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

Pineapple poker is a tasty model of Texas holdem in which players each and every receive 3 hole cards rather than two. This obviously increases the chances that a gambler could land a good quality starting hand. So, it is possible to expect to see additional gamblers in every pot. The average succeeding hands are stronger in Pineapple than they’re in Texas hold em.

In Pineapple Poker, gamblers don’t maintain all 3 of their hole cards during the entire hand. Instead, they discard one of their hole cards at a designated point in the hand.

Right after receiving their cards, gamblers engage in a round of betting. Now comes a choice. A lot of gamblers wager on the casino game using this point in the hand to determine which hole card to discard. Discarding your additional hole card before the flop is how to play the additional basic model of the game of Pineapple.

Except, since you are spicing things up by playing something other than Holdem in the 1st place, you can decide to play the additional common version of Pineapple Poker known as Crazy Pineapple. In this edition, which is dealt at several of the web based poker rooms, gamblers maintain their added hole card until soon after the flop is dealt.

Once the flop is dealt and the following betting round is completed, Crazy Pineapple players discard their added hole card.

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

This derivative of Hold’em offers more action, using the familiar gameplay. Gamblers can use any variety of hole cards, including none, to generate a hand. The wagering rules are the identical, and when you play Hold’em, you already know most of the strategy involved in Pineapple Poker.

Except wait, there’s far more! Unlike Hold em, there is a popular hi-lo (usually called eight or much better) model of the game as well. In hi/lo games, players have a chance to win half of the pot by presenting the greatest qualifying lower hand at the table.

What’s a qualifying lower hand? It is one with 5 cards with various ranks, all below eight (hence the name 8 or greater).
The lowest qualifying low hand wins half of the pot. So, players have nearly double the chances of succeeding.

Reduced hand ties are broken by reading the cards as one five digit variety, with the highest digits first. Lowest amount wins. For example, a hand of the,2,4,5,7 will be read as 75,421. A hand of the,three,four,5,six would be read as 65,431, and would win in a tie-breaker.

Ridiculous Pineapple 8 or Much better isn’t just a number of exotic homegame variety of poker, it is also dealt at a number of of the net poker rooms.

In case you want to liven up your home games, consider adding a couple of hands of Crazy Pineapple to the mix. It’s a break from the exact same ol’ same ol’, but since it is hold’em-based players don’t need to learn numerous new rules and strategies to enjoy it.