New (?) Game: HOLDMAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

Came up with this last night with my buddies and the help of lots of beer and spliffs.

Holdmaha:

Starts off as hold em, ends as omaha.

Everyone is dealt 2 cards. Normal preflop betting.

See the flop, bet as usual.

Before turn card is shown, everyone is dealt a 3rd card.

Turn betting as usual.

Before river card is shown, everyone is dealt a 4th card.

River betting as usual.

Showdown w/ omaha rules, 2 in your hand 3 in community.

Has to be no limit of course cuz limit is gay.


This game was a LOT of fun.

Anyone ever play this game? Any suggestions for variations?

We considered having everyone's 4th card dealt face up... [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

Re: New (?) Game: HOLDMAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

this sounds pretty interesting

Re: New (?) Game: HOLDMAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

Playin a 5-5 House game tommorrow night... We'll try and add this to the DC game... Let ya know how it turns out :P

Re: New (?) Game: HOLDMAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

I have played Nuclear, which is the reverse of what you describe where you discard on the flop and the turn, but you can play 0, 1 or 2.

Re: New (?) Game: HOLDMAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

We played this at a home game last night and it was a lot fun. The only thing we did different was deal the last card up instead of the turn. There was a ton of action and the pots built up pretty quick, we've decided to add it to our rotation.

Re: New (?) Game: HOLDMAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

We've played this in our game for years, except we call it "Holdema" (it rolls of the tongue more easily than "Holdmaha" imo).

There are probably quite a few other home games throughout the world that have invented this exact game!

The best part is having no pair/draw on the turn, and making the nuts on the river anyway.

Re: New (?) Game: HOLDMAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

See this thread from 2005, which proves definitively that our home game invented this form of poker:

http://hwpoker.myfreeforum.org/about60.html