Natural and wild cards |Poker Strategy|

Natural and wild cards. It is optional to rule that as between two hands that would otherwise tie, the one containing the fewer wild cards is the higher-ranking poker hand. (This means that in competition for "low hand," as in "high-low poker," such a hand would lose; in competition for high, it would win.) The question of naturals vs. wild cards must be decided by agreement before the game, unless covered by house rules. In the absence of such agreement or rule, naturals and wild cards count the same.

Five-of-a-kind. When there are one or more wild cards, the highest-ranking poker hand is five cards of the same rank or so designated. Such a hand ranks higher than a royal flush.
Chips. Seven or more players should have a supply of at least 200 chips-usually, 100 whites, 50 reds and 50 blues. The white chip is the unit, one red being worth five whites and one blue being worth ten whites or two reds. (These proportions may be, and often are, varied to suit the convenience of the players.)

Banker. One player must be designated as banker, to keep the stock of chips and the record of how many have been issued to each player. Players should have no private transactions or exchanges among themselves; a player with surplus chips may return them to the banker and receive credit for them, while a player requiring more chips should obtain them only from the banker.