Scrotum (also called Sack) is a community card game where each player is dealt 5 hole cards face-down. Players then choose which cards to keep — discarding 0 to 4 cards by placing them face-down under their wager. The kept cards stay face-down, but must be spread out and capped with a chip so every opponent can see how many cards each player kept. Community cards are then dealt in the standard Hold'em pattern (flop, turn, river). At showdown, each player's final hand must use all remaining hole cards combined with community cards to make the best 5-card hand.
Watch a Sample Hand
See how choosing how many hole cards to keep — a decision everyone at the table can count — changes the entire strategy!
POT
Player 2
Player 3
YOU (Hero)
WINNER!
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Ready to Deal
Press Next Step to begin dealing the sample hand.
Key Rules
5 hole cards dealt face-down to each player
Discard 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4 cards (place discards face-down under your wager)
Kept cards stay face-down — spread and capped so everyone can see how many you kept
Best 5-card hand using ALL remaining hole cards plus enough community cards to total 5
4 betting rounds: after discard & cap, flop, turn, river
Betting Sequence
Receive 5 hole cards face-down
Discard 0–4 cards; spread the kept cards face-down and cap them
Betting round (after discard & cap)
Flop (3 community cards)
Flop betting
Turn (4th community card)
Turn betting
River (5th community card)
River betting & showdown
Key rule: You must use ALL of your remaining hole cards combined with the necessary community cards. If you kept 2 hole cards, you use both + 3 community. If you kept 3, you use all 3 + 2 community. No choosing — all of them count.
Strategy Tips
Keeping fewer hole cards gives you more flexibility — but everyone sees how many you kept, and the count talks
A pair becomes very powerful if you can keep both cards, since both must be used
Count what opponents keep — a player capping four or five cards is announcing a big made hand or a big draw
Discarding three or four cards is risky: you become very board-dependent
Broadway draws (A-K, A-10, etc.) work well with 2 kept cards when the board runs out high
