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This sounds like a good game. My f-ing father in law had me playing a game called "Goofus" this weekend, and it was excruciating.

Also he was drunk, and changing the rules as we played. Goofus is not a good game.

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this game is actually a variant of the game "guts"..

dealer deals 3 down cards to each player, and two sets of 3 cards to himself, one he picks up the other leaves face down..any pair pretty much, or maybe ace high depending on how many people are playing you hold..1..2..3.."guts".

best hand scoops, and each person has to put in double the pot i believe, so if its 2$, each person puts in 4$..the pot is cleared when only one person is in the hand that doesn't drop his hand(similar to the other one, if you keep your hand you hold it, if you fold you simply drop it upon hearing 'guts'), and beats the dummy hand, or the hand the dealer doesn't pick when dealing himself two sets of 3 cards.

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on that information, puppet > guts because of the variance of running out a holdem board versus 2 downcards, especially when everyone has to turn theirs up and must sweat their ace high holding for $4000 versus just flipping up 3 cards.

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also we played 1 game of omaha puppet, and the variance in that sicko game is just off the face of the earth. we are trying to convince some highstakes ballers to come over and play a game of that, we are convinced we could get a live $100,000 pot of omaha puppet.

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Am I missing something?
As with any game with massive pots and tiny antes/blinds, doesn't it make sense to wait for AA/KK/QQ/AK (if everyone else is playing loose and inflating pots) before going in?

Or am I missing the point and this is just something to play while drunk?

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Am I missing something?
As with any game with massive pots and tiny antes/blinds, doesn't it make sense to wait for AA/KK/QQ/AK (if everyone else is playing loose and inflating pots) before going in?

Or am I missing the point and this is just something to play while drunk?

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Does it make sense to only play AA in NLHE? Your post is borderline OOT-dumb, ducy?

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The name of the game is called Puppet (or as I like to call it, puppet of death)

You start with a fixed ante, in our case tonight $5.

Everyone receives 2 down cards and antes their $5. A seperate two cards (belonging to the Puppet) are also in play.

Everyone decides whether they are in or out by the following: Everyone places a single chip in their palm, and counts "1...2....3...go" and if they are in, they drop the chip down to the table.

Those who are in run their cards out hold'em style against each other, and the puppet. If you win, you get the pot. If you lose, you pay the pot. The game ends when a single player volunteers in the game and defeats the puppet. If the puppet defeats everyone, everyons pays the pot. Whoever wins gets the pot. Simple concept, I think.

pbdrunks gave us this blessed game, and it basically dictated everyone's night in the homegame. I was immediately stuck $5,000 when my A4o could not beat the puppet's 93o (the puppet also defeated yellowsub's J4 in the same hand). Yellowsub proceeded to win the next pot against the puppet, making back for his losses. I am still stuck $5k. Gah!

Dont ask me how a $5 ante five ways turns into a $5k pot, but it happens and it's nasty. Somehow I got back even on the night thanks to Gut and 5/5/15 NLHE/PLO (greatest feeling ever). One player in our home game was up $8,000 and ended the night down a few thousand, all thanks to Puppet.

Anyways, if seeing your friends lose large sums of money makes you very happy, learn the game Puppet. It is the most evil thing ever invented.

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My home game degenerates to this by the end of the night every single time. Its such a sick game.

Oh btw, nits have an ungodly edge in this game. You can pretty much just play aces and RAKE.

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shitt i need to get up on this mayne

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shitt i need to get up on this mayne

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Its pretty hilarious when one guy gets run down by the puppet like 3 times in a row. This game is one of the most fun "retarded poker variants" out there, its so much different than any of the other games, no one knows whats going on, and its wild action.

Best played with sick gamblers or mouthbreathers.

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What is Guts?

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Winnar!!! (except this is the extended version of Holdem Guts; in the original version of Guts you just have one card in the middle instead of running a 5 card board)