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The game of tripoley is a table card game that is made of a combination of card games including hearts, poker and michigan rummy.

Designer:Stanley Hopkins
Players: 2+
Length:45 to 60 minutes

Before you play Tripoley

Objective for Tripoley

Tripoley is a card table game consisting of a combination of three different mini-games, after the initial betting has been made.

  • Game One, Play a game of Hearts
  • Game Two: Play a game of Poker
  • Game Three: Play a game of Michigan Rummy

Setting up Tripoley

Tripoley will need the following

  • 52 Card Deck without Jokers
  • Tripoley Placemat Recommended
  • Chips for Betting

Setup the game in a few steps

  • Setup empty betting spaces in a circle with a poker pot in the middle as followed. View Image example.
  • Betting area for 10 of Hearts
  • Betting area for J of Hearts
  • Betting area for Q of Hearts
  • Betting area for K of Hearts
  • Betting area for A of Hearts
  • Betting area for 8-9-10 Cards
  • Betting area for All One of a Kind Suite
  • Betting area for Q and K of Hearts
  • Betting area for Kitty (Pot is for winner of Michigan Rummy)
  • Betting area for Poker Pot in the middle

When does Tripoley end?

A round of tripoley is over after the three phases of the game are complete and the respective winners have been paid out.

How to play Tripoley?

Phase 1: Dealer + Betting

  • Everyone playing this round bets one chip onto every section
  • Choose a person to be dealer for the first round.
  • Dealer shuffles the cards and deals all the cards per player plus an extra spare hand
    • Ex: if there are 5 people at the table, there should be 6 sets of hands
  • Dealer can choose to switch their hand with the extra spare hand without looking at new cards.

Phase 2: Play a game of Hearts

  • All players look at their hand
  • Players with Heart cards then match the betting pot for the given card, they then receive the chips they are awarded.
    • Players only with both King and Queen can get the respective chips
    • If the 8, 9 and 10 hearts are split amongst players, so are the chip winnings.
  • After the game of hearts is complete, a game of poker is played.

Phase 3: Play a game of Poker

  • Players create a poker hand based on the cards they have
  • Original dealer with the first round of betting.
  • Winner with the best hand gets the chips bet this round and the chips found on the pot for poker in the center.
  • After the game of poker, move on to Michigan Rummy
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Phase 4: Play a game of Michigan Rummy

  • Dealer starts the game of Michigan Rummy with the lowest card in their hand
  • Next available player with the next highest card playing in the same suit
  • This continues until nobody can play another card for the same suit
  • Next round starts with the last player who played the last card on the previous suit, they play the lowest card of another suit.
  • The steps continue as above until all suits have been played
  • The person who gets rid of of all the cards first gets the “Kitty” pot of chips plus an additional chip from every player for each card that player still has.

Phase 5: Starting a New Round

  • The player to the left of the previous dealer is the new dealer for the round
  • Game play continues as normal including betting one chip per section


Finishing Tripoley

Game End Conditions

The game of Tripoley keeps on playing until it is decided to be finished or one player wins all the chips
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Frequently Asked Questions

What are the winning hands for Poker for Tripoley?

  • Straight Flush – Cards in ascending order form the same suit
  • Four of A Kind – 4 of the same card value
  • Full House – 3 of a kind plus tow of a kind
  • Flush – All of the same suit
  • Straight – Cards in ascending order regardless of suit
  • Three of a Kind – 3 cards of the same value
  • Two Pair – 2 separate sets of cards of the same value
  • One Pair – One pair of cards of the same value
  • High Card – Highest value card in hand

What does it take to win the Kitty Pot?

The Kitty pot is awarded to the player who wins the final phase of Tripoley, the game of Michigan Rummy.

What does it take to win the King/Queen Pot?

You must have BOTH King and Queen can get the respective chips in the pot

What if multiple people have 8, 9 and 10 hearts for the pot?

The winnings are distributed as even as possible. Any extras can either be given to a player or saved for the next round.

What happens if someone doesn’t win a pot?

The pot carries over to the new game with players addtion more to the pot during the betting phase.

References for Rules

OBJECTIVE OF TRIPOLI: Have the most chips after 3 rounds!

NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 4-7 players

MATERIALS: Poker chips, board to mark and receive the stakes

NUMBER OF CARDS: standard 52 card deck

RANK OF CARDS: A (high), K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2

TYPE OF GAME: Gambling

AUDIENCE: All Ages

INTRODUCTION TO TRIPOLI

Tripoli, or as it is also often referred to, Three in One, is a contemporary version of the 500-year-old European game Poch. The game can be bought in store in North America under the names TRIPOLEY, Rummoli, Michigan Rummy, and Royal Rummy. However, in German, people can still purchase the original version- Poch (Le Poque).

The game consists of three stages. The first stage, players who have certain cards in hand collect their stakes. In the second stage, players play in a similar manner to Poker, and the last stage is reminiscent of Michigan or Boodle.

The game uses a board, or cloth, as depicted below in order to mark and receive different stakes.

The game also utilizes chips to bet.

THE DEAL & THE STAKES

Prior to dealing out the cards, players are required to place 9 chips on the board. One chip goes to each of the spaces labeled: 8-9-10, King-Queen of Hearts, the Kitty, Ten of Hearts, Jack of Hearts, Queen of Hearts, King of Hearts, Ace of Hearts, and Pot. Some spots may have unclaimed chips from bets from previous games, simply add yours to these.

Once the stakes are placed, the dealer passes each player one card at a time, face-down. The dealer also deals out a spare hand at the same time. Some players may have more cards than others.

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The dealer may, if they don’t like their hand, exchange it with the spare hand. They are not allowed to examine the hand prior to swapping. The dealer’s original hand becomes the new spare hand. Hands may not be combined.

The dealer may also auction the spare hand to the highest bidder. The hand remains unseen in the scenario as well. The player who buys it discards their hand and pays the dealer in chips for the spare. If no one wishes to buy the hand during an auction, the dealer can still swap their hand for it. The dealer can also auction their hand to the bidder after trading it for the spare.

Once a hand is exchanged or auctioned, it may not go back.

Players keep the same hand for all three parts of the game.

PART ONE – COLLECTING STAKES

Players who hold the Ace, King, Queen, Jack, or Ten of hearts takes the chips from the corresponding space.

If a player has both the Queen and King of Hearts, they take chips from both the King and Queen spaces as well as the King-Queen space.

The chips on 8-9-10 can be taken by players with an 8-9-10 in sequence from any one suit (it is not required to be hearts). If two or more players satisfy this, they share the chips equally.

Unclaimed chips are left for future hands so that someone may claim them.

PART TWO – POKER

In the middle of the game is a poker round. Each player creates a 5 card hand and separates it from the rest of their cards. You do not have to make this the best hand possible if you wish to save some cards from being revealed for later in the game. If you are unfamiliar with poker hand combinations, refer to our poker hand rankings page.

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Betting

Bets are placed in the pot space on the layout.

During gameplay in poker, when it is your turn to bet you have three options:

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  • Call. You may call by betting the amount wagered by a previous player. For example, if you bet 5 cents and another player raises the bet amount to a dime (raises 5 cents), you may call on your turn by paying the pot 5 cents, thus matching the 10 cent bet amount.
  • Raise. You may raise by first betting the amount equal to the current wager and then bet more. This increases the wager or bet amount on the hand which other players must match if they wish to remain in the game.
  • Fold. You may fold by laying down your cards and not betting. You do not have to put money in the pot but you do sit out on that hand. You forfeit any money wagered and have no opportunity to win the pot.
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Betting rounds continue until all players have called, folded, raised/have placed equal stakes. If a player raises, once the raise has been called by all remaining players, and there was no other raise, the betting round ends.

Showdown

Once all players have put in equal stakes the showdown occurs. The player with the highest ranking hand takes the pot. If two or more players have highest ranking hands that are equal, the pot is split between them evenly.

Typically, the game has a betting limit that is mutually agreed upon before starting.

PART THREE – Michigan

After the poker phase concludes, players pick up their whole hands and play some Michigan. The winner of the poker pot starts the next game by leading a card. In the even there was a tie, the winner sitting closest to the left of the dealer starts or the dealer starts. The leading card may be of any suit the player chooses, however, it must be the lowest ranking card form that suit they have in hand.

The player who holds the next card in sequence form that suit must play it, placing it face-up on the table. This continues until players finish the sequence with an Ace or can no longer continue. A card that cannot be followed is called a stop card.

Once a stop card is reached, or an Ace, the player who played either the Ace or the Stop card starts again. They may play a card from any suit but the one previously player. The same rules apply as with the first round.

Play continues in this manner until someone runs out of cards. Once this happens, the game stops immediately. The player who played their whole hand wins all the chips in the Kitt on the board. Also, they win from each player the number of chips equal to the cards in their personal hand.

If a player cannot lead after playing an Ace or a Stop card, the turn to lead passes to the player sitting to their left. If that player can also not lead, this continues passing to the left until someone can play.

END GAME

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The game can be continued on until players wish to stop. When they do, there will probably be some unclaimed chips. These chips are typically played for with an extra round of poker. The winner takes all the extra chips. The player with the most chips is the winner of the game!