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Posted by Nicolae on July 20th, 2008 under Draw poker, Poker
Tags: 3-2-1 Anaconda, 3-2-1 Left, Anaconda, betting, card game, Pass The Trash Poker, Poker, Simple Play, variations •
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Anaconda is a variety of the card game Poker, also called “Pass The Trash Poker.”
Simple Play
This version of the game is also called “3-2-1 Anaconda” or “3-2-1 Left.”
Each player is dealt 6 cards. They then each select 3 cards to be passed to the player on their left. These cards are simply set [...]
Posted by Nicolae on July 11th, 2008 under Poker, Poker variants Guide, games
Tags: Blind man's bluff, drinking game, ESPN, forehead stud, high card, Indian poker, players, Poker, stud poker, texas hold'em, version, World Series of Poker •
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Blind man’s bluff is a version of poker which is unconventional in that each person sees the cards of all players except his own.The standard version (also called Indian poker) is simply high card. Each player is dealt one card which he places on his forehead facing outwards, and a round of [...]
Posted by Nicolae on July 9th, 2008 under Poker, Texas hold 'em
Tags: notation, Pocket Aces, pocket jacks, pocket pair, pocket sevens, queen-nine offsuit, starting hand, strategy, suited connectors, suited hands, terminology, texas hold 'em, wired pair •
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Starting hand terminology and notation
There are (52 × 51)/2 = 1,326 distinct possible combinations of two hole cards from a standard 52-card deck. However, since suits are only relevant for flushes, many of these hands are indistinguishable from the point of view of pre-flop strategy. In fact, considering suits to be equivalent [...]
Posted by Nicolae on July 5th, 2008 under Poker, Rules, Texas hold 'em
Tags: betting structures, examples, kickers, objective, play of the hand, ranks, Rules, sample hands, texas hold 'em, the showdown •
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The descriptions below assume a familiarity with the general game play of poker, and with poker hands.
Objective
Like most variants of poker, the objective of Texas hold ‘em is to win pots, where a pot is the sum of the money bet by oneself and other players in a hand. A pot is [...]
Posted by Nicolae on July 3rd, 2008 under Poker, Texas hold 'em, games
Tags: Casinos, Celebrity Poker Showdown, community card poker games, hold'em, no-limit betting, omaha hold 'em, origins, poker variants, popular culture, spectator sport, texas hold 'em, World Poker Tour, World Series of Poker, WSOP •
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Texas hold ‘em (also hold’em, holdem) is the most popular of the community card poker games. It is also the most popular poker variant played in most casinos in the United States. Its no-limit betting form is used in the main event of the World Series of Poker (WSOP), as seen on [...]