Poker ? Learn The Different Variations Of Poker

Posted by Nick Niesen on October 26th, 2010

Poker is very popular in homes all over America these days, so it is important that you have an overview of the different kinds of poker that are mostly commonly played.

Chinese or Russian Poker: This variation of poker uses a 52 card deck and 13 cards are dealt to each of four players. Each player arranges the 13 cards into the best three poker hands, known as the Front, Middle and Back. The Front is a 3 card hand and the Middle and Back are five card hands and must outrank the Front hand. The hands are then compared. Each hand won, earns a player 1 chip and the overall winner picks up an extra chip.

Chowaha: This is a version invented by Mike Chow and is a variant of Texas Hold?em.

Razz: This game is a variation of Seven-card Stud, except that the lowest hand wins the showdown.

Lowball: This is a game played as Draw Poker, except the lowest hand wins. The best hand is 5-4-3-2-A. The game is called California Lowball if it is played with a 53 card deck and the Joker plays as the lowest card not already present in the player?s hand.

Pineapple: This game is the same as Texas Hold?em except that you?re dealt three cards at the beginning and you must immediately discard one of them before the first round of betting.

Guts: In this game, two cards are dealt to each player, after which each player can opt out of the game. The remaining players then compare hands to claim the pot. Then, the players who stayed in must replace what the winner claimed from the pot.

3-5-7: In this game, three cards are dealt to each player who must decide to pass or stay in. In this round, 3?s are wild and a three-of-a-kind is the best hand. The next best hand is the pair followed by the high card. All the ?in? players show their cards, but only to each other and the winner takes the pot with the losers matching the pot. Now, two more cards are dealt and 5?s are wild. Again, players pass or are ?in?. The player with the highest 5 card hand wins the pot. In the last round, two more cards are dealt to everyone and now 7?s are wild. The maximum number of players is seven.

Anaconda: In this game, each player is dealt 7 cards and must discard and pass three of those to player on their left. Then, they discard and pass 2 cards to the player on their left. Then, they discard and pass one card to the player on their left. After this, each player discards 2 cards into the centre as true discards. Each player then orders the remaining five cards in the stack n whatever order they would like to be revealed. Each player exposes their top card and then bets. Then, the next card in the stack is revealed and the players bet again. This goes on until the final hand is revealed. The high and low players split the pot.