Liar Dice

There is a small screen on the gaming table so that no player can see his opponent's dice.

Liar Dice (German: Lies with dice , also the French name Poker menteur ) or Hidden Dice Poker is a dice game inspired by the card game poker . Liar Dice is particularly popular among US Army officers ; in the US , Liar Dice is the most popular dice game, alongside craps and chuck a luck.

Liar Dice distinguishes itself among the different types of game with poker dice in that - as in card poker - it is possible to bluff .

Note : Richard Borg took advantage of the popularity of Liar Dice and named a game he invented called Liar's Dice . This game uses a similar gameplay and became widely known from the movie Pirates of the Caribbean 2 , hence the name Pirate's Dice . Richard Borg's game is available in German-speaking countries under the name Bluff .

The rules

General

Liar Dice is a game for two people. Each player needs a dice cup and a set of five poker dice . The two players sit opposite each other at a table, on which there is a small screen so that no player can see his opponent's dice - hence the name "Hidden Dice Poker ".

At the start of a game (Game) each of the two player rolls a die; the player with the higher character becomes the caller . At the start of a game (deal) both players throw their five dice at the screen and the caller names one of the following poker combinations (hands).

The combinations

The combinations are in descending order

Five of a kind , five of a kind , e.g. B. five tens.

Four of a kind , four of a kind , e.g. B. four boys.

Full house , three of a kind and a pair, e.g. B. three aces and two queens.

High straight , the five consecutive values A – K – D – B – 10.

Low straight , the five consecutive values K – D – B – 10–9.

Three of a kind , three of a kind , e.g. B. three aces.

Two pairs , twice two of a kind, e.g. B. two jacks and two nines; the highest pair is used here.

One pair , two of a kind, e.g. B. two tens.

Runt , no combination, e.g. B. A-D-B-10-9.

In the case of similar combinations, the ranking is based on the rules of the poker game with cards; so beat z. B. "Three tens, an ace and a queen" means a hand of "three tens, an ace and a nine".

Game flow

The caller does not need to announce the throw correctly, but he does have to make an exact announcement, e.g. B. not just "three of a kind", but just "three tens, an ace and a queen".

If the caller has announced his throw, it is his opponent's turn; this has two options:

If he doubts the announcement, he can raise the screen and end the game. If the throw is of a lower value than announced, the caller has lost; if the throw is correctly announced or even of higher value, the caller wins.

He can accept the announcement and now announce a combination himself. However, this announcement must surpass that of his opponent. Before the announcement, however, the player has the right - if he is not satisfied with his first throw - to pick up one or more dice and to throw them a second or third time. In the course of a game, however, a player may throw a maximum of three times . As soon as a player throws the dice, however , he must make an announcement and may not subsequently decide to doubt the opponent's throw and raise the screen.

If he throws only one pair in the first litter , he can z. B. pick up three dice to try to get three of a kind , full house or even four or five of a kind with a subsequent roll . But he can also risk a bluff and announce a higher value without actually having that value.

Now it is the caller's turn again. He can question his opponent's announcement and raise the screen or throw the dice - he may try twice more in the course of this game to improve his hand - and announce a higher throw.

In this way, the game continues until a player picks up the screen and ends the game. If the throw is of less value than announced, the player who raised the umbrella wins, otherwise he loses.

If a player throws five aces , he lifts the screen and his opponent may try to reach five aces with any further throws he may be allowed to do. If he succeeds, the game is a draw and is repeated, otherwise the player with the five aces wins.

Lots

A game consists of several individual games. The winner of one game is the caller in the following game.

A player has won the game as soon as he has won two (best of three) or three (best of five) individual games.

Game for three or more people

Chouette

Like all two-person games, Liar Dice can be adapted for three or more players according to the chouette principle: At the beginning, each player throws a dice to determine an initial sequence. In the first game, the two participants with the highest values meet, after each subsequent game the winner remains in his place, while the loser leaves his place to the next player on the waiting list and joins himself at the bottom of the list.

Tournaments

Liar Dice can also be played as a tournament using the knockout system .

additions

Liar Dice is also often played with the dice . In the USA, one ( Ace ) is often the highest value, ie 1–6–5–4–3–2, except for the straights, ie. H. High straight is 6–5–4–3–2 and low straight is 5–4–3–2–1.

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Albert H. Morehead, Richard L. Frey, Geoffrey Mott-Smith: The New Complete Hoyle Revised. Doubleday, New York 1991.
Albert H. Morehead, Geoffrey Mott-Smith: Hoyle's Rules of Games. 2nd revised edition. A Signet Book, 1983.