Drinking card games

Playing King Drinking Card Game
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Drinking card games are highly popular in US colleges and at any party! Combine different games and a good refreshing drink or three. Pick any of the following games to get the party started!

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Beer poker-shot ante

One of my favorite drinking card games is called Beer poker-shot ante. It is easy: you just need

Drinking Card Games Beer Poker Shot Ante
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  • alcohol

  • and cards.
The dealer deals and everyone antes a shot glass. The betting rounds and rules are the same as Texas Holdem - only instead of betting chips or money, you bet shots.

After the hand is over, the winning hand doesn't drink any. Whoever folded or lost in a showdown has to drink the amount of shots they put in.

You best play it with 4-9 players: if you have only 2 or 3 players, the game might only last 20 minutes till someone passes out!

Texas Holdem Rules

Don't know how to play Texas Holdem? Learn from this video:

Beer poker-shot ante works exactly the same. Only difference: you will bet shots instead of chips.

Make sure to stay safe, and try not to pass out, and definitely DON'T drive home after one of these games.

Black and Red

Another fun and simple drinking card game is Black and Red.

You need:

  • a deck of cards

  • and at least 4 people

You play Black and Red by choosing one player to start. He must guess if the next card in the deck is a red card (heart or diamond), or a black card (Club or Spade).

  • If he is right, he picks someone else at the table to drink a shot. It is still his turn! Until he is...

  • Wrong: He has to drink, and the next player has to guess the next pick.
The game goes on until everyone is done with the stack of cards, there is no time limit.

Why drinking games are so popular

  • Drinking card games can be played at any age (just don't drink alcohol when you are not old enough!)

    • If you are underage or need to drive, stick with

      • Water (see them run to the toilet all the time!)
      • Pop (burping contests, anyone...?)
      • Juice (vegetable juice, very sour or sweet juice - get creative!)

  • Everyone likes party hard and enjoy themselves. Especially in college! They drink until they can't or shouldn't anymore.

"Gimme MORE drinking card games!"

How about Ace of Spades

It's one of the most traditional games.

Drinking Card Games An Ace of Spades
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  • A volunteer goes first and shuffles a deck of cards around on a table. They say "ace of spades" before picking up a card.

  • If the card is not an ace of spades they have drink. They keep taking drinks until they finally get the ace of spades.

  • Then it is the next person's turn to shuffle all the cards and start again!


Drinking Poker

Drinking Card Games Some Beer Bottles with a Deck of Cards for a Game of Beer Poker
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A classic: combine the suspense of Poker with the party atmosphere of drinking games! Just play poker: instead of betting on money you can bet

  • on drinks

  • or removal of clothes (Strip-Poker)
If you play with a pot, you can have everyone pour drinks in a big mug instead of betting chips. The losers has to down all. Careful with mixing different drinks!

Or maybe not, if you want to really punish the loser!

Bullshit

The last game in this series is called "Bullshit".

You deal out the entire deck to the players. They take turns placing down a certain number of cards face down with decreasing card.

Drinking Card Games A Playing Cards Combination of Two Aces and a Joker
(Photo from Will Merydith)

If you start with Aces and someone claims to have 3 aces they can put that many cards down.

  • Anyone who thinks you lie can say "Bullshit!"

  • If you are lying you must drink as many times as there are cards laid down.

  • If you tell the truth, the person who said "Bullshit!" must drink the same amount themselves.

Some vary the rules and double the amount of drinks for the liar.

The amount each person has to drink varies depending on how many people are playing and how much alcohol you can handle.

  • List of All Drinking Games

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    9 Heads
    Answer This
    Asshole
    Bar Dice
    Baywood Kings
    Beer Pong
    Best Sucker Contest
    Big Lebowski Drinking Game
    Bouncing Ball
    Bullshit
    Buzz
    Buzz
    Chair Dance
    Cops and Robbers
    Dictator
    Die-Hard Governatah Fans
    Drag Race
    F.R.I.E.N.D.S
    Flip Cup
    Flip the Quarter
    Fuzzy Duck
    Guess The Coin
    Guess the Ingredients
    Hi-Lo
    Irish Poker
    Jackass Inspired Drinking Game
    Jenga
    Kings
    Kings and Blood
    King's Cup Rules
    Landmine
    Magic Dice
    Match Maker
    Memory
    Monopoly
    Name Game
    Night with Booze
    Pass the Pitcher
    Pick Your Poison
    Power Hour
    Quarters
    Red Means Go
    Ring of Fire
    Rock, Paper, Scissors
    Roll the Dice
    Rolling Match
    Shackles
    Snappa
    Speed Quarters
    Spoons
    Stump Game
    Suck And Chug
    Taboo
    Three man
    Throw Down
    Ultimate Beer Pong
    War
    Whales' Tales


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