Rank of hands

Objective
Players aim to make the highest Poker hand. The hands rank as in Poker Dice, except that straights do not count.

Play
Play begins after a preliminary round to decide the order of play. The highest scorer becomes first shooter, the second highest scorer sits to his left, and so on.

The player who shoots first may have up to three throws to establish his hand. He may stand on his first throw, or pick up all or any of the dice for a second throw. He may then stand on that throw, or pick up the dice again for a third and final throw.

No subsequent player in the round, or leg, may make more throws than the first player.

A game usually consists of two legs, with the winners of each leg playing off, if stakes are involved, or the lowest scoring players playing off, if no stakes have been placed.

If there are only two players, the victor is the one who wins two out of three legs.