Pineapple Poker – Hold’em’s Relative

by Kole on November 13th, 2010

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It’s Texas holdem, with a twist. At least that’s the way you would see Pineapple Poker described on a drinks menu.

Pineapple poker is usually a tasty version of Holdem in which gamblers each and every receive 3 hole cards instead of two. This obviously increases the odds that a player could land a good high quality starting hand. So, you possibly can expect to see far more players in every pot. The average winning hands are stronger in Pineapple than they’re in Hold’em.

In Pineapple Poker, gamblers do not 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.

Following receiving their cards, players engage in a round of wagering. Now comes a choice. Numerous gamblers wager on the game using this point in the hand to determine which hole card to discard. Discarding your extra hole card prior to the flop is how to play the additional basic model of the casino game of Pineapple.

Except, since you’re spicing things up by playing something other than Hold em in the first place, you’ll be able to determine to bet on the much more favorite version of Pineapple Poker called Ridiculous Pineapple. In this version, which is dealt at several of the online poker rooms, players keep their extra hole card until following the flop is dealt.

Once the flop is dealt and the subsequent betting round is completed, Crazy Pineapple gamblers discard their extra hole card.

For both the basic and the crazy versions of Pineapple Poker, the rest of the hand is wagered exactly like Hold em.

This derivative of Hold’em offers a lot more action, with the familiar gameplay. Gamblers can use any number of hole cards, including none, to produce a hand. The wagering rules are the exact same, and in case you wager on Hold em, you already know most of the system involved in Pineapple Poker.

Except wait, there’s a lot more! Unlike Texas holdem, there’s a well-liked hi-lo (typically called eight or better) version of the game as well. In high/low games, players have a chance to win half of the pot by presenting the very best qualifying low hand at the table.

What’s a qualifying reduced hand? It is one with 5 cards with distinct ranks, all below eight (hence the name eight or far better).
The lowest qualifying lower hand wins half of the pot. So, gamblers have nearly double the odds of winning.

Reduced hand ties are broken by reading the cards as one five digit range, using the highest digits very first. Lowest variety wins. For example, a hand of a,2,four,five,seven would be read as 75,421. A hand of the,three,four,5,six would be study as 65,431, and would win in a tie-breaker.

Ridiculous Pineapple eight or Superior isn’t just a few exotic homegame variety of poker, it’s also dealt at a number of of the net poker rooms.

If you desire to liven up your home games, look at adding a couple of hands of Ridiculous Pineapple to the mix. It is a break from the same ol’ exact same ol’, except since it is hold em-based gamblers don’t require to learn numerous new rules and strategies to love it.

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