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8 Card Crapola (8 Card)
"8 Card Crapola" or simply "8 Card" is a card game designed and invented in the town of Grimsby in 2006. The game was initially created as a filler game for regular Hold 'em Poker games whilst players were on their breaks. The game is extremely simple, fun and just needs a single Pack of Card s.

There are a few variations, but the basic type is simple "8 Card Crapola". The regular hierarchy of poker hands is relevant in the game; Royal Flush, Straight Flush, 4-of-a-kind, Full House, Flush, Straight, 3-of-a-kind, Pair and High Card. List is here.

How to play
The game consists of dealing up to 5 players 8 cards each. Once received, each player must "keep 4 and bin 4". To do this, look through your 8 cards and choose 4 to dump off into the muck. Once all players have done this, the regular poker community cards will be dealt. Burn card, Flop (3), Burn, Turn card, Burn and finally the River card. If you play poker, you'll know this already.

Now dealt, you have to make the best hand by using only ONE of the community cards, but ALL of your 4 cards! It's as simple as that.

Betting ideas
There's no set ways to play for money with this game, so find your own ways to make it more interesting regarding betting.

The originators play each hand for £1/$1 a hand (so a 4/1 bet each hand). You can also all place £10/$10 in the pot each and play to win a certain amount of hands. Once reached, the pot is won. This really is open to the imagination.

Just please, gamble responsibly.

The game can be played for fun, too.

Variations of 8 Card Crapola (8 Card)
Variations are plentiful and constantly appearing, so feel free to tweak the game where you wish.

You can deal 9 cards to bin 5 (Called "9 Card Crapola", but doesn't warrant it's own page).

You can play "Double up 8 Card Crapola". This is where you keep 2 set of 4 cards (you muck/bin none). If BOTH hands beat all other hands, you get an extra bet off each person. But, if either of your hands lose, you pay out the bet to each player. It can be very rewarding, or VERY costly.

"Double Deck 8 Card Crapola" consists of using 2 decks of cards in the game. This of course makes drawn hands a lot more common (8 Card sees very little drawn hands). It is still a fast and fun game to play.

"Jokers Wild 8 Card Crapola" is a single or double deck game, where the 2 Joker cards are kept in the deck. This means, Full Houses and Quads (4-of-a-kind) hands become very regular. Jokers are played as any card you wish them to be.