Of all the games one might frequent in a local tavern, River serves as a common way to earn free drinks or lose a small fortune. It is played in much the same way as Poker only with dice instead of cards.

Rules

  1. A round begins with each player purchasing five dice from the banker: 1d4, 1d6, 1d8, 1d10 and 1d12. These become the players’ hole dice. The banker decides the price of the dice but the price must be the same for each player. This serves as the starting bet or ante. The gold is added to the pot.
  2. Each player rolls their hole dice and keeps them hidden.
  3. The banker rolls 1d4, 1d6, 1d8, 1d10 and 1d12 and reveals them for auction.
  4. Players may bid for the auctioned dice. The player who places the highest bid for an individual die may add it to their hand. A player’s hand can only be made of 1d4, 1d6, 1d8, 1d10 and 1d12. For example, if 1d4 is won at auction, it cannot be used together with that player’s hole d4. All gold spent at auction is added to the pot.
  5. Once the auction is complete, the players reveal their hands. The player with the highest value hand wins the round and takes the pot.

Tip: A player may choose to bid at auction in order to make another player spend more gold, or to prevent them from adding a die to their hand.

Hands (Highest to Lowest)

Hand Description Chance
Perfect Odd/Even River 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 or 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 0.16%
Perfect Odd/Even Turn 5, 7, 9, 11 or 6, 8, 10, 12 0.22%
Perfect Odd/Even Flop 7, 9, 11 or 8, 10, 12 0.47%
Perfect Turn 6, 7, 8, 9 0.83%
Perfect Flop 8, 9, 10 1.04%
High Odd/Even River 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 or 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 1.41%
Perfect River 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 1.56%
High Flop 7, 8, 9 1.74%
High Odd/Even Turn 3, 5, 7, 9 or 4, 6, 8, 10 1.95%
High Turn 5, 6, 7, 8 2.15%
High Odd/Even Flop 5, 7, 9 or 6, 8, 10 2.69%
Triple 7s/8s 7, 7, 7 or 8, 8, 8 2.93%
Double 9s/10s 9, 9 or 10, 10 3.36%
High River 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 3.66%
Ordinary Flop 6, 7, 8 4.52%
Ordinary Turn 4, 5, 6, 7 5.04%
Quadruple 5s/6s 5, 5, 5, 5 or 6, 6, 6, 6 5.09%
Low Flop 5, 6, 7 6.96%
Odd/Even Turn 1, 3, 5, 7 or 2, 4, 6, 8 7.70%
High 11/12 11 or 12 8.33%
River 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 8.60%
Double 7s/8s 7, 7 or 8, 8 9.51%
Odd/Even Flop 3, 5, 7 or 4, 6, 8 10.62%
Triple 5s/6s 5, 5, 5 or 6, 6, 6 10.72%
Low Turn 3, 4, 5, 6 11.86%
Low River 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 13.12%
Flop 6 4, 5, 6 16.36%
Turn 5 2, 3, 4, 5 18.10%
High 9/10 9 or 10 18.33%
Quintuple 1s/2s/3s/4s 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 to 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 20.03%
Double 5s/6s 5, 5 or 6, 6 22.56%
Low Odd/Even Flop 1, 3, 5 or 2, 4, 6 24.97%
Flop 5 3, 4, 5 24.97%
Quadruple 1s/2s/3s/4s 1, 1, 1, 1 to 4, 4, 4, 4 27.63%
Turn 4 1, 2, 3, 4 27.63%
High 7/8 7 or 8 30.83%
Triple 1s/2s/3s/4s 1, 1, 1 to 4, 4, 4 38.11%
Flop 3/4 1, 2, 3 or 2, 3, 4 38.11%
High 5/6 5 or 6 47.50%
Double 1s/2s/3s/4s 1, 1 to 4, 4 52.56%