A private game in a San Francisco loft

San FranciscoShort Deck

36 cards. Bigger hands. More action.

Strictly no rake. The house never takes a cut.

Next confirmed night 2026-06-12

The deck

Strip out the 2s through 5s

Sixteen cards leave the deck. Thirty-six remain, nine ranks per suit, and the six becomes the lowest card in the game. Every hand you are dealt is closer to the top of the deck.

The rankings

A flush beats a full house

With only nine cards per suit, flushes turn rare while sets and boats get easier. So the ladder flips: flush over full house, everywhere short deck is played.

House split to know: some rooms also play three of a kind over a straight. We play Triton rules: the straight stays on top. Always confirm before you sit.

The wheel

A-6-7-8-9 is a straight

Aces still play high and low. With the low cards gone, the ace steps in under the six: A-6-7-8-9 is the new bottom straight, and it gets made far more often than you expect.

The math

Everything hits harder

1 in 12hands are dealt a pocket pair, up from about 1 in 17 with a full deck
~17%of pocket pairs flop a set, against about 12% with a full deck
50/50AK against TT is a pure flip; even AK against KK still wins about 44%
1 in 5starting hands hold an ace, up from about 1 in 7 with a full deck
5 outsto a flush draw instead of 9, so a flush now beats a full house
~45%of open-ended straight draws get there by the river, against about 32% full deck

Shortcut: multiply your outs by 3 for the turn, by 6 for turn plus river. Equities run close, so the action runs hot.

The night

An 8-seat table in a SF loft

  • Ante-only format: everyone antes, the button doubles, the button acts last.
  • Strictly no rake, no fees, no house cut of any kind. Ever.
  • Buy-ins and cash-outs settle in person, cash or Venmo.
  • This site handles signups and availability only.

Take a seat

The high-stakes world moved to short deck: 6+ Hold'em, the game the biggest cash games and the Triton Series made famous.

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