Pineapple Poker – Holdem’s Cousin

July 11th, 2010 by Averie Leave a reply »
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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 Hold em in which players every receive 3 hole cards instead of two. This obviously increases the chances that a player could land a superior quality starting hand. So, you are able to expect to see far more players in each and every pot. The average winning hands are stronger in Pineapple than they are in Texas hold’em.

In Pineapple Poker, players 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.

Right after receiving their cards, gamblers engage in a round of betting. Now comes a choice. Several players bet on the casino game using this point in the hand to decide which hole card to discard. Discarding your added hole card prior to the flop is how to wager on the a lot more basic version of the game of Pineapple.

Except, since you’re spicing things up by wagering something other than Texas hold’em in the 1st place, you possibly can determine to wager on the much more common edition of Pineapple Poker called Insane Pineapple. In this version, which is dealt at a number of of the web based poker rooms, gamblers keep their extra hole card until following the flop is dealt.

Once the flop is dealt and the right after wagering round is completed, Crazy Pineapple players discard their added hole card.

For both the basic and the crazy versions of Pineapple Poker, the rest of the hand is bet exactly like Texas holdem.

This derivative of Hold em offers additional action, using the familiar gameplay. Gamblers can use any number of hole cards, including none, to generate a hand. The wagering rules are the identical, and should you bet on Texas hold em, you already know most of the method involved in Pineapple Poker.

Except wait, there’s more! Unlike Hold’em, there’s a well-known high-low (typically known as eight or greater) version of the casino game as well. In high-low games, gamblers have a chance to win half of the pot by presenting the best qualifying lower hand at the table.

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

Reduced hand ties are broken by reading the cards as one 5 digit quantity, with the highest digits very first. Lowest range wins. For instance, a hand of the,2,4,five,7 will be read as 75,421. A hand of a,three,4,5,6 would be read as 65,431, and would win in a tie-breaker.

Nuts Pineapple 8 or Much better is not just a few exotic homegame variety of poker, it is also dealt at a number of of the web poker rooms.

Should you want to liven up your home games, contemplate adding a couple of hands of Ridiculous Pineapple to the mix. It is a break from the very same ol’ very same ol’, but since it is texas hold em-based players don’t need to learn quite a few new rules and strategies to get pleasure from it.

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