Stick the Dealer
Definition
A Forced Pick variant where, if every other player passes, the dealer is "stuck" with the blind and must pick. Eliminates Leasters entirely and rewards aggressive picking from the seats to the dealer's left.
Stick the Dealer in play
Stick-the-dealer is a forced-pick rule aimed squarely at the dealer: if everyone passes, the dealer is stuck and must pick, however bad the hand. It abolishes Leasters and quietly pressures the dealer's opponents to pass marginal hands into the dealer's lap, while pushing the dealer to value-bury and scrape 61 out of junk.
Example
“You're dealing, the table passes around to you, and you're stuck — even with a bad hand you must pick.”
Learn more
Related Terms
Forced Pick
A variant where the dealer must pick if everyone else passes, preventing a Leaster.
Dealer
The player who deals the cards. The deal rotates clockwise after each hand. The player to the dealer's left gets first chance to pick.
Leaster
A special hand played when all 5 players pass. Everyone plays for themselves, and the player who takes the FEWEST points wins.
Pass
To decline picking up the blind. If all players pass, a Leaster is played (or forced pick, depending on rules).