Poker variations

Three Five Seven

One poker variation that can be played with anywhere from three to seven players is called Three Five Seven. To start this variation three face down cards are dealt to each person. Now each player must take a look at their cards to determine if they’ll stay in - as in the game called Guts.

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Five-Card Stud

Are you the sort of person who rummages through your relatives personal belongings before Christmas for the purposes of finding out what they got you? Does it cause you to ruin a perfectly good pair or pants when somebody leaps out from behind the baday and yells boo?

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Five-Card Stud - Starting Hands

We can’t think of a Five-Card Stud player say, after being dealt a pair of Aces in the initial deal, "Lord help me, I just didn’t want to start with a pair of Aces".

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Caribbean Stud Poker

If you are a regular casino poker player and you have not yet tried Caribbean Stud - here are the bare basics you’ll need to know. This casino variety is played against "the house" - not the other players. The rules mimic Five-Card Stud. With no bluffing in this variety - some have trouble viewing it as any real extraction of true poker but it is regular casino fare you might wish to learn.

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Billabong and Shanghai

Same old poker buddies, same old snacks, same lame jokes, and the same predictable game. If this sounds something like your home game routine then a change might be in order. Trying a different poker variation might be just what you need to approach your game with a fresh outlook. One such game to try would be Billabong or its close counterpart Shanghai.

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Pineapple

In this situation you don’t have Four of a kind... You MUST discard one of your jacks. Though you still have trips.

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Cincinnati

Cincinnati is the game you’ll like. Because you can make your hand using both 5 hole cards and 5 community cards.

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