The ranking of hands in three card guts is (from high to low): straight flush, three of a kind, straight, flush, pair, high card. The rules remain the same, there are just more hand combinations with three cards. Guts may be played with two or three cards. THE DEAL: Starting from the player to the left of the dealer, each player is dealt 2 (or 3) cards face-down. OBJECTIVE OF GUTS: To win the pot by having the best hand of cards.