Bored now. Invent a novel poker variant.

[Phat Mack]

I like this a lot. I can envision it being played hi-lo with no qualifier, then, after the 5th card is rolled, bet-declare-bet.

One of the great things about anaconda is watching the cards travel around the table and trying to deduce who is taking which card. With this variant, it might be even more difficult to do so.

[Ben Young]

well actually, in magic, where you draft 3 packs of 15 cards, first pack left(if I remember correctly, it's been a while, if not then reverse all directions I list) then right then left, some players(ie not me) are able to deduce which colors you are playing and such.

[Nichlemn]

3 Ace NLHE

Simply enough, No Limit Hold'em (could be other games) with the A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] removed from the deck. Despite being a seemingly minor change, it would considerably alter the game:

- Big Aces become weaker as they have five outs to hit a pair rather than 6.
- Pocket Aces become considerably rarer, and slightly weaker as they only have 1 out to a set.
- Broadway and wheel straights are even harder to hit.
- Spade flushes are harder to get, which also reduces the value of suited spades preflop.
- Having the Ace as an overcard to your pair is less of a problem, because (a) there are fewer Aces in the deck that an opponent could have paired and (b) they are more likely to have been folded preflop due to the Aces being weaker.