In a message dated 4/9/2004 9:31:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time, bryann at bryann.net writes: > I started poking around the internet (that's awfully close to a > pun, don't you think?) to see if I remembered all this correctly > (why I didn't do this BEFORE replying escapes me), and most of the > pages I found do NOT require you to use the two cards in your > hand. You can even make your hand out of the five face-up cards > on the table. Okay, I can see that, but using the five cards in the middle means that *at*best* you'll tie for best hand with everyone else (since they can also use those same cards). Doesn't seem to add anything to the game. --KG