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Poker dice are dice which, instead of having number pips, have representations of upon them. Poker dice have six sides, one each of an Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10, and 9, and are used to form a poker hand.
Ties are broken by the dice used in the combination, then by the dice not counted in the combination. For example, suppose three players each have four of a kind. They would rank as follows:
Alternatively, and especially when the five dice are shared amongst the players, the dice not used in the combination can be disregarded, speeding up the game, although there could be more ties.
Each of these sequences has an exact probability of .
In older variations of the game, straights are counted as busts. There are only two possible straights with Poker Dice, namely:
The combined probability of rolling either straight is . This means a Straight is less probable than a Full House (), so, if counted, it should rank above a Full House, though tradition usually ranks it below Full House, as in card poker.
In some rules, only the low straight to a King is called a Straight, while the high straight to an Ace is called (incorrectly) a Flush. Under these rules, the Straight (low straight) beats a Full House (unlike in card poker, but correctly reflecting its probability) but does not beat a Four of a Kind (incorrectly reflecting its lower probability). A Flush (high straight) beats a Four of a Kind (unlike in card poker, but correctly reflecting its lower probability).
Alternatively, a straight could be ranked between four and five of a kind, or either of the four bust hands could be called a flush, ranking between a full house and a straight.
The combined probability of a straight or a bust is . As previously noted, variations of the game may rank the straight higher than a full house, and a bust higher than three of a kind.
In 1974, Aurora produced a set of 12-sided poker dice called "Jimmy the Greek Odds Maker Poker Dice" and in 2000, Aurora/Rex Games produced a similar set under the name "Royal Poker Dice". The sets featured five 12-sided dice allowing for all 52 playing cards to be represented. The remaining 8 faces featured stars and acted as wild cards allowing for every possible poker hand to be rolled.
A two-player variant of the game Liar's Dice can be played with Poker dice. Players roll their own set of Poker dice behind a screen, and bid and call based on Poker dice hands.
Straights, flushes, and busts
Because there are six faces on each die and five dice, there are six distinct rolls in which all five dice have different values:
Probabilities
There are 65 = 7,776 potential combinations when rolling five six-sided dice. The poker dice hand rankings and the corresponding probability of rolling that hand are as follows: Chapter 1 p 42 Extract of page 188 Extract of page 109 Extract of page 224
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Variants
Marlboro once marketed a set of octahedral poker dice that included suits; each die had slightly different numberings, ranging from 7 up to ace. A similar set is currently manufactured by Koplow Games.
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