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Question:
Do we need two decks of cards when the number of players is 7?
Answer:
Hi Anonymous
Well, no. In poker you use one deck of cards, end of story. After all, what would you do if a player flipped over five of a kind on the river?
If the game you're playing is seven card stud and you run out of cards, you deal the last cards open for erveryone to use.
On the other hand, if you were playing Texas Holdem you could invite 20 players without running out of cards. This is probably one reason for holdem being invented in the first place - the railroad builders wanted all the guys to be part of the game.
Cheers,
The Poker Junkie Team
Comments on this Article
d (May 27, 2010)
Hi Dan the person who should shuffle the cards is the person who will deal the next hand. That is what we do in our games.
Scott (Nov 26, 2009)
I play with a group and we two decks to speed up the play. We have the small blind shuffle, since they would be the next person dealing.
Lobster (Feb 11, 2009)
Hi Dan.
The only convention I know of is that the big blind usually does the shuffling of the second deck. I don't really know why, and maybe different rules are in practice.
Using two decks is definitely a good idea, to speed up the game a bit. It's even better if the decks have different backs so you don't get them mixed up.
Cheers,
Lobster at Poker Junkie
Dan Sponaugle (Feb 04, 2009)
We have a disagreement amoungst our NL Hold'em group. When we are playing hold'em, we like to use two decks (the 2nd deck is being shuffled while a hand is in play so it is ready when that hand is over).
The question is: Who is the proper person at the table that should be shuffling the 2nd deck?
Is it the person in the big blind or the person immediately to the right of the button? Or someone else?
There has got to be some normal poker etiquette on this issue...Please advise.
Thanks,
Dan
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