JudasHero asked:
Right now, Texas Hold Em is arguably the most popular form of poker, and I believe Omaha, 7 card stud and 5 card draw are still played quite often. Do you play any other variation of poker? If so, what do you play and what do you like about it?
Right now, Texas Hold Em is arguably the most popular form of poker, and I believe Omaha, 7 card stud and 5 card draw are still played quite often. Do you play any other variation of poker? If so, what do you play and what do you like about it?
I have played a variation called “Anaconda”, which is a form of 7 card draw. Each player is dealt 7 cards. One round of betting takes place, and then each player must PASS 3 of his cards to his right. This means if you were dealt a straight, a flush or a full house, your hand just got screwed. After the pass, another round of betting, and then you pass 2 cards. Then another round, pass 1 card, another round and the show down. It’s interesting to get, say, 3, 3, 7, 7, A, K, 10 because in that situation, you have two pair, but to keep it you’d be forced to pass 3 high cards to your opponent.
Alfred
I play several form of poker. A good poker player, is a player who can adapt and play different form of poker. When you’re a skill player in different form, you can decide each day, which game you are going to play, depending on your mood, the other players….etc. It’s always good to have the choice.
Because I enjoy several form of poker, I have to say that I love playing H.O.R.S.E.
Take care
Black Mariah - it is 7 card stud w/ one exception:
If the Queen of Spades comes face-up, it kills the hand.
The pot then grows for the next hand. On the last card, you have the option of taking the card face up or face down.
Some pots have grown quite large !!
I used to play many many forms of poker, but since the texas holdem craze has come about I play mostly holdem. HORSE is a good game because you play 5 different games in one (Limit holdem, Omaha HiLo, Razz, 7 card stud, and 7 card stud 8 or better). It keeps you sharp on many aspects of it. Before the Holdem explosion we would have regular poker night where the dealer picked the games. Here is many different good games to play: Seven card stud and its many variations (Black maria, follow the Queen, low Chicago, horse and buggy, and so on). ***** your neighbor which is a really fun game, 7-27, spit, guts, inbetween or high low, and 5 card draw or stud. I would explain each one but it would make it a very long answer. If you are interested in any particular game, let me know. I don’t know quite how this works as it is the first time I have answered.
I play a lot of pineapple. It is a fun game, also crazy pineapple as well. crazy pineapple is my favorite game to play besides hold em. You get 3 down cards and you all see a flop just like hold em, but you have to discard on card on the flop. So sometimes the card you dump is the one that would have made your hand. Its a pretty fun game.