Italian Poker

1. Deal five cards face down to each player.
2. Normal betting round, starting with the player to the dealer's left, who must bet.
3. Each player may discard up to two cards.
4. Deal two common cards face up to the table.
5. Normal betting round, with the player to the left of the dealer opening.
6. Each player simultaneously declares high or low. High declared high hand and lowest declared low hand split the pot.
7. If a player discarded one card, they can use the first common; if they discarded two they can use both commons; otherwise they cannot use any commons.

Variants

There are no variants based on this game.