Poker Squares

Summary: Place 25 cards sequentially in a 5-by-5 grid with an object to score the highest Poker combinations in each row and column. Equipment: a shuffled standard (French) 52-card deck a pen and Poker Squares grid for each player Rules: Each turn, a card is drawn from the deck and announced. Each player must then privately write the card rank and suit (e.g. “10C” for 10 of Clubs, “AH” for Ace of Hearts) in any empty cell of their 5-by-5 grid. Once written in the grid, cards may not be moved. After all players have written the card, the next turn begins. When player grids are full after 25 cards, grids are scored. Scoring: The 5-card hand of each grid row and column is scored according to a point system. Poker Squares Hand Scoring Systems Poker Hand American Points English Points Royal Flush 100 30 Straight Flush 75 30 Four of a Kind 50 16 Full House 25 10 Flush 20 5 Straight 15 12 Three of a Kind 10 6 Two Pair 5 2 One Pair 2 1 High Card 0 0 A player's total score is the sum of the hand scores for each of the 10 row and column hands.