Poker Card Games

All you hear anymore is about Poker this and Poker that.

Well, it is time to join everyone and see what all the excitement is about. Here is a breakdown of some popular Poker Card Games and how to play them.

Starting with the very old Five Card Draw, this game has dated back to saloons and cowboys playing around the campfires. You will need between two and five players to play. There will be an Ante and two rounds of betting. A player receives five cards that are face down and after the first round of betting, can discard up to five cards or receive up to five cards. The best hand wins after the second round of betting.

Dragon Poker A fictional card game from the "Myth Adventures" series by Robert Asprin, featured primarily in the book Little Myth Marker

The rules are simple and the action is fast paced. There are four rounds of betting. You receive two Hole cards or face down cards and five cards are face up for all the players to use. After the cards are received, there is the first round of betting and some players may fold if they know they can’t meet the high stakes. Then, three more cards are turned up and another round of betting and then one more card, more betting, and then one last card.

Omaha Hi is a like Texas Holdem. You can also play up to ten players.

Seven Card Stud uses two to eight players. There will an Ante and five betting rounds. A person receives three cards face down and four cards face up. You need to make the best hand out of five cards. Another version of this game is Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo. You do the same exact thing but try to get the lowest Poker hand.

Caribbean Stud Poker is where everyone plays against the house and not against each other. All you have to do is beat the dealer’s hand. The House is the bank and places the bets. There are four betting rounds. You are dealt four cards down and five cards up for everyone to share. Then, the player has to make their poker hand out of two cards from the three that was face down and add three face up cards. You can play for the highest or lowest Poker hand.

Baccarat
Possibly the most exciting of all poker games, Baccarat's frills are what made it so well-liked. What is the enticement of the game? It is a game of pure luck.

Faro
Faro is an older poker game. It was at one time the most popular played game in England.

Red Dog
This game is not very popular in casinos, but it is often played at home just for fun.

Let It Ride
This game is based on Poker, and is played in some casinos.

500 Gin Rummy Poker
The unique feature of 500 Gin is that each person scores the amount of the sets he melds, plus the standard points for going out and for cards still in the other players' hands. 500 Gin is one of the premium games in the Rummy family.

Fan Tan
It is a fast and easy game to play. It is also referred to as Parliament, Sevens, Card Dominoes, and Stops.

California Jack
This game is an alternative to the All Fours game with this exception: everyone restocks their cards from the stock after every trick, and the stock, not like any other card game, is at all times facing upwards instead of downwards.

The Game of Phat
The game of phat is an easy to play Poker Card game where trump is dictated by the first card led. It’s amusing, it’s quick and everyone can play.

Polignac Card Game
An Old French game also known as Knaves.

King Card Game
This game is often called Preference for women. The name of the game comes from the King of Hearts, which is the main figure of the game.

Thousand Card Game
This game is well known in several Eastern European countries, including Russia, Belorus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Poland and Lithuania.

66 Card Game
A great trick taking game.


Great ideas for poker.

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