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Five-Card Draw is among the simplest and oldest poker variants, in which each player receives five private cards followed by a single round during which they may discard and replace any number of cards. The betting structure typically involves one round before and one after the draw, with hand ranki...

Crazy Pineapple is a community card poker variant derived from Texas hold 'em in which each player is dealt three hole cards instead of two. After the dealer reveals the flop (the first three community cards), every player must discard one of their hole cards. The hand then proceeds exactly like a s...

Pineapple is a Texas Hold'em variant where each player receives three hole cards instead of two. Before the first betting round, players must discard one card, keeping two hole cards for the remainder of the hand. A related variant, Crazy Pineapple, requires players to discard after the flop rather...

Jacks or Better is a form of draw poker in which a pair of jacks is the minimum qualifying pair for certain purposes, such as opening the betting or receiving a payout. In five-card draw, players may discard selected cards and receive replacements before the final betting round. The name is also wid...

Also called Tahoe Pineapple, players retain all three hole cards through the river and discard one only at showdown, maximizing hand flexibility until the last moment.

Follow the Queen is a seven-card stud variant used mainly in home games. When a queen is dealt face up, the next exposed card becomes wild, and a later exposed queen can cause the wild rank to change again; tables may differ on how consecutive queens and the final wild card are handled. Players stil...

Low Chicago is a home-game variant of seven-card stud poker in which the pot is divided into two portions. One portion is awarded to the player with the highest conventional poker hand, while the other goes to the player holding the lowest spade among the two private cards dealt face down. The exact...

High Chicago is a home-game variant of seven-card stud poker that divides the pot between two separate objectives. One half goes to the player with the highest standard poker hand, while the other goes to the player whose face-down private cards include the highest spade. Rules for comparing tied sp...

3-5-7 is a comparison poker game where players separately compete against a dealer using three progressively larger hands of three, five, and seven cards to win respective payouts.

Seven-Twenty-Seven is a poker-related vying game in which players try to form a hand with a point total as close as possible to 7 or 27. The game commonly uses two separate pots, with one awarded for the best qualifying total in each target category. House rules can differ over how totals are calcul...

Midnight Baseball is a home poker variant related to Baseball, a form of stud poker. Its defining feature is that seven cards are dealt face down and exposed one at a time, with play continuing as information about each hand is revealed. Rules vary among home games, including the treatment of wild c...

Indian Poker is a social poker variant in which each player receives one card and holds it against the forehead without looking at it. Each player can see the other players' cards, but not their own, so decisions are based on the relative information visible at the table. The game is commonly used a...

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is a complex home poker variant named after the iconic 1966 Spaghetti Western, featuring special community cards that introduce wilds and discards.

Spit in the Ocean is a draw-poker variant in which each player receives four private cards and one card is dealt face up in the center of the table. The center card commonly acts as a wild card, and it also supplies the fifth card used when evaluating each player's hand. House rules can change the b...

No-Peek is a poker variant in which players receive cards face down and are not allowed to inspect them during the deal. Cards are revealed one at a time, usually as players compare their developing hands with the previous player in the sequence. The game is related to stud poker but replaces ordina...

Roll Your Own is a stud-style poker variant in which players receive cards face down and choose which card to turn face up. The player therefore controls part of the visible information at the table while keeping other cards hidden from opponents. This creates a mix of hand evaluation, uncertainty,...

Oxford Stud is a hybrid poker variant combining elements of Texas hold 'em and seven-card stud, notable for dealing four hole cards and five shared community cards.

Mexican Stud is a poker variant derived from five-card stud in which players receive cards through a sequence of private and exposed cards. A common rule allows a player to choose or reveal a card during the deal, creating an element of control that is absent from ordinary stud. Versions of the game...

Screw Your Neighbor, also known as Chase the Ace, is a simple elimination card game played with one card per player and a limited number of lives or tokens. Players usually look at their card and may exchange it with a neighboring player, while the dealer follows a related rule that can prevent an e...

Criss-Cross is a community card poker variant where five shared cards are dealt face down in a cross pattern, with players utilizing the center card and one specific row.

New York Stud is an early American poker variant and predecessor to modern five-card stud, frequently mentioned in historical gambling literature of the late 19th century.

Black Mariah is a name used for several home-game variants of seven-card stud rather than one standardized poker game. In one documented form, a player must hold both the best poker hand and the highest spade to win the pot; another version uses the queen of spades dealt face up as a signal to end t...

Five-Card Option is a home-poker name for a form of five-card stud played high-low with an added twist round. Each player receives one concealed card followed by four exposed cards, with betting rounds as the hand develops. In the option round, a player may replace one card, normally exchanging a do...

Cincinnati is a community-card poker variant played mainly in home games, with rules that differ between groups. In one five-card version, each player receives five private cards and the table receives five community cards, revealed one at a time with betting between reveals. Players then make the b...

Take It or Leave It is a five-card stud poker variant in which players decide whether to keep or pass an offered face-down card. The first player may keep the offered card and turn it face up, or pass it and receive another card face up; play then continues around the table. Further rounds deal addi...

In Between, also called Acey-Deucey in many rule collections, is a poker-style betting game built around the rank of a third card. Two cards are dealt first, and the player wagers on whether the next card will have a rank strictly between them; a card outside the interval or matching an endpoint nor...

Southern Cross is a home poker variant that arranges five community cards in the shape of a cross. The central card is shared by the crossing lines, and the rules restrict players to forming hands from specified vertical or horizontal lines rather than treating all five cards as an unrestricted grou...

Mexican Sweat is a no-peek poker home game in which cards are initially dealt face down and exposed one at a time. Players must place wagers or follow the deal without seeing their complete hands, creating uncertainty until the final cards are revealed. A common format uses a high-low split pot, but...

Football is a home poker variant based on seven-card stud. In the ruleset commonly associated with the name, threes and sixes are wild cards, allowing them to represent other cards when forming a hand. The exact dealing sequence, betting structure, and treatment of wild cards can vary between home g...