Vagabond's Poker

Vagabond's Poker is a popular card game played in many a starship, basement, cantina, and back room. A staple of anyplace of low-lighting and inherent seediness, the game is steeped in ritual, tradition, and of course, gambling. While it shares a name with the old card game, Vagabond's Poker is far removed from it's archaic ancestor.
Each player brings to the table a deck of 13 cards, along with whatever of value they are willing to gamble away. Each deck is combined into a single deck. Cards are often personalized by their players, but ultimately will be of one of four suits and be of a value between 1 and 13. Each player does not need to bring a deck assembled of cards in numerical sequence; often, a deck brought by a proliferate player will have multiple high-value cards, and next to no lower-value.
Before play begins, one player is elected to act as the first dealer. The dealer's responsibilities include keeping the deck shuffled and randomized, as well as adjudicating winning hands. The position of dealer will rotate between the players as play continues.
Each round begins with the dealer shuffling the deck and passing out three cards to every player. One card is then set to the side, face down. This is called the Suitor. Two more cards are placed in the center of the table, face down. While there is no official name for this row of cards, it is often referred to as "Inmate's Row", "Landing Strip", and the "River."
Play begins on round 1 with the player to the dealer's left. (Subsequent rounds start with the player that won the last round; if the dealer won, play begins once more with the player to the dealer's left.) Each player has a chance to bid entry to the hand with whichever for of collateral or cash they have brought to the table. When a dispute comes up on the relative value of an item, it is up to the dealer to make the decision as to it's equatable value. If a player decides not to bid, they have been eliminated from the round.
The dealer then reveals the first card of Inmate's Row, and the players take turns betting on their hands. The first bet must be equal to the starting bid, but anyone who bets more sets the new bar for the round. Each subsequent bet must equal or exceed this new floor. At this point, a player may bow out, but any money or items they bet remain in the pot for possible winnings. If no one increases the floor, play commences to the next phase.
After everyone has had a chance to either fold, call, or bet, the dealer then reveals the second face down card. Another phase of betting begins, and once completed the players take turns revealing their hand. The three revealed cards, plus the two face up cards in Inmate's Row, become the player's Smuggle.
There are many different ways of scoring points in Vagabond's Poker, and often disputes arise to the validity of a call. Generally, each table will have a consistent set of ruling parameters. However, there are two rules that you will find at every table. The first is that a Smuggle of all 13's is an instant loss. The second is the revelation of the Suitor.
After each Smuggle is revealed, the dealer will flip the Suitor. Whichever suit the Suitor is of doubles the value of the hand with the most of that suit, and halves the value of the hand with the least. This can cause traditionally low hands to beat out much stronger competition.
The player with the winning hand takes everything in the pot. Play continues with that player becoming the new dealer.
Games often last until one player holds all of the items of value brought to the table, but it can end earlier. If at anytime a player decides they are done, a final calling is performed. All of the cards are returned to the single deck, and revealed. Starting with the player who at the end of the game has the most items of value, each player chooses a card from the deck until every card has been claimed. Because of this, players will usually leave a game with a different set of 13 cards than that which they arrived with.