Poker Russian
The game is led on maximum four boxes. Players place their bets on ANTE positions within the limits of the table. One player may play on two boxes with cards face up and on two boxes with cards facedown without buying the sixth card, exchanging of the cards and buying game for Dealer.
Players look through their cards and make a decision whether to play or not. Player either may drop his cards, losing the ANTE or may remain in the game with five cards by placing a BET which exceeds the ANTE two times or to buy the sixth card in addition or to change from one to five cards per bet equal to ANTE. Then it is needed to make a decision and place a BET. When all players made decisions Dealer reveals his cards. Dealer's game begins from «Ace-King». Player in Russian Poker may have two play hands paid at once (if there are several of them, the two big ones are chosen) on condition that at least one card will be involved in the second hand which are not included in the first one. At that player's «Ace-King» can be the second hand. If at least one of player's two hands is bigger than Dealer's one, both hands are paid. Payment is done only for BET position.
If Dealer does not have a game, Players may have either ANTE (in this case Dealer will pay ANTE on 1:1 condition) or buy a game for Dealer equal to ANTE. In this case Dealer changes his senior card. If no game was bought for Dealer, ANTE is not paid. If Dealer has the card like his previous senior card after change (King-King, nine-nine), a second time change is done. The Ace can be considered both the highest and the lowest card (if it is necessary in the "Straight" combination).
In case Dealer has the same hand with the Player, the winner is determined by the following senior card. If all the cards are the same, there is a "stand-off" situation – no one wins and no one loses. Player may insure his game from "no game" at Dealer's by placing the "insurance" bet, the minimum of which is equal to ANTE and maximum –to half of the assumed payment if he has "Three of a kind" and higher. If Player has two hands one of which is "Three of a kind" he may insure both for the half of the assumed payment.
If Dealer has "no game" "insurance" is paid on 1:1 condition, if Dealer has a game then "insurance" is lost. In case the "insured" combination of the Player is identical to Dealer's one insurance is not lost. In case the "insured" combination of the Player is less than Dealer's combination the "insurance" is neither lost nor paid.
If Dealer has game he reveals Players' cards in series, compares their hands with his ones and pays the winning bets according to the paytable below. At that ANTE bet is not paid. All payments are done according to the BET position.
Paytable on BET position in Russian Poker
| Ace-King | 1:1 | Flush | 5:1 |
| One pair | 1:1 | Full House | 7:1 |
| Two pairs | 2:1 | Four of a kind | 20:1 |
| Three of a kind | 3:1 | Straight Flush | 50:1 |
| Straight | 4:1 | Royal Flush | 100:1 |
The maximum payment for the box can not exceed the maximum payment of the table.
Total payment for box that includes insurance from "no game" for Dealer and full payment in accordance with the bet on one box may not exceed the maximum payment of the table. The total payment for Player's both hands on one box may not exceed the maximal payment of the table.