Manila Megastack 15 POSTPONED: October 30–November 8, 2020 ₱35,000: Manila Megastack Challenge (Freezeout) POSTPONED: December 6–13, 2020 ₱65,000. What made Texas Hold'em really famous was the World Series of Poker Tournament (WSOP). The WSOP exists since 1970, where it took place for the first time at the Horseshoe in Las Vegas and ever since then the game Texas Hold'em, has been played by poker players all over the world. Texas Hold’Em Poker is an easy game to learn, just difficult to.
Manila is played with a stripped deck in which all cards below the rank of 7 are removed leaving just 32 cards. Each player is dealt two hole cards. The five community cards are dealt one at a time and each is followed by a round of betting.
At the showdown, unlike Texas Hold’em and more like Omaha, each player makes their best poker hand from both of their hole cards and exactly three of the five community cards.
Because of the stripped deck, a flush beats a full house. Also, an ace may not be played low for a straight (that is, the hand A-7-8-9-10 is not counted as a straight).
Variations
Common variations involve dealing three cards to each poker player, one of which can either be discarded at some point (like Pineapple Poker), or else held to the end, but maintaining the requirement that each player uses exactly two of their own cards with exactly three of the community cards. Three-card variants are sometimes played with 6s restored to the deck, making it 36 cards.
OBJECTIVE OF MANILA: Win the pot!
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 4+ players
NUMBER OF CARDS: 32 card deck (52 card deck with 6s-2s removed)
RANK OF CARDS: A (high), K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7
TYPE OF GAME: Casino
AUDIENCE: Adult
INTRODUCTION TO MANILA
Manila or Seven Up Pokeris a variant on Texas Hold ‘Em. This is a popular variant in Australian Casinos and is unique because of its stripped deck. Manila is played with a standard 52 card deck with all cards below 7s removed for a total of 32 cards. Like most poker games, players try to win the pot by placing bets, bluffing, and having the best five-card hand.
THE DEAL
Texas Holdem Machine
Prior to the deal, the blinds must be put out. The player to the left of the dealer places the small blind and the player to their left places the big blind. After, the dealer passes each player two cards face-down and one card face-up. The single card is dealt to the center of the table.
Like Hold’Em, Manila is a community card game. However, players try and make the best 5 card hand with their two hole cards and three community cards (out of five).
THE PLAY
The game consists of 5 betting rounds. Between each round of betting, the dealer deals a new community card to the table. At the end of the betting rounds, players use their two hole cards and 3 of 5 community cards in the showdown. Since the game utilizes a stripped deck, flushes beat full houses. Also, aces cannot be used as low cards in a straight. The player with the best five card hand wins the pot!
POKER HANDS
Straight Flush. Five cards of the same suit in sequence.
Four of a Kind. Four cards of equal rank.
Texas Holdem Math
Full House. 2 cards of equal rank + 3 cards of equal rank (i.e. 3 Kings and 2 Tens)
Flush. Five cards of the same suit. Cards are not in full sequence.
Straight: Five cards in sequence, different suits.
Three of a Kind. Three cards of equal rank.
Two Pairs. Hand with two separate pairs. One pair of one rank, one pair of another.
One Pair. Hand with one pair of cards of equal rank.
No Pair/High Card. No combination. High card defines the hand.
REFERENCES:
http://www.top15poker.com/rules/Manila.html
http://www.poker.com/game/holdem-poker-games/manila.htm