[ereynolds42]

Originally Posted by warthog2

Legs...Three card guts with a redraw. 6's and 9's are wild.

Guts is just an evil game.
7 card stud

[jmda]

Originally Posted by whitepotatoe

cpiaaq or jmda,

What is the proper way to play 727?.

OK first off what is MS stud?

These days we only play casino poker games - I have not played 727 in probably 5 years.

Whatever your ante structure you use for the game works - blinds are ok I guess - we either played dealer antes or everyone antes. The dealer would specify inside beats outside or what ever - inside beats outside - 26.5 beats 27.5 and 7.5 beats 6.5. THe best strategy is bluff that you have the best low hand or have the best low hand and bet the $#%! out it while everyone else goes high - we played 3 passes and you had to stay with what you have.

[erikk]

wow I can't believe I'm going to explain 7/27 to help someone else play it. hate the game with a passion, not because I don't make money on it (I am up a fortune on it because I either play for low or fold right away) but because hands take FOREVER and if you're not in it's annoying as hell to watch because there is really no strategy, only luck.

You are basically playing a split pot game for the person closest to 7 without going over and the closest to 27 splitting. All number cards are worth their value, A's are 1 or 11 and paint is worth a half point. Everyone antes and gets two cards, 1 face up and 1 face down. Then everyone gets the option to take a card or stick starting from the left of the dealer (all cards but the first down card are dealt face up). Betting then starts left of the dealer. After that betting round everyone again gets the chance to pick a card (starting 2 to the left of the dealer) and then a round of betting. Then pull a card (3 to the left of the dealer) and a round of betting. Etc. The game ends when no one pulls a card in the round and hands are turned up, cards speak. 26.5 beats 27.5; 26 beats 28, etc. AA5 or AA32 or AAx plays both high and low and can scoop the pot.

Variations:
first to pull cards does not rotate (HUGE dealer advantage, on top of the huge dealer advantage inherently part of the game)
first to bet rotates (not sure what it does to the game, but somehow it stuck in our game)
playing low does not have to be 7 or under (8 can play for low) (allows bluffing low)

We play this game with a $1 limit (vs our normal $1 BB NL) and somehow the pots still end up being like $40-$60+ on a good game.

Just to add the reason this game is so annoying is you almost always have 1-2 players tops going for low and just milking the pot for whatever they can get. Granted I play where it's 7 or under and I'm guessing it would be more competitive for low if it was just closest to 7 but still it's like flipping a coin for a winning hand at the start of the game and then just trying to milk it for whatever you can get.

[Captn_All_In]

Good point erikk, but man it sure is fun when you rake half of that big pot when you get dealt that 5-2 right off the bat and you raise it to the max every time around!!!

[MeridianFC]

FWIW we do mostly dealer's choice, but that choice is limited to Hold 'Em, Omaha Hi/Lo 8, 7 Stud, 7 Stud Hi/lo 8. We used to have Deuce-7 on the books but no one ever called it so it's gone. Dealer calls the game then when the deck has done one circuit of that game it skips the caller and starts with the person on his left. Keeps the blinds right.

[erikk]

Capt: yeah I hear you and it's a guilty pleasure when someone calls it but it still gets my goat up when I don't play low.

Meridian that's how we do the dealers choice also. But of course we allow any game the dealer wants (except when everyone vetos, but that normally only happens when one guy starts with "lets play this game I made up...")

[Mr Meaner]

Pot Limit 5 Card Omaha H/L 8er(sometimes we play O7) We call this game "Big Mitt"... great game.
Pot Limit Double Flop Omaha High

[Captn_All_In]

Originally Posted by Mr Meaner

Pot Limit 5 Card Omaha H/L 8er(sometimes we play O7) We call this game "Big Mitt"... great game.
Pot Limit Double Flop Omaha High

Hey Mr. your second game was "double flop" what does that mean?

Thanks,

[erikk]

you deal a 10 card board. Remember I mentioned games that one guy calls that get vetoed? ^VETO^

[Captn_All_In]

Originally Posted by erikk

you deal a 10 card board. Remember I mentioned games that one guy calls that get vetoed? ^VETO^

WOW!! 14 cards to make one 5 card hand!!!!!

I really gotta try this game next time!!

How does the betting work?? How are the cards dealt on the board?