High Card Flush
A Galaxy Gaming casino table game ranked entirely by flush strength: seven cards dealt to each side, with the best flush (or, lacking one, the best high cards) determining the winner.
Coming soon — not yet playable
Rules
High Card Flush deals seven cards to each player and the dealer. Unlike standard poker hand rankings, hands here are ranked purely by flush length and strength: a player's best flush (the longest run of same-suited cards among their seven, and among those the highest-ranking cards) is compared directly against the dealer's best flush. If neither side has a genuine flush, the highest individual cards are compared instead.
After an ante, players may raise or fold; the size of the legal raise is capped based on how many suited cards a player's hand shows, reflecting how strong a "flush" they're representing. The dealer typically needs a three-card flush of at least 9-high to qualify.
Historical note: marketed by Galaxy Gaming; no individual inventor is publicly documented for this specific title.
Strategy notes: Because the entire game hinges on flush length and strength rather than standard poker categories (pairs, straights, and so on are irrelevant here), players need to re-learn hand evaluation from scratch — a hand that would be strong in normal poker (say, three of a kind with no suited cards) can be nearly worthless in High Card Flush.
Common house rules
Only flush length and strength matter
This is the single most important thing to explain to new players: pairs, straights, and three-of-a-kinds have no special value here unless they happen to also be suited — the entire game is about flush length first, then card rank.
Raise size is capped by flush length
Standard rule: the maximum legal raise scales with how many suited cards a player is showing (representing) — a table should confirm the exact scale before dealing, since it varies by casino.
Dealer qualifier is a three-card flush
The dealer commonly needs at least a three-card flush of 9-high or better to qualify for full comparison — confirm this threshold before playing.
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