The World of Poker

July 14, 2010

There are an assortment of poker games available today, each with various rule variations, approaches and strategies.

One such popular game is Texas Hold’em, which is often shortened to just Hold’em.  It can be played in various forms including Limit, Pot Limit or No Limit and each uses a different method of play.  Texas Hold’em is described as a community card game and players each receive a set of two cards while sharing five common cards.  The winning player is the one who stays in the pot until the final round and combines their cards with the community ones to make the best hand of five cards.  Alternatively if no one calls the only remaining hand will win. Poker for free is also one alternative to enjoy a game of poker.

Another similar card game is entitled Omaha Hold’em and it is also a community card game.  Omaha players get four personal cards instead of just the two and share five community cards.  The hand most often played is eight-or-better high-low split, Omaha is also played high only, and also can be played Limit, Pot Limit or No Limit, but this is very rare.

Pineapple Hold’em also takes the nickname of Crazy Pineapple and is a game that is halfway between Texas Hold’em and Omaha Hold’em.  Players are each dealt three cards which they unite with five common cards; however Pineapple Hold’em calls for players to discard one of their three cards.  This takes place after the flop in Crazy Pineapple, and before the flop in “regular” Pineapple.  This particular game is normally played high-low split and is also sometimes nicknamed “Watermelon” as players are in a sense required to” spit out the seeds”.

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