Russian Poker adds a unique twist to your regular poker game. In this game players will be playing for three different hands, which means three pots are available. There are no wild cards used in this game, although this is entirely optional and should be left up to the dealer. The only downside to this game is that it’s limited to 4 players max.

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Rules for Russian Poker

Russian All Time Money List: 13th: All Time Money List: 406th: Global Poker Index: 75,169th: Best Live Cash: $1,450,396: Total Live Earnings: $3,098,790. Russian Poker is a relatively new game that is based on Oasis Poker. A 52-card standard deck without jokers in used to play against the house, represented by the dealer. It is allowed to use the table for Stud Poker, Oasis Poker, and some other types of poker. Russian Poker is another likely house-banked game and the Russian appetite for heads up games insures Texas Hold'em and other poker games will be offered. A brief history of casinos in Russia Government sanctioned gambling began on Russian soil with the opening of Casino Savoy in the Moscow's Savoy Hotel in 1989, before the collapse of the. Russian Poker is a lot like Caribbean Stud Poker. The goal is to beat the dealer's hand. First, place an Ante. After the cards are dealt you can place a call bet (equal to 2x Ante) or surrender.

Each player needs to ante into the pot. Once done, the dealer will give each player 13 cards face down. From these 13 cards players need to make three separate hands – a top, a middle and a bottom.

Top Hand in Russian Poker
The top hand consists of five cards and must beat the middle hand.

Middle Hand in Russian Poker
The middle hand consists of five cards and must beat the bottom hand but not the top hand.

Bottom Hand in Russian Poker
The bottom hand will consist of three cards and must be the lowest ranked poker hand of the three hands you’ll make. Since the bottom hand is only three cards the ranks from lowest to highest will be – High Card, Pair, Three of a Kind.

It’s very important that you understand that the hands need to work together. If you’ve ever played Pai Gow Poker, the rules in Russian Poker are similar. If a player has three of a kind as a bottom hand but only holds a pair in the middle hand and a straight in his top hand, he will ultimately lose since the bottom hand should never outrank the middle hand.

Once the hands are made, a final betting round will take place and players will begin to flip their hands. Players will expose their bottom hand first with the highest three card hand winning a quarter of the pot. The middle hand will be exposed next with the highest hand winning a quarter of the pot, and finally the top hand is revealed with the winner taking half the pot.

‘Sexiest’ poker player electrocuted. Picture: East2West NewsSource:East 2 West News

A 26-year-old woman dubbed Russia’s “most beautiful poker player” has been found dead from a suspected massive electric shock in her bathroom.

Liliya Novikova had been alone at home and her body was discovered on the floor of her bathroom in Moscow.

A mathematics whiz-kid with a first-class degree in engineering from a top Russian university, she shunned offers to work at leading industrial companies and instead became a professional poker star with a lucrative career, The Sun reports.

She was famous both as an online and real-life player, and featured in her own poker web channels.

Liliya Novikova, once dubbed the ‘most beautiful poker player’ has died suddenly in her home in Russia. Picture: East2West NewsSource:East 2 West News

She is reported to have had a contract with PokerStars online card room, and ran her own web masterclasses and workshops for beginners.

Russia’s Channel 5 mourned the death of the country’s “sexiest poker player”.

Novikova’s parents became worried when she did not answer her phone in her flat on prestigious Kutuzovsky Prospekt.

They asked a neighbour to check the apartment, and her body was found on the bathroom floor.

‘ELECTRIC SHOCK TRAUMA’

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Liliya is thought to have suffered a massive electric shock while in her bathroom drying her hair. Picture: East2West NewsSource:East 2 West News

The Russian Investigative Committee said: “During the first checks of young woman’s dead body, signs of electric shock trauma were registered.”

She is believed to have been blow drying her hair in the bathroom when an accident occurred although it is also thought she could have been using her mobile at the time.

Some reports say the device was “faulty”.

Others say she banged her head as a result of the electrical incident.

She died four days before her 27th birthday and had planned to mark it by playing poker with friends.

A post-mortem examination is yet to be held.

Her good looks have meant she was know as Russia’s ‘sexiest’ poker player. Picture: East2West NewsSource:East 2 West News

She was a maths genius but decided to use her talents in the poker world. Picture: East2West NewsSource:East 2 West News

Videos showed her teaching poker and congratulating Russian military men on the Day of the Motherland Defender in February.

Novikova was also a keen cyclist, snowboarder, rower and boxer.

She also ran her own online shop for poker-themed clothing.

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One of Liliya’s fans Sergey Beloglasov said: “I wish Lilia appeared online and said that she is alive.

“I cannot believe that such a good and bright person is gone.

“I will remember her smile always. Her death is a heavy loss for me.”

The administrator of her official group on Vkontakte social media posted: “I do not know how to present such news, I have been thinking for a while and it is very hard for me to write this.

“(Liliya) is dead. Yesterday, an accident. She is not here anymore. She has left us.”

This article originally appeared on The Sun and was reproduced with permission