| No Limit |
The most simple to grasp, but the most complicated to play.
No Limit is where any Player can commit their entire stack at any point action is on this Player.
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| Texas Hold'em |
The most popular of current poker variant and the most common 888PL Game. |
Omaha
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A little more complicated than Texas Hold'em but the fundamentals remain. The only differences are below;
- Players are dealt 4 hole cards.
- Omaha is generally played as either Fixed Limit or Pot Limit.
- At show-down a player must play 2 out of the 4 hole cards, no more, no less.
- Eg. If there is a flush (diamonds) on the board, the Player will still need 2 diamonds to make the flush.
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| 5 Card Draw |
Probably the first encounter with poker most people have.
There are 5 cards dealt face down to each player.
There is a betting round after the deal, starting to the left of the dealer.
After the round of betting each player discards up to 3 cards.
Once each player has received their replacement cards there is another round of betting after which the players show their hands.
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| 5 Card Stud |
This is a classic game of poker, almost always played fixed limit. This game does not have communality cards.
Each player pays an ante to play, with this they get one face down card, one face up, there is a betting round.
2 more cards are dealt face, after each card there is a betting round.
The fifth card is placed face down, after which there is one last round of betting the best hand wins.
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| 7 Card Stud |
Very similar to 5 Card Stud, aside from after the ante is paid each player receives 2 cards face down and one face up.
The fourth street, fifth street and sixth street cards are faced up, with a round of betting.
Seventh street is placed face down and the final round of betting where at show down the best hand wins.
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| Hi-Lo |
This is a variant played with Omaha and Stud games. This is where the pot will be split into 2 sections, one that plays the highest hand, the other pot pays the lowest (generally the player needs less than an 8 to qualify, if the player does not qualify then both pot goes to the highest hand) |
| Pineapple |
This is a variation of Hold'em in which every player is dealt 3 cards. There is the usual pre-flop and post flop betting, however before the turn is dealt every player must discard one of their hole cards. Turning it into a regular Hold'em game after turn. |
