Pineapple Poker – Hold’em’s Cousin
February 13th, 2013 at 14:21
It’s Hold’em, with a twist. At least that is the way you would see Pineapple Poker described on a drinks menu.
Pineapple poker is a tasty edition of Texas hold em in which gamblers each and every receive three hole cards instead of 2. This obviously increases the odds that a player could land a good high quality starting hand. So, you can expect to see far more players in every single pot. The average winning hands are stronger in Pineapple than they’re in Holdem.
In Pineapple Poker, gamblers don’t maintain all three of their hole cards during the entire hand. Instead, they discard one of their hole cards at a designated point in the hand.
After receiving their cards, players engage in a round of wagering. Now comes a choice. Several players wager on the casino game using this point in the hand to choose which hole card to discard. Discarding your extra hole card prior to the flop is how to play the much more basic model of the casino game of Pineapple.
Except, since you are spicing things up by betting something other than Hold’em in the very first place, you are able to choose to wager on the additional popular edition of Pineapple Poker referred to as Crazy Pineapple. In this edition, which is dealt at numerous of the web poker rooms, gamblers keep their extra hole card until after the flop is dealt.
Once the flop is dealt and the following betting round is completed, Ridiculous Pineapple gamblers discard their extra hole card.
For both the basic and the nuts versions of Pineapple Poker, the rest of the hand is wagered exactly like Texas hold em.
This derivative of Hold em offers a lot more action, using the familiar gameplay. Gamblers can use any range of hole cards, including none, to generate a hand. The wagering rules are the exact same, and should you play Texas hold em, you already know most of the system included in Pineapple Poker.
But wait, there’s far more! Unlike Texas hold’em, there is a well-liked high-low (frequently referred to as eight or far better) edition of the casino game as well. In hi/lo games, players have a chance to win half of the pot by presenting the greatest qualifying low hand at the table.
What’s a qualifying reduced hand? It is one with 5 cards with different ranks, all below eight (hence the name 8 or better).
The lowest qualifying reduced hand wins half of the pot. So, gamblers have nearly double the odds of succeeding.
Lower hand ties are broken by reading the cards as one 5 digit range, using the highest digits primary. Lowest amount wins. For instance, a hand of the,2,4,5,7 will be read as 75,421. A hand of a,three,four,5,6 will be read as 65,431, and would win in a tie-breaker.
Insane Pineapple eight or Much better isn’t just some exotic homegame variety of poker, it is also dealt at numerous of the on line poker rooms.
If you wish to liven up your home games, look at adding a couple of hands of Crazy Pineapple to the mix. It’s a break from the very same ol’ identical ol’, but since it is holdem-based gamblers don’t need to learn several new rules and strategies to enjoy it.