HOW TO PLAY LIAR'S POKER

At the start of a hand, each player is given a unique eight digit serial number. The first person makes a bid, which is a guess as to how many of a certain digit is contained in the combination of all the serial numbers. For example, a bid of 2-4's means that the bidder believes there will be at least two fours found when combining all of the serial numbers together.

Each player in turn has to call the previous bidder a liar, meaning he or she believes there will not be that many digits contained in the combination of all serial numbers; or make a higher bid. A higher bid is either a higher count of any digit (for example, 5-3's is higher than 2-4's), or the same count of a higher digit (for example, 2-6's is higher than 2-4's). Again, each player must make a higher bid or call the previous bidder a liar.

The bid will eventually get high enough where all other players will call the bidder a liar. When this happens, all serial numbers will be revealed, and the digits will be counted. If the bidder's bid was untrue (for example, there was only 1-4 when the bidder bid 2-4's), then the bidder will give each person a point. However, if the bidder's bid was true (for example, there were 5-4's when the bidder bid 2-4's), then each player gives a point to the bidder.