Mexican Hold'em Poker Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Game Overview
• Basic Principles
• Final Points
• Lexicon
• Order of Combinations

Game Overview

This card set varies your games of Poker. The basics and the goal of Texas Hold'em Poker remain the same.

To play you need a deck of playing cards and chips, which are not included in the box.

One player, for example the most experienced at poker, takes the Mexican deck. That player is the "Mexican" for the game. At the start of each hand, the Mexican turns over a Mexican card and reads it aloud. The card states the rules that change for that hand only. On the next hand a new Mexican card replaces it.

Basic Principles

The rules of Poker apply at all times, unless a Mexican card says otherwise.

All Mexican cards use the same vocabulary. The Lexicon below explains the terms.

Final Points

• Unless an exception applies, players make their final 5-card combination using their 2 cards in hand and the 5 community cards.
• Unless an exception applies, the small blind and the big blind must be paid.
• "Order of play" means either the player whose turn it is to bet under the Texas Hold'em rules, or, if there is no usual order for that hand, the player to the left of the dealer.
• Poker (5 identical cards) is the strongest combination in Poker. It ranks above the straight flush.
• For the final head-to-head, do not turn over any more Mexican cards. It is played only under the Texas Hold'em rules.

Lexicon

• Showdown (Abattage des cartes): the end of the hand, when the winner of the hand is declared.
• Big blind (grosse blinde).
• Community card, public (carte commune - publique): cards accessible to all players for their combination.
• Hand (coup): a round of play.
• Dealer (donneur, croupier or bouton).
• Face down (fermée): a hidden card.
• The deal (la donne): the initial distribution of 2 cards to each player.
• The hand (la main): the 2 private cards of each player.
• Final hand (la main finale): the best 5-card combination.
• Face up (ouverte): visible to everyone.
• Private (privé): accessible only to a certain player for their combination.
• Small blind (petite blinde).
• Board (): the open (visible) and public (accessible to all) community cards. The Flop, the Turn and the River are public community cards.

Order of Combinations

Hands are ranked in ascending order, from the weakest combination (top) to the strongest.

• High card (La plus haute carte).
• Pair (Paire): 2 cards of the same rank.
• Two pair (Double Paire): two pairs of cards of the same rank.
• Three of a kind (Brelan): 3 cards of the same rank.
• Straight (Quinte): 5 cards in sequence.
• Flush (Couleur): 5 cards of the same suit.
• Full house (Full): a three of a kind plus a pair.
• Four of a kind (Carré): 4 cards of the same rank.
• Straight flush (Quinte Flush): a sequence of 5 cards of the same suit.
• Royal flush (Quinte Flush Royale): a sequence of 5 cards of the same suit ending with an Ace.
• Poker (Poker): 5 cards of the same rank. This is the strongest combination. The sheet says it ranks above the straight flush (quinte flush).