HOW TO PLAY BETTING HANDS
There are 16 black-bordered Betting Cards
Betting Categories are
ACTRESS, ACTOR, DIRECTOR & CAST
Teams bet on how many movies they know with that actress in it.
ACTOR--------------name any actor.
Teams bet on how many movies they know with that actor in it.
DIRECTOR--------- name any director.
Teams bet on how many movies they know that were directed by that director.
CAST-----------------name any movie.
Teams bet on how many actors they know in the movie.
BETTING HAND EXAMPLE
Team A is dealt an ACTOR and a DIRECTOR.
Team B is dealt an ACTRESS and a THING.
The THING CARD is discarded.
Team A names an actor and a director.
Team B names an Actress.
Factoring in all 3 categories (ACTOR, DIRECTOR, ACTRESS) the losing team bets how many movies they can name.
CONTROLLING THE HAND
The highest betting team controls the hand.
Only the controlling team's players give answers.
Teams can decide the order of answering players.
No conferring on answers and no hints!
Teams can discuss which Actors, Actresses, Directors and Casts they chose.
ACCEPTING ANSWERS
If a team thinks the movie title is an actual movie, they accept it by having their Producer put a poker chip in the pot. Once the chip is placed in the pot, the answer is accepted. You can use the Popcorn Poker box for the pot.
Play continues clockwise around the circle with the controlling team answering until they reach the amount of their bet or they get 3 CORN BURNS. All titles must be exact (Unless a FREE REFILL is played). Popcorn Poker can be played as casually as you want. Just be consistent. If you allow a team to answer GODFATHER instead of THE GODFATHER, then "THE" becomes a non-issue for all other movie titles during the game.
CALLING BLUFFS
If a team thinks the movie title answer is wrong (or just plain made up), they can have their Producer call a bluff. The Producers from both teams go online for a fact check.
If the answer is not a movie, the bluffing team gets a CORN BURN. If the answer is correct, two chips go in the pot instead of one.
The last answer is automatically fact checked (You can't bluff it!)
HOW TO BET
The initial bet for the 1st hand goes to the team with the player who has been to a movie theater most recently. The losing team starts the betting for the rest of the game.
The maximum bet is 30.
Producers can raise the bet or call.
Betting continues back and forth until one team calls or the maximum bet is reached.
Team's can only talk about how much they think they should bet.
No whispering!
Do not confer on answers!
A team can call the opening bet forcing the other team into their last bet.
SCORING BETTING HANDS
If your team bets 25 and gets 25 answers accepted before getting 3 CORN BURNS, you get 25 points.
You can not get more points than the amount of the bet.
If your team bets 25 and gets three CORN BURNS before reaching 25, the other team gets 25 points and a chance to add on more points.
SCORING PAIRS AND THREE OF A KIND
If you are playing a pair of ACTOR CARDS and you can think of a movie with both actors in it, 2 chips go in the pot.
If you are lucky and flip over three WORD cards and you can come up with a movie title that has all three words in the title, 3 chips go in the pot.
If you get a CAST CARD and an ACTRESS CARD and your actress is in the cast movie, 2 chips go in the pot.
This multiple way to score applies to all categories.
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