Poker Card Games

When you play poker at you home you can play all the poker card game you want

Live poker is always fun and when you’re playing with friends it’s even better. Make sure you choose stakes that every player is comfortable with as well to ensure a friendly home poker card games where everyone can enjoy themselves.

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Here are some of the most popular home poker games 

• Dealer’s Choice

Dealer’s choice is a form of poker cards games where each player who acts as the dealer gets to select a new variant for the players to play. Betting structure and the overall game is typically the same. It can be played for free or for real money with bets usually kept to a minimal.

• 7 – 27

This game is played with a maximum of 10 players and no wild cards. Since 7/27 is a counting game, each card dealt to a player has a value. The object of 7/27 is to reach either 7 or 27 by accepting or turning down cards. This game is a split game, meaning one or more players will be playing for high (27) while one or more players will be playing for the low pot (7).

• Jacks or Better

Jacks or Better is played just like a 5 Card Draw game and prior to the hands being dealt the dealer must choose how many draws players must take and whether the draws are optional or not. Players will than receive five cards face down. Each player will have their turn to open and can only open if they have a pair of jacks or better in their hand. If a player does, they will inform everyone at the table that they are able to open and place an opening bet. Those who wish to stay in the game will call the bet and the dealer will deal the additional cards to the players. Players will again have the chance to bet and a showdown will take place. The best five card hand wins the pot.

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• Guts

Players will first ante into the pot. Each player receives three cards from the dealer, dealt face done. Players will than look at their cards and decided if they want to play in the hand simultaneously. This is usually done by taking a poker chip and discreetly placing it in your hand or hiding it. Everyone brings their close fists to the center of the table and opens. Those who drop chips are the players who are playing the hand and the others who did not drop are now out of the game.

The players will than flip their cards over and the player with the best three card hand wins the pot. We have listed a basic reference guide to the rankings for playing three card poker below this article for you.

• Post

To begin playing post each player will first need to ante into the pot. The dealer will than deal players two cards each face up. The player to the left of the dealer will than decide if they want to take a card or muck their hand. The object of the game is your 3rd card must fall in the middle between the two cards on the table in relation to ranks. As an example; if you have a 3 and 10 you would want a card between 4 and 9 in order to win the pot. If the card given to you is higher or lower than your spread you will pay the cost of the ante into the pot. This is how the pots get so big so fast.

• Black Mariah

Each player will receive two down cards and one up card. The player to the left of the BB will start the first betting round by calling, raising or folding. This will continue until each player at the table has had the opportunity to play their hand. The dealer will then deal players 4th street followed by another round of betting. This process will continue until the final card dealt which is 7th street and will of course be dealt face down. The player with the best hand, and highest spade face down wins.

• Seven Up Poker The card game is played just like Holdem in that there is a flop turn and river card with a betting round in between each and similar to the game of Omaha, players will need to make their 5 card hand based on their 2 hole cards and three community cards.

There are also, lots of fun tournament formats that can be played with 6-10 players at a home poker games.

A few popular tournament formats include knockout tournaments, heads-up tournaments and many others. It isn’t hard to set-up a quick tournament with your friends.

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