User:ChetAmerson

I'm a member of a regular Friday night poker game, and just like most friendly games, the dealer moves from participant to player for every hand, and the dealer gets to select his game. My favorite? A game known as "Texas Push".

The Idea of the game is To make a five card hands (one down card and four up cards, similar to five card stud) at which the maximum hand and the lowest (worst) hand split the pot.

The game starts with each Player getting down one card. The first player then receives an up card. The player has the choice of keeping the card, or passing it to another player. If the player keeps the card, the next player gets an up card and the exact same option. If the player passes the card, the next player then also has the exact same choice and so forth through the players. In every case, there's a cost to passing a card. After a player keeps a card, the other previous players are "filled in", they receive a card that they don't have any option except to keep. This procedure continues, with betting on each finished round, until each of the players have 5 cards in total. Once all of the players have 5 cards (and the gambling is finished), the players are then asked to "declare". A coin in their hands means they're announcing for the "large" hand, without a coin means the "low" hand. The highest and lowest hand for each declaration divide the entire pot.

The strategy of this game Is to use the ability to pass cards to develop either a high or low hand. Poker players will be aware of what the top hands would be - typically three of a sort, a straight, or a flush is going to be a winning hand. For the low hand, the ultimate would be 6, 4, 3, 2, Ace where they're not in suit (a flush or straight can't be used as a low hand).

It is a fun, tactical game That's always a hit at our weekly poker game. More information: [http://pokerdee101.greatwebsitebuilder.com/ visit their website].