Hoggenheimer is played with a pack of cards from which the 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, and 6s have been removed, and the Joker (or one of the rejected cards) added.

THE PLAY

After the pack has been shuffled and cut, the banker deals the cards, face downwards, in four rows of eight cards each, and places aside, also face downwards, the 33rd card. Great care must be taken when dealing that no-one sees the face of any of the cards.

The top row is for spades, from Ace to 7; the second row for hearts, from Ace to 7; the third row for diamonds, from Ace to 7; the bottom row for clubs, from Ace to 7.

The players now stake their money. They may stake on a single card being turned up (even chance), or two touching cards being turned up (2 to 1 chance), or all four cards in a column or any group of four touching cards being turned up (4 to 1 chance), or all eight cards in a row being turned up (8 to 1 chance).

Hogenheinmer in progress. Stake 1 is on ♠ 10 being turned up; Stake 2 on ♠ 9, ♠ 8; Stake 3 on all four Queens; Stake 4 on ♦ 10, 9♦, ♣ 10, ♣ 9; Stake 5 on all clubs; Stake 6 on ♥ 7 and ♦ 7.

When the poker players have placed their bets, the banker picks up the 33rd card and shows it. If it is the Joker he wins all the money on the table and there is a redeal.

If, as is more likely, it is another card, he places it in its appropriate place in the layout, exposes the card that it replaces and transfers this card to its appropriate place in the layout; and so on until the game is brought to an end when the banker exposes the Joker.

The banker then collects the money on those chances that have not materialized in full, and pays out on those chances that have.

Games for Five or More Players