Do wild cards speak?

[maryfield48]

Hi,

I've been looking around online and haven't seen this question directly addressed. In the showdown in a game with wild cards does the player have to nominate what his wild card(s) represent, or does the table just formulate the best hand?

In the case at hand, a player made a flush with a natural K, and a wild card, and at the showdown called out "Flush, King high", when of course he should have nominated the wild card as an Ace. His opponent had an Ace high flush with no King, so it was the difference between winning & losing - what's the right decision?

Peter

[LetsRock]

Typically, if the hand is tabled, the cards speak and can be read by anyone. There are home game rules where you have to call your own hand so it could be ruled either way depending on the home game rules.

[Paul2432]

Slightly off topic, but in most home games is a double ace high flush possible? For example does:

Ah-wild-9h-3h-2h

Beat

As-Ks-9s-3s-2s,

or is that a tie?

Paul

[daryn]

interesting question. surely 4 Aces and a wild is 5 aces, so 1 ace must be of a duplicate suit. so logically you should be able to have an Ad Ad Kd xd xd flush.

[Easy E]

By convention, wild cards substiture for cards you DO not have but that DO normally exist. The doubling feature is ignored for 5-of-a-kind (call it the X of suit eagle, like those old 5-suit decks that companies tried to introduce years ago0 and hands where both players have the "same" card/suit.

Special house rules may override this convention.

[Lottery Larry]

"surely 4 Aces and a wild is 5 aces, so 1 ace must be of a duplicate suit. so logically you should be able to have an Ad Ad Kd xd xd flush. "

Technically you are correct. I think wild cards have to be used to make "real" hands, however. Five-card hands are the only exception to this, since they don't exist in "real" poker hands.

[Easy E]

based on highest suit, or natural beats wild card hands, this is a tie

[RollaJ]

Barring any other rules being specified, Id say the highest possible hand that can be made by the cards tabled is what the player should get credited for.

[Stew]

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Barring any other rules being specified, Id say the highest possible hand that can be made by the cards tabled is what the player should get credited for.

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That's what I say, but again House Rules should override anything. IF there is no House Rule pertaining to Cards Speaking, then the cards speak, simple as that.

Why the hell are you playing bingo anyway?

[Lottery Larry]

bingo and other crazy wild card games can be fun! Besides, bad poker players fool themselves a lot with these games and pay off a lot when they shouldn't