Community Card Poker Games
In community card poker games each player is dealt an unfinished concealed poker hand (hole cards). This is then shared with the community cards to make a full hand. The set of community cards is called a board and may be dealt in a line or arranged in a particular pattern. The rules of each game establish how the community cards may be combined with each player's concealed hand.
The most acknowledged community card poker game is Texas Hold'em and variants thereof. In home games, it is normal to use an ante, while casinos normally use only blinds for these poker games. Fixed limit games are more common in casinos, while spread limit games are more common in home poker games. No limit and pot limit games are less common but some poker games play more often well with those structures.
Texas Hold Em
2 down to each (rest are community cards). Bet. Burn and turn ("flop"
3 cards). Bet. Burn and turn. ("turn" 1 card). Bet. Burn and
turn. ("river" 1 card). Bet.
Showdown: Best 5 card hand possible using any combination of 2 in pocket
and 5 community.
Omaha
Like Texas, but players dealt 4 cards (instead of 2) at beginning. Players
must use 2 of their 4 hole cards, and 3 of the 5 community cards when
constructing their hand.
Irish
Played the same as Omaha Hold 'Em, with one exception:
After seeing the first three community cards on the flop, each player
must discard two of their four cards. The rest of the game is played
with players using the five community cards and the two cards left in
their hand.
Super Eight
Played the same as Texas Hold 'Em, with the one exception that
each player is dealt three cards at the beginning of the game instead
of two.
Variations
Tahoe
Played the same as Super Eight, with the one exception that
each player can only use two of their three hole cards in their final
hand.
Pineapple
Played the same as Super Eight, with the one exception that
players must immediately discard one of their three hole cards between
the first betting round and the flop.
Crazy Pineapple
Played the same as Pineapple, with the one exception that players
discard one of their hole cards after the flop and before the second
betting round.
Features to change the game
High / Low
This feature is 'split-pot poker', where the pot is split between TWO
winning players. In High/Low, the pot is split between the player that
has the best hand at the table, and the player that has the worst hand
at the table.
Leg Poker
This feature is more like two games in one. Most commonly played as
double-legged poker, this variation requires that a player win the game
twice before he can collect the pot. The game plays as it normally would,
except that when a player wins with the best hand, that player does
not yet collect the pot. Instead, that players has earned a leg towards
winning the pot. The pot remains in the center of the table, and the
same game is dealt again, complete with betting rounds. The first player
to win two legs wins the giant pot. A Three-Legged Race is triple-legged
poker, where a player must win three legs before claiming the pot.
Lowball
This is 'all-low poker'. The worst hand at the table wins the pot. It
is especially challenging in Draw Poker, where you may draw higher cards
than the ones you threw away, or where you may accidentally pair up
with one of the cards in your hand.
With The Bug
This is a feature usually used for the entire night. One Joker is put
into the deck. That Joker is called 'the bug', but it has limited wild
card value. It can only be used to complete a Straight or a Flush. Otherwise,
it has no value. This would be stipulated as opposed to tables that
play with Jokers as wild cards that have no limited wild card value
and can be designated as any card to complete any hand.
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Last updated:
June 2, 2005
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