Originally posted by HandyAndyWe've not done a poker night local in a long time. We would play nickel dime quarters 50 cent max raise etc. to keep each pot near 7 to 15 dollars rather than someone losing 20 bucks in a single hand. It was dealer choice.
Whatever happened to five-card stud?
I often went with 5 card stud no wild. Most people don't realize a pair of 6 is pretty darn good. They often fold if they don't have at least a pair of face cards. Bluffing is easy too... regardless if you're bluffing that you have a good hand or bad hand.
Originally posted by PhlabibitDeal me in.
We've not done a poker night local in a long time. We would play nickel dime quarters 50 cent max raise etc. to keep each pot near 7 to 15 dollars rather than someone losing 20 bucks in a single hand. It was dealer choice.
I often went with 5 card stud no wild. Most people don't realize a pair of 6 is pretty darn good. They often fold if they don't ...[text shortened]... Bluffing is easy too... regardless if you're bluffing that you have a good hand or bad hand.
When you guys want to learn a real poker game...probably the toughest single game to master, and one that scrambles the brains of Hold'em players....play Omaha Hi/Lo.
THAT is a poker game!! If you really want to juice it up, play the game with a full kill.
That is what I play regularly online and in Las Vegas.
However, online, they don't offer kill pots, only in live games.
In LV, I play either 10/20 or 20/40 with a full kill.
In case you are unfamiliar with what a kill pot is, if the aggregate amount of the pot reaches $75.00 or more,
if the entire pot is scooped by one player, the next hand played becomes a kill pot hand.
For the kill pot hand the stakes are doubled (so if you were playing 20/40 for instance, that hand would be 40/80)
Also, the player who scooped the pot that produced the kill pot, is forced to place a full large blind into the pot for the kill hand.
It really produces action, and then the rest is playing the game of Omaha.
Many Hold'em players get cut to shreds in this game.
I used to play 7 stud all the time until I discovered Omaha.
You can also play Omaha Hi only, but the action is reduced.
The split pot really produces the action, and makes to figure whether your opponents
are going hi, lo or both ways.
I will be in Las Vegas playing at Aria, Bellagio, Mirage and the Orleans playing Omaha H/L June 8-11 if you want to see it first hand.
Another fun game is HORSE.
This is a rotation of 5 different games with time limits on each rotation.
H = Hold'em
O = Omaha H/L
R = Razz (lowball)
S = 7 card stud
E = 7 card stud H/L split
You had better be very good at all of the games or you can get toasted in your weak game.
This game is now the tournament of choice for the pros because of the glut of wild players in Hold'em
At the WSOP, they play a HORSE championship with a $50K entry fee.
It is the richest tournament based on buy in in the world.
Total pot size in the WSOP Hold'em 10K buy in is still the largest payoff because of the huge number of entrants.
Originally posted by shortcircuitKid stuff Electric man. I play strip poker with super models. 😛
When you guys want to learn a real poker game...probably the toughest single game to master, and one that scrambles the brains of Hold'em players....play Omaha Hi/Lo.
THAT is a poker game!! If you really want to juice it up, play the game with a full kill.
That is what I play regularly online and in Las Vegas.
However, online, they don't offer k ...[text shortened]... SOP Hold'em 10K buy in is still the largest payoff because of the huge number of entrants.
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Originally posted by shortcircuitYou forgot Lou.
When you guys want to learn a real poker game...probably the toughest single game to master, and one that scrambles the brains of Hold'em players....play Omaha Hi/Lo.
THAT is a poker game!! If you really want to juice it up, play the game with a full kill.
That is what I play regularly online and in Las Vegas.
However, online, they don't offer k ...[text shortened]... SOP Hold'em 10K buy in is still the largest payoff because of the huge number of entrants.