All Entries in the "Poker Games" Category
A-5 Triple Draw Poker
As in Deuce to Seven Triple Draw, you are trying to make a low hand, but in Ace to Five straights and flushes do not count against you and Aces play for low. This means that the best possible hand you can have is A2345 with flushes being irrelevant to the rank of the hand. [...]
2-7 Triple Draw
Deuce to Seven Triple Draw is a 5 card draw low game. Each player is dealt 5 cards and the goal is to make the lowest possible 5 card hand. There are three draws with a round of betting between each, for a total of four betting rounds. After each round of betting players choose [...]
Crazy Pineapple
Crazy Pineapple is played out much the same way as Texas Hold’em, with the distinction that each player initially dealt three cards. Betting goes as normal before the flop and on the flop. However, following the round of betting on the flop, each player discards one of their hole cards starting from the left of [...]
3 Card Poker
Three card poker starts with the dealer and the player are each dealt three cards. The player is shooting for 2 bets: “Pair Plus”, which is the poker player betting that he/she will have a pair or better, and “Ante”, which is the player competing versus the dealer’s hand. Players can bet either pair plus [...]
5 Card Draw Poker
As with Hold’em and Omaha, 5 card draw uses what is called a dealer-button to indicate the theoretical dealer of each hand. After each hand is completed, as with standard poker rules, the button moves clockwise to the next active player. This player will be considered “the dealer” for that hand. The player next to [...]
H.O.R.S.E.
Since 2006, when the World Series of Poker introduced it into their line-up of events, HORSE has gained popularity in the poker community. HORSE involves playing four variation games – Holdem, Omaha Hi/Lo (Eights or better), Razz, Seven Card Stud, and Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo (Eights or better). The eights or better refers to the [...]
Razz
There are several types of poker games – even one for the worse hand! Yes, there is a game for the lowest hand in poker, and it is called Razz Poker. Razz is a Seven Card Stud poker game where instead of the highest hand winning, the lowest hand wins the pot. The object of [...]
Badugi – How to play Badugi
Badugi is a game that has gained wide popularity especially on Merge sites like Lock Poker. They even have daily freerolls for it. Badugi is not complicated to play, but it can be confusing to a new player just learning it. The rules are clear and easy to understand. To begin with, Badugi is a [...]
Poker Definitions – Complete glossary of Poker Terms
Poker Terms Action A term for betting & raising Ante A small portion of a bet contributed by each player to seed the pot at the beginning of a poker hand. All-In If a player runs out of chips while betting or calling, he is considered to be all-in. In table stakes games, a player [...]
Poker Hand Rankings
Royal Flush: Ten, Jack, Queen, King, Ace of the same suit. Straight Flush: Straight with all five cards in the same suit. Four of a Kind: Four cards of the same number or face value (“quads”). Full House: Three cards of one number or face value and two cards of another number or face value. [...]
