Oct 29, 2003
Allright. here's a poker game everyone should try. It's a variant of Anaconda, but in case you aren't familiar with that here are all the rules:
Mini-Baseball Anaconda
The dealer gives all players seven cards. 3's, 9's, and Queens are wild.
Pass three cards to the left.
Pass two cards to the left.
Pass one card to the left.
Discard two cards and lay down your five card hand. Once it has been laid down, you may not change the order of any cards (except in the case of a four being exposed)
Here's where it's really different than Anaconda- If you expose a red 3 in your first four cards, you have to match the amount of money in the pot.
IF you expose a four, you may ask the dealer for an additional card (You may still only use the best five card hand, but it gives you options)
and finally, the rain-out card. If you expose the queen of spades in your first four cards, the pot stays as it is, everyone gives their cards back to the dealer, and then everyone starts a new game with the pot as was. If the queen is exposed as the last card, it is simply a wild.
Here's another one, and this one get's annoying fast... Let's call it two-jack five card draw.
The players are all dealt five cards.
TO EVEN BEGIN TO BET, one player must have a hand equal to or greater than two jacks. (for instance, three of a kind is greater...)
If NO ONE has at least two jacks or higher, everyone turns in their cards and starts over. The ante stays where it is (so it has good odds of increasing fast.)
IF ONE PLAYER does have the two-jack hand or higher, bidding and card replacement commences as normal. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES MAY THE PLAYERS ASK FOR MORE THAN THREE CARDS, EVEN IN THE CASE OF AN ACE.
ONE LAST RULE! The Highest HAND does not neccisarilly win this game. to win, you must have AT LEAST three of a kind. if no one has at least three of a kind, the game starts over with everyone getting new cards and the pot stays as it was after the betting.
And one last game- SCREW YOUR NEIGHBOR. this game is great. dealer shuffles and passes out one card to each player. the person to the left of the dealer decides if they want to stay or trade. if they want to trade their card, they offer it to the person on their left WHO MUST (except in the case of a jack) trade with them. The object is to get a higher card, there is only one loser, and there can be many winners. The dealer does not trade with the person on his left, he trades with the deck itself. The lowest card loses.
NOW. there are some special rules to this game. IF YOU HAVE A JACK and your neighbor attempts to trade with you, YOU MUST give them the finger, and they DO NOT GET YOUR CARD. IF THERE IS A PAIR OR MORE of one card, then that card is "safe." if it happens to be the lowest card, the next one up loses. This effect stacks, inotherwords, if there are 7 players, and two players have 2's and two players have Jacks and two players have queens and the last player has an ace, then the ace loses.
The person who dealt then discards all the dealt out cards and passes the remaining deck to the left. dealing then commences without shuffling until you run out of cards and have to start over.
Hints for this one: If your neighbor trades with you and the card you recieve is higher than what you had (even if they give you a 3 and you had a 2) you probably want to stay. you are safe.
If you have a 7 or lower you probably want to trade.
Mini-Baseball Anaconda
The dealer gives all players seven cards. 3's, 9's, and Queens are wild.
Pass three cards to the left.
Pass two cards to the left.
Pass one card to the left.
Discard two cards and lay down your five card hand. Once it has been laid down, you may not change the order of any cards (except in the case of a four being exposed)
Here's where it's really different than Anaconda- If you expose a red 3 in your first four cards, you have to match the amount of money in the pot.
IF you expose a four, you may ask the dealer for an additional card (You may still only use the best five card hand, but it gives you options)
and finally, the rain-out card. If you expose the queen of spades in your first four cards, the pot stays as it is, everyone gives their cards back to the dealer, and then everyone starts a new game with the pot as was. If the queen is exposed as the last card, it is simply a wild.
Here's another one, and this one get's annoying fast... Let's call it two-jack five card draw.
The players are all dealt five cards.
TO EVEN BEGIN TO BET, one player must have a hand equal to or greater than two jacks. (for instance, three of a kind is greater...)
If NO ONE has at least two jacks or higher, everyone turns in their cards and starts over. The ante stays where it is (so it has good odds of increasing fast.)
IF ONE PLAYER does have the two-jack hand or higher, bidding and card replacement commences as normal. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES MAY THE PLAYERS ASK FOR MORE THAN THREE CARDS, EVEN IN THE CASE OF AN ACE.
ONE LAST RULE! The Highest HAND does not neccisarilly win this game. to win, you must have AT LEAST three of a kind. if no one has at least three of a kind, the game starts over with everyone getting new cards and the pot stays as it was after the betting.
And one last game- SCREW YOUR NEIGHBOR. this game is great. dealer shuffles and passes out one card to each player. the person to the left of the dealer decides if they want to stay or trade. if they want to trade their card, they offer it to the person on their left WHO MUST (except in the case of a jack) trade with them. The object is to get a higher card, there is only one loser, and there can be many winners. The dealer does not trade with the person on his left, he trades with the deck itself. The lowest card loses.
NOW. there are some special rules to this game. IF YOU HAVE A JACK and your neighbor attempts to trade with you, YOU MUST give them the finger, and they DO NOT GET YOUR CARD. IF THERE IS A PAIR OR MORE of one card, then that card is "safe." if it happens to be the lowest card, the next one up loses. This effect stacks, inotherwords, if there are 7 players, and two players have 2's and two players have Jacks and two players have queens and the last player has an ace, then the ace loses.
The person who dealt then discards all the dealt out cards and passes the remaining deck to the left. dealing then commences without shuffling until you run out of cards and have to start over.
Hints for this one: If your neighbor trades with you and the card you recieve is higher than what you had (even if they give you a 3 and you had a 2) you probably want to stay. you are safe.
If you have a 7 or lower you probably want to trade.
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