Elevator

Elevator deals like Cincinnati: each player receives five hole cards face down, and a separate row of (commonly five) community cards is dealt face down in the center, shared by every player.

The community cards are then turned face up one at a time rather than all at once. After each community card is revealed, the current highest-ranking community card showing sets the wild rank for that round — every card of that rank, wherever held, is wild for every player, for as long as it remains the highest community card showing. When a higher community card is revealed, the wild rank "moves" to match it (hence "Elevator" — the wild rank rides up as better cards are flipped).

A betting round typically follows each community card reveal, giving players multiple opportunities to react as the wild rank shifts and the wild cards')} value becomes clearer.

Showdown: once all community cards are revealed and the final wild rank is locked in, each player makes their best five-card hand using any combination of their five hole cards and the five community cards, with the final wild rank applied.

Strategy notes: Because the wild rank can change several times over the course of a single hand, hands that look strong early (when a lower community card is wild) can lose value if a higher card is revealed later and the wild rank shifts away from ranks a player is holding — tracking the community row's reveal order is essential.