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Lamarckian Poker

A unique auction poker variant where cards evolve over multiple generations. Players bid to acquire or trade cards, building hands through strategic evolution rather than luck of the draw.

Popularity
#70
2 players
30-45 minutes
Hard

What You'll Need

🃏 Standard 52-card deck
🔴 Poker chips

About This Game

A unique auction poker variant where cards evolve over multiple generations. Players bid to acquire or trade cards, building hands through strategic evolution rather than luck of the draw.

How to Play

  1. Deal 5 cards to each player
  2. Create 'gene pool': 5 face-up community cards
  3. Round structure: Auction, then Evolution
  4. Auction: Players bid chips to select from gene pool
  5. Highest bidder takes chosen card, adds to hand, discards one
  6. Discarded card enters gene pool
  7. Evolution: After all auctions, compare current hands
  8. Better hand ranks earn bonus chips
  9. Refill gene pool to 5 cards from deck
  10. Repeat for several generations (rounds)
  11. Standard poker hand rankings apply
  12. Final best hand after all generations wins
Added about 1 month ago • Updated 28 days ago
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