A long time ago in an old home game with close friends we'd play a degen variation of Guts with a ghost hand we called 44 Guts.
Everyone playing puts in an ante(usually 2bb for whatever blinds are in hold 'em that night).
Everyone is dealt 4 cards, ghost gets dealt 5 cards, 4s are wild.
Everyone looks at their hand, then grabs a chip and holds their hand out, dealer counts down "3-2-1-drop". Anyone who thinks their hand is good drops the chip at the end of the countdown and shows their 4 cards.
If more than 1 human drops a chip, then the best human hand wins the pot and each loser has to match the pot; leading to the pot becoming multiplied when multiple humans drop their chip.
All cards dealt to humans are gathered, shuffled, and redealt for another round while the ghost keeps their original 5 dealt cards.
If only 1 human drops, then they have to beat the ghost's 5 cards to win the pot. If they lose they match the pot and the next round the ghost would get a new hand with everyone else. We also would reveal each of the ghost's cards for dramatic effect as described above by others lol.
Game ends win someone beats the ghost hand.
We'd play a more tamed variation with no wilds where humans get 2 cards and ghost gets 3 cards, but 44 Guts was a long time favorite with some very memorable nights/pots.
Everyone playing puts in an ante(usually 2bb for whatever blinds are in hold 'em that night).
Everyone is dealt 4 cards, ghost gets dealt 5 cards, 4s are wild.
Everyone looks at their hand, then grabs a chip and holds their hand out, dealer counts down "3-2-1-drop". Anyone who thinks their hand is good drops the chip at the end of the countdown and shows their 4 cards.
If more than 1 human drops a chip, then the best human hand wins the pot and each loser has to match the pot; leading to the pot becoming multiplied when multiple humans drop their chip.
All cards dealt to humans are gathered, shuffled, and redealt for another round while the ghost keeps their original 5 dealt cards.
If only 1 human drops, then they have to beat the ghost's 5 cards to win the pot. If they lose they match the pot and the next round the ghost would get a new hand with everyone else. We also would reveal each of the ghost's cards for dramatic effect as described above by others lol.
Game ends win someone beats the ghost hand.
We'd play a more tamed variation with no wilds where humans get 2 cards and ghost gets 3 cards, but 44 Guts was a long time favorite with some very memorable nights/pots.
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