Roll your own (poker)

In traditional stud poker games, cards are simply dealt to each player, either face up or face down according to the rules of the game being played, followed by betting. Another method called roll your own has three variations. If you want to play a roll your own game, you must specify whether it is simultaneous choose-after, in turn choose-after, or choose-before. The first method is that on every round where an upcard is normally dealt, each player is instead dealt a downcard. All players then look at all of their downcards and choose one to turn face up, then all players turn their chosen card at once. The in turn choose-after method begins the same way with each player being dealt a downcard, but then the first player to act (determined by the rules of the particular game) turns over his choice of upcard, then the next player may use that information to decide which of his cards to turn up, and then all players follow in turn. The final method is choose-before roll your own, always played in turn. On upcard rounds, before a card is dealt to each player, that player must choose whether he wants to receive it up or down. If he wants to receive it up, he just says so. If he wants to receive it down, he must first turn one of his already-dealt downcards face up, so that all players will still have the same number of up and down cards. When using this method, you will note that cards are not dealt to players starting at the dealer's left as usual, but must start with the high hand showing.

This should not be comfused with rollouts, which are similar.

See also : Poker