Dealer's Choice

[MandM_WSU]

This one’s called “The Country Store”:

First the dealer decides on a wild card. Everyone is dealt 3 (or maybe 2) cards in the hole. Three cards are turned face up next to the deck. Each player can choose to take any card at a certain price. The first card (3rd away from the deck) is free. The second card (middle) costs .25 cents. The third card (nearest the deck) costs .50 cents. A player can choose the top card from the deck for .75 cents. Any card that a player chooses must remain face-up in front of him/her. However, if the player chooses a face down .75-cent card from the top of the deck, they may keep them hidden with their hole cards. If a player takes one of the up-cards and places it face down with their hole-cards, this is called “shop-lifting” and they must cough up a .25-cent penalty.

After each up-card is taken, the next card is slid down to replace it, and the .50-cent card is replaced by a card from the deck. If a wild card is up, and a player chooses that card, he/she is essentially saying that they are going to win the hand. If they do not, they must put up half the pot (or $5) for the next game. The game is played until someone wins the whole pot.

The pot builds as each player takes turns drawing a card and adding to the pot. After, each player has a total of 7 cards (3 in the hole and 4 rounds of drawing), there is a round of betting (limit usually) and the best hand wins the pot.

[Lottery Larry]

[ QUOTE ]
Me (A)2A7
Yardley: (?)77K

the last two upcards are:
7, K

I take the 7, and Yardley takes the K.

I bet confidently and Yardley calls for size of pot.

[/ QUOTE ]

... and you lose, or Yardley is an idiot.

[Al Mirpuri]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Me (A)2A7
Yardley: (?)77K

the last two upcards are:
7, K

I take the 7, and Yardley takes the K.

I bet confidently and Yardley calls for size of pot.

[/ QUOTE ]

... and you lose, or Yardley is an idiot.

[/ QUOTE ]

Yardley passed up a king for a seven on third street. He calls because it is limit and it would be a mistake to lose a pot for one bet or if it is no limit because I make it enticingly small to call and I am known to pull outrageous bluffs...or maybe he is an idiot.

[Redskins5326]

my hame is No limit Holdem 1/2, Pot limit Omaha 1/2, Limit O8 3/6, Razz 3/6, and Stud 3/6.

[Frond]

I have been trying to add one other game instead of just playing NLHE every time we get playing cards. Problem is, every time we play there is 2 or 3 who have never played or heard of any other game than NLHE. If it were up to me I would include 7cs, O8, PLO etc,basically all the most popular games right now. Not too much into wild card games though.

[troymclur]

My favorite various when drunk is a game a friend of mine came up with called Balls.

Everybody is dealt 2 cards face down, then they all hold the cards just above the table and on the count of three either drop the cards if they feel it's not a winning hand, or hold the cards if they feel is is the best dealt hand (best obv. being AA).

If everybody drops, everybody antes again and repeats the cycle. If two or more people stay, all the losers have to match the pot. Game ends when only one person keeps their cards.

We usually played a small, .05/.10 game and the pots in Balls will easily get into the 20's and 30's. I've even seen one pot that got up to 120 bucks. Fun times, but can get dangerous very quickly.

[kassdog]

^^^sounds like a variation of guts but played with 3-4 cards, read back a couple for the complete rules.

[WilyTilt]

I've found that dropping isn't the ideal way to play guts - it leaves too much advantage for the guy with the fastest reflexes to drop and steal a pot before it's considered that no one dropped. If I play it I insist we palm a certain color chip for "dropping", another color for "folding". Anyone else do this?

[Befolder]

Auction

Each player is dealt five cards as in five card draw. This is a split pot game w/ both high and low hands winning half the pot.

Very small ante.

3 to five cards are place face down in the middle. The first card is flipped and players may bid as little or as much as they like for the exposed card. Winning bidder pays the fee, takes the card and replaces it with one in their hand face up. Bidding on that card ensues.

If a card is allowed to pass with no bids, it is mucked and the next card is flipped up.

Play continues until the final card is passed, then cards are shown and winners determined. Some folks will bid a lot for certain cards.

[crookdimwit]

I can rarely get my weekly game to deviate from straight Holdem, but we occasionally mess around with Pineapple or Double-Flop hold'em. Both games tend to generate big pots, since everyone convinces themselves they have fantastic odds to stick around preflop...

That said, I hate Pineapple. I tend to lose about $6 a hand with that damn game. Just a horrible, soul-destroying game. ("My full house beats your full house!")...

We usually have 8 or 9 players, so the stud games, unfortunately, are out...