Atlassino Academy · Other tables · Lesson 13
Póker mediterráneo: five cards against the bank
Póker mediterráneo is five-card poker against the casino, under the rule book of Cordoba: an Ante, one card you may change, a double bet to stay in, and a bank that needs an ace and a king.
You hold ace, king, seven, nine, three, and the bank shows a five. You have an ace and a king; the bank needs exactly that to play. Is your hand worth the additional bet?
The short answer
No. In póker mediterráneo the ace and king count as a hand for the bank only: against a bank that plays, a hand with no pair loses both bets. By our count, entering with that hand comes to −118.40% of the Ante on average, against −100.00% for folding; even a pair of twos is worth entering, at −94.23%.
Leoformer dealer · rules and maths
This is poker without opponents: your five cards against the casino’s, with one card you may buy and one card of the bank’s you can see. The rules below are from the Córdoba rule book, and the Entre Ríos guide describes the same game.
Poker against the casino
The rule book of Cordoba calls póker mediterráneo a variant of poker with the same hands, set apart by the limits a game banked by the casino needs. The table has six numbered boxes and six seats; the deck has fifty-two cards; only seated players play, and every seated player bets on every hand.
To receive cards you put in an Ante, also called the “luz”.
One hand, from the Ante to the payout
Each player and the bank get five cards. The players’ cards are all face down; the bank’s first four are face down and the fifth is face up.
Ante
Every seated player puts in the Ante, the “luz”.
Five cards
Five to each player face down; five to the bank, the fifth face up.
Change one?
You may change one card, paying the bank the amount of your Ante.
Enter or fold
Enter with an additional bet of twice the Ante, or fold and lose the Ante.
The bank
Turns its cards over: it plays with an ace and a king, or more.
Paid
Each hand is settled against the bank on its own.
Once everyone has decided, the bank turns its cards over and, if it plays, each player’s cards are turned over in seat order and settled one by one. After seeing their cards, players may not share anything about them, or make bets with each other or the dealer.
Changing one card
After looking at your cards, and before deciding whether to enter, you may change one card by paying the bank an amount equal to your Ante. The change is paid whatever comes.
What a change can bring is a matter of counting: you see your five cards and the bank’s one, so 46 cards are unknown to you. Holding four spades and changing the fifth card with the bank showing a diamond, 9 of those cards make a flush and 12 more make a pair. By our count that change is worth its price: −18.69% of the Ante on average with the change, against −100.00% for folding the hand as it is.
A change is not always worth it. Holding two pair, nines and fours, changing the king for a chance at a full house costs more than it brings: 4 of 46 cards make it, and the change comes to +231.70% of the Ante against +278.12% for entering without it.
Enter or fold
A player who does not enter loses the Ante. A player who enters puts in the additional bet, twice the Ante: 20 units on an Ante of 10 units. A player without the amount for the additional bet loses the Ante as a penalty.
By our count, in every hand of the practice run below a pair or more is worth entering and a hand with no pair is cheaper folded, whichever card the bank shows there. With a pair of twos against a five showing, entering comes to −94.23% of the Ante on average, a little less than the −100.00% of folding. The reason is the bank’s own rule below.
The bank’s ace and king
The bank plays only with an ace and a king, or a higher hand; ace and king count as a hand for the bank only, not for the player. When the bank does not play, it pays the Antes of the players who entered 1 to 1 and returns their additional bets.
Over a full deck, by our count, the bank does not play on 43.68% of hands. With no pair, that is the only way your additional bet comes back and your Ante is paid; against a bank that plays, a hand with no pair loses both. With the five showing and your ace-king hand, the bank plays on 54.60% of the ways its other four cards can fall.
The pay table, and ties settled by suit
A player with the higher hand is paid the Ante 1 to 1, and the additional bet by the table.
| Hand | Pays | On 20 units | How often |
|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 1 to 1 | 20 units | 42.26% |
| Par doble | 2 to 1 | 40 units | 4.75% |
| Trío o pierna | 3 to 1 | 60 units | 2.11% |
| Escalera | 4 to 1 | 80 units | 0.39% |
| Color | 5 to 1 | 100 units | 0.20% |
| Full | 7 to 1 | 140 units | 0.14% |
| Póker | 20 to 1 | 400 units | 1 in 4,165 |
| Escalera color | 50 to 1 | 1,000 units | 1 in 72,193 |
| Escalera real | 100 to 1 | 2,000 units | 1 in 649,740 |
Equal hands go to the higher cards of the hand that made the tie, then to the higher of the remaining cards, one by one, and if everything is still equal, to the suits, ranked spades, clubs, diamonds, hearts. There is no standoff.
Mayaformer floor supervisor · manners, money and breaks
Every hand you enter puts three times the Ante on the table, and a change adds one more. Keep the amount for the additional bet in front of you, decide the money and the time at home, and leave the seat when either runs out.
If the money on the table starts to feel like money you need, the lines below are there for exactly that.
If it stops being fun
If gambling stops being entertainment, help is available. Minimum entry age: each province sets its own. Where we found the rule or regulator that sets it, we cite it on the page; those we found set it at 18. More on responsible gaming.
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The same game in Entre Ríos
The player’s guide of Entre Rios describes the same game under the name “Póker”: an Ante, five cards each for the players and the bank, one card bought for the amount of the Ante, an additional bet of twice the Ante, a bank that needs ace and king, and the same pay table. It adds an insurance bet whose value and pay table each casino sets, paying from a straight up. This page does not price it: the table belongs to the room.
Practice: enter or fold, pay the hand
Level 1 shows your five cards and the bank’s one card showing and asks whether to enter. Level 2 shows both hands after you entered and asks what your hand gets on balance. The 10 units is an example Ante, not a suggested bet.
Nothing is bet here, and nothing is random. Each question is a set picture of cards, and the answer is worked out from the same rules and the same count as the rest of the page.
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BANCA
YOU
- Your hand no hand
- On the table Ante 10 units
You have changed no card. Enter or fold?
- Enter: put in the additional bet, 20 units Folding costs less here: −100.00% of the Ante, against −118.40% on average with the additional bet in.
- Fold and lose the Ante, 10 units Folding costs less here: −100.00% of the Ante, against −118.40% on average with the additional bet in.
- Ask the next player what they hold Once the players have seen their cards, they may not share anything about them.
Entering costs the additional bet, twice the Ante; folding costs the Ante. By our count, in every hand of this practice run a pair or more is worth entering and no pair is cheaper folded: with no pair, the only way to be paid is a bank that does not play.
BANCA
YOU
- You par
- Banca no hand
- On the table Ante 10 units, additional bet 20 units
What does your hand get on balance, the Ante and the additional bet together?
- 30 units lost Not this one. Both bets are lost only when the bank plays and holds the higher hand, or you have no pair.
- 10 units paid Not this one. The Ante alone is paid only when the bank does not play.
- 30 units paid The bank plays on its ace and king, and any pair is above that: the Ante is paid 1 to 1 and the additional bet by the table, 20 units.
The bank plays with an ace and a king or more. When it does not, the Ante is paid 1 to 1 and the additional bet comes back. When it does, a hand with no pair loses both bets, and otherwise the higher hand decides: the Ante paid 1 to 1 and the additional bet by the table, or both lost. Equal hands are settled by the cards, then the suits.
Every question in the practice run is worked out the same way: the cards are put through the same rules and the same count as the rest of the page, and the answer comes out of that, not out of anybody’s memory.
How the practice run works
Where the questions come from. Every answer is worked out when the page is built: enter or fold by counting every way the bank’s four hidden cards can fall, and every payment by the Cordoba rule book. The wrong answers are named mistakes: the bank’s ace and king taken for no hand, a hand with no pair taken for one, the additional bet paid 1 to 1, and a tie taken for a standoff.
One strip, and no rounds. Every square on the strip is one question of this lesson, and all of the squares are there from the start. Your first answer fills the square it belongs to; when the squares of one level are full, the next level begins by itself. Practising a question you got wrong turns its cross into “fixed in practice” and does not change the count, because only first answers count.
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Check yourself
Mayaformer floor supervisor · manners, money and breaks
Four quick ones. Pick an answer, then check it. No timer, no points: just whether it stuck.
Back to the question we opened with. No: your ace and king are not a hand, and against a bank that plays they lose both bets. Fold it, or, with four cards to something, think about the change first.
Where to go next, and further reading
18+ under each province’s rules · Play responsibly · the helplines are further up this page
Further reading
- Reglamento del Póker Mediterráneo · Lotería de Córdoba S.E.The full rules of the table: the Ante, the change of one card, the extra bet, the bank’s ace and king, ties and the pay table.
- Póker (Juegos tradicionales de casinos) · Instituto de Ayuda Financiera a la Acción Social (IAFAS), Entre RíosThe same game in the player’s guide of Entre Ríos, with an insurance bet whose table each casino sets.
How it’s worked out
Rules, numbers, sources and hosts
Where the rules come from. The table is described by the rule book of póker mediterráneo of the lottery of Cordoba, which this page follows throughout, and by the player’s guide to poker of the Entre Rios institute, which describes the same game in fewer words and adds the insurance bet. Where only one of them says something, the button under the sentence shows which.
Numbers. Every enter-or-fold answer is counted exactly: your five cards and the bank’s one card showing against every way the bank’s four hidden cards can fall from the 46 you cannot see. Every change is counted the same way for each of the cards that can come, with the better of entering and folding after it. Every share of hands is counted exactly over a full deck. Nothing here is typed in by hand.
What the count leaves out. The price of the whole game is not counted: it needs the right choice for every hand, every card the bank shows and every change of card, and that count is beyond this page. Each count is for one player at the table; the cards the other players hold are left out. The insurance bet of the Entre Ríos guide is not counted: each casino sets its table. No document we could read prints how many hands an hour a table plays, so there is no price of an hour here.
Our readings. Ace-two-three-four-five is counted as a straight; the rule book defines a straight as five consecutive cards and says nothing of a low ace. When everything else is equal, we compare the highest suit among the cards that made the tie.
Sources. Every rule on this page carries a button with the sentence it rests on, in the rule book’s own Spanish, the publisher who wrote that sentence and the date we read it.
Hosts. Leo and Maya are illustrated characters. Their backstories, a former dealer and a former floor supervisor, are written for the course: neither is a real person, and neither speaks for any casino. The rules and numbers on this page come from the sources it cites, not from their experience.
No promise. Every hand at this table has a price. Knowing when to fold and when a change pays for itself lowers what you pay; nothing on this page changes which cards are dealt, and nothing here says how an evening at the table would end.
The bank’s ace and king
Esta entrará en juego sólo si recibe un AS y un REY (se considera juego únicamente para la Banca, no para el apostador) o juego mayor.Free translation: It will come into play only if it receives an ACE and a KING (considered a hand only for the Bank, not for the bettor) or a higher hand.
Lotería de Córdoba S.E. (portal) · Reglamento del Póker Mediterráneo · read
Si entra en juego, siendo el juego para calificar para la banca “as” “rey”, el Pagador recogerá las apuestas de quienes no tengan juego como así también de quien tengan un juego menor al de ella y pagará a quienes tengan un juego mayor.Free translation: If it comes into play, the qualifying hand for the bank being "ace" "king", the Payer will collect the bets of those who have no hand as well as of those who have a lower hand than the bank's, and will pay those who have a higher hand.
The bank’s ace and king
Esta entrará en juego sólo si recibe un AS y un REY (se considera juego únicamente para la Banca, no para el apostador) o juego mayor.Free translation: It will come into play only if it receives an ACE and a KING (considered a hand only for the Bank, not for the bettor) or a higher hand.
Lotería de Córdoba S.E. (portal) · Reglamento del Póker Mediterráneo · read
Si entra en juego, siendo el juego para calificar para la banca “as” “rey”, el Pagador recogerá las apuestas de quienes no tengan juego como así también de quien tengan un juego menor al de ella y pagará a quienes tengan un juego mayor.Free translation: If it comes into play, the qualifying hand for the bank being "ace" "king", the Payer will collect the bets of those who have no hand as well as of those who have a lower hand than the bank's, and will pay those who have a higher hand.
Equal hands
De producirse una igualdad entre el juego del apostador y de la Banca, ganará quien posea las cartas de más alta denominación que componen el juego que origina la igualdad.Free translation: If the bettor's hand and the Bank's hand tie, the winner will be the one holding the cards of highest denomination among those that make up the hand that causes the tie.
Si continúa la paridad, se definirá con la carta de mayor valor que no haya participado en la definición anterior y así sucesivamente hasta cotejar la última carta.Free translation: If the tie continues, it will be settled by the card of highest value that did not take part in the previous comparison, and so on until the last card is compared.
Si no obstante continúa la igualdad, se definirá teniendo en cuenta el valor de los palos del naipe según la siguiente escala decreciente: PIQUE, TRÉBOL, DIAMANTE, CORAZÓN, considerándose a éstos efectos las cartas del juego con el cual comenzó la igualdad.Free translation: If the tie nevertheless continues, it will be settled by taking into account the value of the suits of the cards according to the following descending scale: SPADES, CLUBS, DIAMONDS, HEARTS, considering for this purpose the cards of the hand with which the tie began.
Lotería de Córdoba S.E. (portal) · Reglamento del Póker Mediterráneo · read
Short of chips
En el caso de que algún apostador, no tuviera el importe necesario para efectuar su apuesta adicional, se le impondrá una multa que consistirá en la pérdida de su "Ante" o "Luz".Free translation: If a bettor does not have the amount needed to make his additional bet, a penalty will be imposed consisting of the loss of his "Ante" or "Luz".
Lotería de Córdoba S.E. (portal) · Reglamento del Póker Mediterráneo · read
A game banked by the casino
la diferencia entre ambas está dada en las limitaciones que se imponen al "PÓKER MEDITERRÁNEO" con respecto al tradicional por ser el primero, bancado por el CasinoFree translation: the difference between the two lies in the limitations imposed on "PÓKER MEDITERRÁNEO" compared with the traditional game, since the former is banked by the Casino
Lotería de Córdoba S.E. (portal) · Reglamento del Póker Mediterráneo · read
The table and the deck
Mesa con seis casilleros numerados y seis asientos para ser ocupados por los apostadores que participarán del juego, siendo éste el límite por mesa.Free translation: Table with six numbered boxes and six seats to be occupied by the bettors who will take part in the game, this being the limit per table.
Naipe de 52 cartas tipo francés, formado por los palos PIQUE, TRÉBOL, DIAMANTE y CORAZÓN.Free translation: Deck of 52 French-type cards, made up of the suits SPADES, CLUBS, DIAMONDS and HEARTS.
Únicamente participarán del juego aquellos apostadores que se encuentren sentados a la Mesa.Free translation: Only those bettors who are seated at the Table will take part in the game.
Todo apostador sentado a la mesa, deberá realizar apuestas en todos los pases, si así no lo hiciere tendrá que ceder su asiento.Free translation: Every bettor seated at the table must place bets on every round; if he does not, he must give up his seat.
Lotería de Córdoba S.E. (portal) · Reglamento del Póker Mediterráneo · read
The Ante first
Para recibir cartas, el Apostador deberá realizar una apuesta inicial denominada "ANTE" o "LUZ".Free translation: To receive cards, the Bettor must place an initial bet called "ANTE" or "LUZ".
Lotería de Córdoba S.E. (portal) · Reglamento del Póker Mediterráneo · read
Para poder participar del juego Ud. debe realizar una apuesta denominada "Ante" o "Luz".Free translation: To take part in the game you must place a bet called "Ante" or "Luz".
Five cards, one showing
Se darán cinco cartas a cada Apostador y cinco para la banca.Free translation: Five cards will be dealt to each Bettor and five to the bank.
Las cartas de los apostadores se darán todas cubiertas. La banca recibirá las cuatro primeras cubiertas y la quinta descubierta.Free translation: The bettors' cards will all be dealt face down. The bank will receive the first four face down and the fifth face up.
Lotería de Córdoba S.E. (portal) · Reglamento del Póker Mediterráneo · read
Turned over and settled
Luego de que todos los apostadores hayan manifestado su decisión de entrar o no, la banca procederá a descubrir sus cartas.Free translation: After all the bettors have stated their decision whether or not to go in, the bank will proceed to reveal its cards.
Si entra en juego, el Pagador solicitará a los apostadores que descubran sus cartas de a uno por vez, comenzando por el asiento número uno y continuando con los siguientes, cotejándolas con las suyas.Free translation: If it comes into play, the Payer will ask the bettors to reveal their cards one at a time, starting with seat number one and continuing with the following ones, comparing them with the bank's.
El Pagador, definirá cada apuesta en forma individual, retirando carta y postura cuando el apostador pierda, y cartas previo pago de apuesta, cuando el apostador gane.Free translation: The Payer will settle each bet individually, removing the cards and the stake when the bettor loses, and the cards after paying the bet when the bettor wins.
Lotería de Córdoba S.E. (portal) · Reglamento del Póker Mediterráneo · read
No talking about your hand
Una vez que los apostadores hayan visto sus respectivas cartas no podrán intercambiar información entre sí, referida a su juego, bajo ningún concepto. Tampoco podrán efectuar apuestas o desafíos entre sí o al Pagador por ninguna alternativa o circunstancia del juego.Free translation: Once the bettors have seen their respective cards, they may not exchange information with one another about their hand under any circumstances. Nor may they make bets or challenges between themselves or against the Payer on any alternative or circumstance of the game.
Lotería de Córdoba S.E. (portal) · Reglamento del Póker Mediterráneo · read
Changing one card
Recibidas las cartas por el apostador observará las mismas, y antes de decidir si entra en juego o no, podrá realizar el cambio de una carta, previo pago a la Banca de un importe igual a la apuesta realizada al "Ante" o "Luz".Free translation: Once the bettor has received the cards, he will look at them and, before deciding whether or not to go in, may exchange one card, after paying the Bank an amount equal to the bet placed on the "Ante" or "Luz".
Lotería de Córdoba S.E. (portal) · Reglamento del Póker Mediterráneo · read
Una vez que Ud. haya visto sus cartas y lo crea conveniente, podrá cambiar una de ellas mediante la compra de la misma, que recibirá pagando una suma igual a lo apostado en "Ante" o "Luz".Free translation: Once you have seen your cards and if you think it advisable, you may change one of them by buying it, which you will receive by paying a sum equal to what was bet on "Ante" or "Luz".
Si opta por no cambiar, podrá considerarse servido.Free translation: If you choose not to change, you may be considered served.
Enter or fold
Si no entra en juego, perderá su apuesta de "ANTE" o "LUZ" . Si decide entrar, deberá efectuar la "APUESTA ADICIONAL" que consiste en apostar el doble de la efectuada en "ANTE" o " LUZ".Free translation: If you do not go in, you will lose your "ANTE" or "LUZ" bet. If you decide to go in, you must place the "ADDITIONAL BET", which consists of betting double the amount placed on the "ANTE" or "LUZ".
Lotería de Córdoba S.E. (portal) · Reglamento del Póker Mediterráneo · read
Si decide retirarse, perderá su apuesta a "Ante" o "Luz".Free translation: If you decide to withdraw, you will lose your "Ante" or "Luz" bet.
Si elige entrar en juego, deberá realizar una apuesta adicional igual al doble de la efectuada en "Ante" o "Luz".Free translation: If you choose to go in, you must place an additional bet equal to double the one placed on the "Ante" or "Luz".
Short of chips
En el caso de que algún apostador, no tuviera el importe necesario para efectuar su apuesta adicional, se le impondrá una multa que consistirá en la pérdida de su "Ante" o "Luz".Free translation: If a bettor does not have the amount needed to make his additional bet, a penalty will be imposed consisting of the loss of his "Ante" or "Luz".
Lotería de Córdoba S.E. (portal) · Reglamento del Póker Mediterráneo · read
The bank’s ace and king
Esta entrará en juego sólo si recibe un AS y un REY (se considera juego únicamente para la Banca, no para el apostador) o juego mayor.Free translation: It will come into play only if it receives an ACE and a KING (considered a hand only for the Bank, not for the bettor) or a higher hand.
Lotería de Córdoba S.E. (portal) · Reglamento del Póker Mediterráneo · read
Si entra en juego, siendo el juego para calificar para la banca “as” “rey”, el Pagador recogerá las apuestas de quienes no tengan juego como así también de quien tengan un juego menor al de ella y pagará a quienes tengan un juego mayor.Free translation: If it comes into play, the qualifying hand for the bank being "ace" "king", the Payer will collect the bets of those who have no hand as well as of those who have a lower hand than the bank's, and will pay those who have a higher hand.
When the bank does not play
Si no entra, pagará los "ANTES" (1 a 1) de aquellos apostadores que decidieron entrar, reintegrándoles la "APUESTA ADICIONAL" que queda nula.Free translation: If the bank does not go in, it will pay the "ANTES" (1 to 1) of those bettors who decided to go in, returning to them the "ADDITIONAL BET", which is void.
Lotería de Córdoba S.E. (portal) · Reglamento del Póker Mediterráneo · read
Si la Banca no entra en juego, pagará las apuestas de "Ante" o "Luz" en relación uno a uno y devolverá las apuestas adicionales.Free translation: If the Bank does not come into play, it will pay the "Ante" or "Luz" bets one to one and will return the additional bets.
The pay table
A todos los apostadores que hayan ganado se les pagará lo apostado en la "LUZ o ANTES", en una relación de uno a uno (1 a 1) y la "APUESTA ADICIONAL" de acuerdo a la siguiente tabla:Free translation: All the bettors who have won will be paid what they bet on the "LUZ or ANTES" at a ratio of one to one (1 to 1) and the "ADDITIONAL BET" according to the following table:
PAR 1X1Free translation: PAIR 1X1
PAR DOBLE 2X1Free translation: TWO PAIR 2X1
TRÍO O PIERNA 3X1Free translation: THREE OF A KIND 3X1
ESCALERA 4X1Free translation: STRAIGHT 4X1
COLOR (cinco del mismo palo) 5x1Free translation: FLUSH (five of the same suit) 5x1
FULL 7X1Free translation: FULL HOUSE 7X1
PÓKER 20 X 1Free translation: FOUR OF A KIND 20 X 1
ESCALERA COLOR 50 X 1Free translation: STRAIGHT FLUSH 50 X 1
ESCALERA REAL 100 X 1Free translation: ROYAL FLUSH 100 X 1
Lotería de Córdoba S.E. (portal) · Reglamento del Póker Mediterráneo · read
Par simple: dos cartas del mismo valor y paga 1x1Free translation: Single pair: two cards of the same value, pays 1x1
Par doble: dos pares de par simples y paga 2x1Free translation: Two pair: two single pairs, pays 2x1
Trío o Pierna: tres cartas del mismo valor y paga 3x1Free translation: Three of a kind: three cards of the same value, pays 3x1
Escalera: cinco cartas de valor consecutivo y paga 4x1Free translation: Straight: five cards of consecutive value, pays 4x1
Color: todas las cartas del mismo palo y paga 5x1Free translation: Flush: all cards of the same suit, pays 5x1
Full: un par simple y un trío o pierna y paga 7x1Free translation: Full house: one simple pair and a three of a kind (trío or pierna), pays 7x1
Póker: cuatro cartas del mismo valor y paga 20x1Free translation: Four of a kind (Póker): four cards of the same value, pays 20x1
Escalera Color: cinco cartas de valor consecutivo y mismo palo y paga 50x1Free translation: Straight flush: five cards of consecutive value and the same suit, pays 50x1
Escalera Real: 10, Jack, Queen, King y As del mismo palo y paga100x1Free translation: Royal flush: 10, Jack, Queen, King and Ace of the same suit, pays 100x1
Equal hands
De producirse una igualdad entre el juego del apostador y de la Banca, ganará quien posea las cartas de más alta denominación que componen el juego que origina la igualdad.Free translation: If the bettor's hand and the Bank's hand tie, the winner will be the one holding the cards of highest denomination among those that make up the hand that causes the tie.
Si continúa la paridad, se definirá con la carta de mayor valor que no haya participado en la definición anterior y así sucesivamente hasta cotejar la última carta.Free translation: If the tie continues, it will be settled by the card of highest value that did not take part in the previous comparison, and so on until the last card is compared.
Si no obstante continúa la igualdad, se definirá teniendo en cuenta el valor de los palos del naipe según la siguiente escala decreciente: PIQUE, TRÉBOL, DIAMANTE, CORAZÓN, considerándose a éstos efectos las cartas del juego con el cual comenzó la igualdad.Free translation: If the tie nevertheless continues, it will be settled by taking into account the value of the suits of the cards according to the following descending scale: SPADES, CLUBS, DIAMONDS, HEARTS, considering for this purpose the cards of the hand with which the tie began.
Lotería de Córdoba S.E. (portal) · Reglamento del Póker Mediterráneo · read
Five cards each
Posteriormente, el Pagador entregará cinco cartas a cada apostador e igual cantidad para la Banca.Free translation: Afterwards, the Pagador (dealer) will deal five cards to each bettor and the same number to the Banca (the house).
Changing one card
Recibidas las cartas por el apostador observará las mismas, y antes de decidir si entra en juego o no, podrá realizar el cambio de una carta, previo pago a la Banca de un importe igual a la apuesta realizada al "Ante" o "Luz".Free translation: Once the bettor has received the cards, he will look at them and, before deciding whether or not to go in, may exchange one card, after paying the Bank an amount equal to the bet placed on the "Ante" or "Luz".
Lotería de Córdoba S.E. (portal) · Reglamento del Póker Mediterráneo · read
Una vez que Ud. haya visto sus cartas y lo crea conveniente, podrá cambiar una de ellas mediante la compra de la misma, que recibirá pagando una suma igual a lo apostado en "Ante" o "Luz".Free translation: Once you have seen your cards and if you think it advisable, you may change one of them by buying it, which you will receive by paying a sum equal to what was bet on "Ante" or "Luz".
Si opta por no cambiar, podrá considerarse servido.Free translation: If you choose not to change, you may be considered served.
The insurance table
Por último se puede realizar una apuesta de seguro, el cual se lo establece al valor del mismo cada casino, y el mismo se paga mediante una tabla que siempre estará visible en cada de mesa.Free translation: Lastly, an insurance bet (seguro) can be placed; its value is set by each casino, and it is paid according to a table that will always be visible at each table.
La tabla de pago de seguro es establecida por cada casino, los cualesestarán publicados y pagan a partir de escalera.Free translation: The insurance payout table is set by each casino, will be posted, and pays from a straight upward.