taken nor paid.

The total payout on a single box (hand + insurance) cannot exceed the table’s maximum payout.

If the Dealer has “No Game”, the insurance bet wins and pays 1:1.

Russian Poker is unique in allowing the Player to hold two poker hands simultaneously, with both paid according to the payout table.

Two conditions must be met:

• One of the two hands must be higher than the Dealer’s.
• The second hand must contain at least one card not used in the first hand. With five cards, the only possible second hand is Ace + King.

• The insurance bet does not exclude the possibility of the dealer buying the game.
• If after the dealer bought the game, any combination was formed, the dealer opens the cards of the players who participated in the game purchase in turn and compares the combination of each of the boxes with his combination.
• After the dealer bought the game, a combination higher than yours may form: in this case, your box loses. The dealer takes the Ante and Bet bets.
• If after the dealer bought the game, there is “no game” again, the Bet bet is not paid and is not taken.

• If the Player’s hand is stronger than the Dealer’s, the Dealer pays only for the Bet according to the payout table. The Ante is not paid.

• If the Dealer has “No Game”, the Player may choose to collect the Ante or to “buy a game” for the Dealer, meaning exchanging the Dealer’s highest card for the next card in the deck, for the cost of one Ante. If the replacement card is identical and the Dealer still has “No Game”, the Dealer exchanges their highest card again at no cost – but only once.

• If the Dealer obtains a qualifying hand after a game is bought, they compare it, box by box, with the Players who bought them a game.

• If the Dealer’s new hand is stronger, the Player loses both Ante and Bet.

• If the Dealer still has “No Game” after the purchase, the Bet is neither paid nor taken.

• Buying a game does not cancel the option of placing an insurance bet.

• If the Dealer and Player have equal hands, the winner is determined by the highest card. If no such card exists, the result is a “tie”: the Player’s bet remains, without win or loss.

Before the start of the distribution, in addition to the regular Ante bet, the player can make an additional bet on the bonus: it is paid before the players start exchanging and purchasing cards.

Sample Hand	Hand	Payout Coefficient
	Two Pairs	2:1
	Three of a Kind	7:1
	Straight	40:1
	Flush	50:1
	Full House	70:1
	Four of a Kind	200:1
	Straight Flush	% of the jackpot
	Royal Flush	% of the jackpot