Posted by Angelique | Posted in Holdem | Posted on 20-12-2010
It is Hold em, with a twist. At least that is the way you would see Pineapple Poker described on a drinks menu.
Pineapple poker is usually a tasty version of Holdem in which gamblers every receive three hole cards rather than two. This obviously increases the odds that a gambler could land a high high quality starting hand. So, you can expect to see a lot more players in every single pot. The average succeeding hands are stronger in Pineapple than they’re in Holdem.
In Pineapple Poker, players do not keep 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.
Immediately after receiving their cards, gamblers engage in a round of wagering. Now comes a choice. Numerous gamblers bet on the 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 wager on the far more basic edition of the game of Pineapple.
But, since you’re spicing things up by wagering something other than Hold em in the first place, you can choose to wager on the a lot more common version of Pineapple Poker referred to as Insane Pineapple. In this version, which is dealt at a number of of the web poker rooms, players maintain their extra hole card until after the flop is dealt.
Once the flop is dealt and the subsequent wagering round is completed, Ridiculous Pineapple gamblers discard their added hole card.
For both the basic and the nuts versions of Pineapple Poker, the rest of the hand is played exactly like Texas hold em.
This derivative of Texas hold em offers more action, with the familiar gameplay. Players can use any number of hole cards, including none, to produce a hand. The betting rules are the identical, and if you play Texas hold’em, you already know most of the method engaged in Pineapple Poker.
But wait, there’s a lot more! Unlike Holdem, there is a well-known high-low (typically referred to as eight or much better) edition of the casino game as well. In high-low games, players have a chance to win half of the pot by presenting the very best qualifying lower hand at the table.
What’s a qualifying reduced hand? It’s one with five cards with unique ranks, all below eight (hence the name eight or far better).
The lowest qualifying reduced hand wins half of the pot. So, players have nearly double the chances of succeeding.
Low hand ties are broken by reading the cards as one five digit quantity, using the highest digits primary. Lowest number wins. For instance, a hand of a,two,four,5,seven will be read as 75,421. A hand of the,three,four,five,six will be read as 65,431, and would win in a tie-breaker.
Crazy Pineapple eight or Greater is not just some exotic homegame variety of poker, it is also dealt at various of the internet poker rooms.
If you want to liven up your home games, contemplate adding a couple of hands of Insane Pineapple to the mix. It’s a break from the exact same ol’ identical ol’, except since it’s hold em-based players don’t need to learn many new rules and strategies to love it.