Pokerstars.com – Obscure
Category: Poker
www.pokerstars.com – With the growth of poker, there have been numerous new types of game which have developed in different parts of the world. I can of course, only speak for my own part of the world, but we have our odd poker games which we occasionally play, and these are quite unusual in their rules.
The first of these I will mention, is widely known as ‘Irish poker’. I do not not exactly how the game got it’s name, but the rules basically involve Texas holdem, but with three hole cards. the twist in the game is that once the flop has been dealt, each player gets to discard one of their three cards, and the game plays from there as normal. This means that stronger hands will be made, and there is more to interest players preflop, in the same way as Omaha, but the game still retains all it’s Texas Holdem qualities. Other games include one simply called ‘Seven Card’ This is similar to three card poker, except each player is dealt seven cards and must then discard one.
The resulting six cards must be used to make two seperate three card hands. You must beat each player with your best hand first, then the second best hands are shown and you must also win that to claim the pot. These interesting versions of well known games, are fun to involve in home games, but I cannot see them being involved in the WSOP tournament schedule any time soon.