Pick a Partner Poker Pick a Partner Poker Pick a Partner is a variant of draw poker which requires players to work as a team. It must be played with an even number of players (at least four) because it requires them to work in pairs and combine their hands. Everyone is dealt a five-card poker hand face down, then chooses one card each to expose. The player with the highest hand selects another player as a partner. They are not obliged to show their strongest card. Then the next available player with the highest card picks their partner, until everyone is paired up.
Draw poker no one opens), the players re-ante, and the qualifier to open is raised to a pair of queens. If that deal is passed out, the qualifier is raised to kings, and finally to aces. This is called "progressive" jackpots. This was the primary poker game played in California during the heyday of Gardena in the 1970s. It is still played today, though its popularity has somewhat lessened since the introduction of stud poker and community card poker to the state. Played as above, using ace-to-five low hand values, with a single joker in the deck. Always played with blinds rather