Texas Holdem Poker Variations: How To Play

By Author: Lindsy Jackson
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If you are bored with playing the same poker game all the time, check out this guide. You can learn here how to play several Texas Holdem variations. The poker games explained below are based on Texas Holdem basic rules with a certain twist that can make your traditional poker night more interesting, or at least different.

Pineapple
Pineapple poker is played exactly like standard Texas Holdem game. Like in Texas Holdem, the dealer deals each player face down cards in addition to the community cards placed at the middle of the table to be used in forming the highest possible five card poker hand. The difference between the two poker variations is that in pineapple poker, each player receives three face down cards instead of two. In addition, during the pineapple game each of the players is required to remove one of his cards before the flop.

Crazy Pineapple
Crazy pineapple is played almost the same as pineapple. What makes it so crazy is that each of the players is required to remove one of his cards after the flop.

Double Board Holdem
In this Holdem variant, the dealer deals two separate ...
... five card boards during all the betting rounds. It means that eventually there will be ten community cards divided into two separate boards. The player who forms the best five cards poker hand using both boards will win half of the pot.

Tic Tac Toe
In the basic variation of Tic Tac Toe, each player receives two face down cards while nine face up cards organized in a 3 X 3 grid are placed on the board. Each player can form his best five card hand using two hole cards and three community cards from either a horizontally, vertically, or diagonally consecutive row on the board.

Cincinnati
Here, the game begins with the dealer places five face down cards on the board, in addition to five face down cards to each player. During the play, one of the community cards is revealed after each betting round until all the five are faced up on the table. The object is the form the highest possible hand using the five hole cards and the five community cards revealed during the game.

Omaha Holdem
Omaha Holdem is one of the most popular alternatives to Texas Holdem poker in card rooms as well as in online poker room. It plays like a standard Holdem game except each player is dealt four face down cards in addition to the five community cards placed at the middle of the table. The final five card hand has to be formed by two hole cards and only 3 community cards. Omaha Holdem can be played as Omaha high, in which the player with the highest hand wins, or Omaha high low, where the pot is divided between the players with the best high and low hands.

Lame Brain Pete
In lame brain Pete poker the game begins when the dealer places five face down in the middle of the table and deals each player three face down cards. After each betting round, one of the face down community cards is flipped up. After the first betting round, the flipped up card becomes a wild card and so are all the cards of the same value. From the second betting round and on, if the flipped card is the lowest cards on the board replaces the former wild card.

Lindsy has a master's degree in psychology and she writes freelance articles about online casino gambling. She loves to vacation in Vegas and play Texas Holdem Poker and Blackjack.