Quote from: iv4n on Today at 09:42:15 PM

Quote from: ronaldo1223 on Today at 08:08:05 PM

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Nice man, really nice! But if you wish to make a name here and leave a trace open a new thread, you need to sum all this up... check some threads in the service section, here in the gambling section, that can give you some clues! I know it may be a bit bothering, but it is what it is... you will either make some effort or you will be forgotten!

Quote from: ronaldo1223 on Today at 08:08:05 PM

Badugi is a very simple game, you get 4 cards, you get to draw as many as you want 3 times, and then there is a showdown. Whoever has the lowest hand of 4 different suits, unpaired, wins. So if you have 9 of clubs, 8 of hearts, 3 of diamonds, 2 of spades, you have a 9832 low badugi. However, you would lose if someone has a lower number, for example, 7 of hearts, 6 of clubs, 5 of spades, 4 of diamonds, because 7654 is a lower number than 9832, even though your lowest card is lower, the ranking is counting from the top down. If nobody has a qualifying badugi, it goes to the best 3 card hand. So, for example, if you has 2 of spades, 3 of clubs, 4 of diamonds, and a 4 of hearts, you only have a 3 card ranking hand of 432. But you would still win vs an opponent with something like 8 of diamonds, 7 of diamonds, 6 of spades, 3 of clubs. His ranking would be a 3 card hand of, 763.

2-7 is also simple, you get 5 cards, you get to draw 3 times or 1 time, depending on the version, and it is just the opposite of normal poker rankings. So, in normal poker, the best hand you can have is a royal flush. Well, that's the WORST hand you can have in 2-7. The best possible hand in 2-7 is 75432, as long as they aren't all the same suit, because that would be a flush. So, for example, in 2-7, if you have 76522, a pair of 2s, you would still win if your opponent had 88543, which would be a pair of 8s. Also ace is high only in this version. So you having K7652 would win vs someone with A6543. Because ace is higher and the winner is the one with the lower hand.

Both of them are crazy! Literally crazy! After you get used to Texas and Omaha you play Badugi and 2-7 and you need to do the total opposite from "normal" poker!

Thanks for reminding me about those two, and there is something similar with OMAHA as well, some variations, but I didn't get to test all of them...

You miss mentioning short-deck poker! Very interesting and fast poker... I played short-deck more than some other variations, it's fast, and brings a lot of excitement because every deal we get some nice hand, but in this game Straight is something normal, the question is who has a higher one?! After all, playing with 32 cards is not the same as playing with 52, normally!

Still didn't answer, what blinds you play in these games?!

I'm not pushing...

Yes short deck is another option, I don't personally like it much though, it is kinda confusing to me.

The stakes I did say at the end though, "mainly the high stakes that run are blinds of 1-2 USD and 5-10 USD type of games, of all these varieties. There is also limit stakes of some of them, for example, stud hi/lo is almost always played limit, with the stakes being typically 44/88 USD, that type of level. With as low as 4/8 or 1.50/3 USD"