Manila is played with a stripped deck in which all cards below the rank of 7 are removed, so you are left with 32 cards. Each player is dealt two private cards, hole cards. The five community cards are dealt one at a time and each is followed by a round of betting.
At the showdown, unlike Texas Hold’em and more like Omaha , each player makes their best poker hand from both of their hole cards and exactly three of the five community cards.
Because of the deck with less cards, a flush beats a full house. Also, an ace may not be played low for a straight (that is, the hand A-7-8-9-10 is not a straight).
This game can be played in such an order that each player gets 3 cards where one of them is to be discarded at some point. But still the same rule applies: The hand shall be made of ONLY 2 private cards and ONLY 3 cards from the community cards.



















































