[Jambine]

We sometimes play a bastardized 6 card stud version of Pineapple.

Deal 2 down & 1 up (then the 1st betting round)
Deal 2nd up card (then the 2nd betting round)
DISCARD ONE OF YOUR DOWN CARDS
Deal 3rd up card (then the 3rd betting round)
Deal 4th up card (then the 4th betting round)
Deal the last card DOWN, and a final betting round.

BTW, this game generates some VERY big pots, with the extra card and 5 betting rounds.

[Quads]

Eucher.
$5 / trick
Race to 10 for $50

[Magus 23]

Crisscross (or Iron Cross).

First time we played, a got a full house on the last (center) card. And just did it again last game. For 90 percent of my games, I like to shy away from "gimmicks," but any game that treats me this well has to be picked at least once a night.

[Matthew]

Originally Posted by Quads

Eucher.
$5 / trick
Race to 10 for $50

Euchre

per trick or per point?

pay for being Euchred?

pay to try it alone?

[Quads]

Originally Posted by Matthew

Euchre

per trick or per point?

pay for being Euchred?

pay to try it alone?

Depends on the bankroll I guess.

[bmwguy525]

Originally Posted by UW85

I did a Google search for poker game variations and found some pretty cool ones I'd never heard of...my personal favorite. BINGO! Not much skill, lots of luck.

We started playing this one a few games ago and it's quickly become a favorite in our group! If anyone doesn't know this one, here's a little tutorial I made up (how we play it anyways)

BINGO

It's a point system where each card is at face value, faces are 10, aces are 11 AND 1. It's a HiLo split pot at the end, where the highest points and the lowest points split the pot. Fun part is that Aces swing, so if you are lucky enough to get 3 or all 4 aces in your hand, you're likely to scoop. However, if one person discards all of his 5 cards before the last round of betting, the whole pot is automatically won in his favor.

Every player is dealt 5 cards face down. Then 5 seperate sets of 2 cards are laid face down as community cards. A round of betting occurs after you get your cards. The first set of 2 cards is then flipped face up. Whoever has either of the 2 cards in their hand must discard those cards face up in front of them, therefore the points of those cards is deducted from the player's hand. After that, there's a round of betting again and then the next set of cards is flipped over. This continues until all five sets are flipped over. If no one has BINGOd out yet, there is one more round of betting. After that point you can either declare for high, low, or pig, or you can let cards speak. Our group plays declare.

As an example, if our hand is AJ443 our total starting points would be 33. Not too great of a starting hand, as usually the highest point total in a 7 person game would end at around 32-38. If the first 2 community cards turned up are King/4, we drop both of our 4s face up and our total points drops to 25. If we decide to stick around to try to drop our Jack, it would be a huge drop because we would make a 4 low and that's pretty good. So say the next 2 cards turned up are 7/King. Now since the first 2 had a King in it, the new King won't do anything because the other Kings should have been dropped already. Another round of betting occurs after the 7s are dropped. Since we play these kind of games for low stakes, I'd probably hang one more time to try to drop the J. The third set reveals a Jack/2. That's huge, we drop our Jack and anyone who had a 2 now loses that 2, decreasing his probability of a low. We are definitely hanging around now with our 4 low, because if we catch a 3 we have the 1-low, and if we catch the A our 3-low is good because the 2 and A are gone, which is good unless someone BINGOs out. Even if we don't catch a 3 our 4-low will hold for the low most of the time.

If you guys have a fun group of players who likes to take a break from serious poker and play good gambling card games, you have to pick this one up. It's great

[hachkc]

We play a very similar game called Scoop. You only get 4 cards, card turned up 1 at a time and you need to declare BEFORE the last card is turned up. If you dispose of all 4 cards, then you Scoop the pot.

[pryan67]

Black Mariah


7 card stud game


low spade in the hole splits the pot

Queen of spades shows, hand is dead...everyone still in the hand reantes and another deal...if you have the Qs in the hole, you can kill the pot at any time up until the first river card is dealt


if you fold at any point, you're out for the entire round


I've got others, but they're VERY politically incorrect

[2_hotty]

We play Black Mariah but never used the option to kill the round before a board card hits if youhave teh Qs in the whole. I like that. Sometimes we play either black Queen, not just the Qs.

Progressive jacks or better, trips to win, two legged. Starts at Jacks or better, then Q's, K's and A's or better, then recycles back to Jacks. Trips or better to win, to get a leg. If you fold at any time, you're out for the entire game. Two legs win.

Hostorically, this game is either over in 3 hands, or is the biggest pot of the night.

[Q10 soooted]

Originally Posted by bmwguy525

We started playing this one a few games ago and it's quickly become a favorite in our group! If anyone doesn't know this one, here's a little tutorial I made up (how we play it anyways)

BINGO

It's a point system where each card is at face value, faces are 10, aces are 11 AND 1. It's a HiLo split pot at the end, where the highest points and the lowest points split the pot. Fun part is that Aces swing, so if you are lucky enough to get 3 or all 4 aces in your hand, you're likely to scoop. However, if one person discards all of his 5 cards before the last round of betting, the whole pot is automatically won in his favor.

Every player is dealt 5 cards face down. Then 5 seperate sets of 2 cards are laid face down as community cards. A round of betting occurs after you get your cards. The first set of 2 cards is then flipped face up. Whoever has either of the 2 cards in their hand must discard those cards face up in front of them, therefore the points of those cards is deducted from the player's hand. After that, there's a round of betting again and then the next set of cards is flipped over. This continues until all five sets are flipped over. If no one has BINGOd out yet, there is one more round of betting. After that point you can either declare for high, low, or pig, or you can let cards speak. Our group plays declare.

As an example, if our hand is AJ443 our total starting points would be 33. Not too great of a starting hand, as usually the highest point total in a 7 person game would end at around 32-38. If the first 2 community cards turned up are King/4, we drop both of our 4s face up and our total points drops to 25. If we decide to stick around to try to drop our Jack, it would be a huge drop because we would make a 4 low and that's pretty good. So say the next 2 cards turned up are 7/King. Now since the first 2 had a King in it, the new King won't do anything because the other Kings should have been dropped already. Another round of betting occurs after the 7s are dropped. Since we play these kind of games for low stakes, I'd probably hang one more time to try to drop the J. The third set reveals a Jack/2. That's huge, we drop our Jack and anyone who had a 2 now loses that 2, decreasing his probability of a low. We are definitely hanging around now with our 4 low, because if we catch a 3 we have the 1-low, and if we catch the A our 3-low is good because the 2 and A are gone, which is good unless someone BINGOs out. Even if we don't catch a 3 our 4-low will hold for the low most of the time.

If you guys have a fun group of players who likes to take a break from serious poker and play good gambling card games, you have to pick this one up. It's great

Quoting an old post...but when we play bingo Aces are 1/15 instead of 1/11. It obviously makes Aces VERY powerful, but also offsets some of the inherant advantage of going low. If someone loses 3-4 cards early they can keep maxxing the pot (like the low hand of 7/27, 2/22, etc). Having Aces more valuable to high will keep people in and provide more scoop possibilities with a little luck