I come from a family of notorious gamblers. Any chance we get to bet our hard-earned Ke$ha against the wits & talents of each other we take it! Hold’em Tournaments, football pools, Survivor/Bachelor/Amazing Race/Big Brother/American Idol pools, Reno/Tahoe/Indian casinos, and now — The $3 Shuffle — thanks to Aunt F and HRH Hannah!

Next time you’ve got a fair-sized group of people hanging out try playing this game — it’s a great ice-breaker because it gets everyone excited and there is rarely any arguing considering it’s all based on luck.

The $3 Shuffle

ingredients:
- as many people as possible
- $3 per person
- die

1) sit/stand around a table with each person placing their $3 in front of them

2) starting with the eldest (or youngest, or whoever you goddamn want) each player will roll the die once per turn, and depending on the # they roll they will either pass one of their dollars, throw one into the pot, or get a free pass.

when you roll:

  • 1 – pass $1 to the person on your right
  • 2 – pass $1 to the person on your left
  • 3 – put $1 into the pot
  • 4, 5, 6 – no action, you get a free pass

3) play continues counter-clockwise until every dollar of every player is in the pot, last player to throw in their last dollar wins all the money!

3a) even if you pass away all 3 of your dollars while other people still have them you are not out of the game! there is always the chance that someone to your right or left is going to pass one of their dollars to you on their turn. but remember, you can only roll the die if you have at least one dollar — if you’re out of dollars then the play just passes over you until you get a dollar.

3b) when there is only one person left with money they don’t automatically win! even if they have $2 in front of them and no one else has any they have to continue to roll until they get a 3 and throw their dollars into the pot. if they roll a 1 or a 2 they pass as usual and another player is back in the game. the winner isn’t the last one standing, but rather the last person to throw the last dollar into the pot!

first round of The $3 Shuffle at Aunt F's on Super Bowl Sunday