New form of tournament poker (thoughts please) hold'em variation - Page 2

Zetack · #11 05-17-2006, 04:52 PM

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Actually, Aces, I thought it was VERY clear:

"except you have the option of paying a big blind to receive an extra card that you must discard preflop or pay two big blinds and discard the extra card after the flop"

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In defense of Zetack, if you read this literally, the original poster is saying that the "extra" card you receive is the one you must discard.

-McGee

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You are correct- my apologies to both of you. I read that as Pineapple.

OP, if you'd have to discard the 3rd card automatically, this game is dumb and only stupid fishies or degenerate gamblers buy the card.

I'm assuming you have 3 cards to chose from, when folding a card.

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Clearly what the OP wrote is not what he meant. I was just ragging on the guy for a game that would be really dumb if played as literally written.

Hey, I amuse myself with these observations, although clearly not anybody else...

--Zetack

Aces McGee · #12 05-17-2006, 05:28 PM

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Actually, Aces, I thought it was VERY clear:

"except you have the option of paying a big blind to receive an extra card that you must discard preflop or pay two big blinds and discard the extra card after the flop"

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In defense of Zetack, if you read this literally, the original poster is saying that the "extra" card you receive is the one you must discard.

-McGee

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You are correct- my apologies to both of you. I read that as Pineapple.

OP, if you'd have to discard the 3rd card automatically, this game is dumb and only stupid fishies or degenerate gamblers buy the card.

I'm assuming you have 3 cards to chose from, when folding a card.

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Clearly what the OP wrote is not what he meant. I was just ragging on the guy for a game that would be really dumb if played as literally written.

Hey, I amuse myself with these observations, although clearly not anybody else...

--Zetack

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So you got it all along. This is my fault, then. I had a feeling you might've been being sarcastic, but when you posted the same "misunderstanding" twice, I thought you might have actually read it literally.

-McGee

Lottery Larry · #13 05-17-2006, 05:33 PM

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Clearly what the OP wrote is not what he meant. I was just ragging on the guy for a game that would be really dumb if played as literally written.

Hey, I amuse myself with these observations, although clearly not anybody else...

--Zetack

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So you got it all along. This is my fault, then. I had a feeling you might've been being sarcastic, but when you posted the same "misunderstanding" twice, I thought you might have actually read it literally.

-McGee

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And I feel stupid for missing that completely. I may have to drop down a level as punishment.

Bulldog · #14 05-22-2006, 10:24 AM

I'd guess the strategy would be pretty standard:

[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]no extra hole card in EP
[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]pineapple hand in MP
[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]crazy pineapple hand in LP

Position would be everything in this game.

BigFishSmallCardRoom · #15 06-21-2006, 12:59 PM

Yes, you are right about it being pineapple for one small bet and crazy pineapple for two small bets. I guess I didn't write out what was in my head out very clearly. But you guys get the idea.

Fish

JMAnon · #16 06-21-2006, 01:07 PM

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you have the option of paying a big blind to receive an extra card that you must discard preflop

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I don't know that I'd want to pay for a card I had to discard. A big blind seems like a steep price just to have 49 unknown cards out there instead of 50.

--Zetack

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I think you misunderstand the proposed game. You get to chose which of your three cards you throw away; you don't automatically throw away the card you "purchase." So if you get dealt A2 for your first two cards, but took the option to get a third card and were dealt an A, you could toss the 2 and hold AA.

Gorby · #17 06-21-2006, 02:50 PM

Is the decision to pay for the pinapple/crazy done before you recieve cards?

BigFishSmallCardRoom · #18 06-21-2006, 11:28 PM

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Is the decision to pay for the pinapple/crazy done before you recieve cards?

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Yes, it works just like another round of betting where position matters since you will be able to see who buys the extra cards and how much dead money is in the pot. The order is just like preflop.

itsmarty · #19 06-25-2006, 05:42 PM

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What are the dynamics I have to consider?

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The biggest one would be remembering who paid how much and when they had to discard. The easiest way would be to split the descisions/payments, so you pay the BB for an extra card before cards are dealt, and then make the decision (in order starting UTG) to keep it and pay another BB or to discard before the flop is dealt.

Martin