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Poker Variants

Poker is a very nice game to play, both in casinos and online casino, or with friends. It is also a very popular game, thanks to the various tournaments, as well as in casinos and even on TV.

Besides the classic 5-card poker form, in which each player can have the possibility to change cards before the showdown, or the comparison of their cards with other players, there are many variations of this great game of cards, more or less popular.

First, we can say that variations of poker can be classified into three types, namely the community card poker, draw poker and stud poker.

The community card poker variants are those that are currently in vogue. We are talking about poker games where there are some common cards between the various players, such as Texas Hold’em.

The oldest card game that bears the name of the 4-card draw poker is a simple version of draw poker. From it is born of the variant known as deuce to seven triple draw.

From these versions of draw poker, there have been developments such as the two versions of the stud that are now the most famous: 5 card stud and 7 card stud.

Among the various poker specialities we can see the Omaha poker, Texas Hold’Em, Royal Hold’em, Super Hold’em, which is played in the same way of Texas Hold’Em, but with three hole cards instead of only two. The Tahoe Hold’Em is played instead with three private cards, just like the Super Hold’Em, but you can not use them all three to make the point, but only one or two. The Pineapple is played with three hole cards and one of it must be discarded.