Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Review of all poker games::Is poker a game, a sport or both







Review of all poker games::Is poker a game, a sport or both








Not               many               people               are               familiar               with               seven-card               stud               now.

I               played               it               in               my               service               days,               when               guys               sat               down               to               what               was               called               dealer's               choice               poker.

That               meant               the               type               of               game,               which               usually               involved               six               players,               was               chosen               by               the               player               who               got               to               deal               as               it               rotated               around               the               table               after               each               hand.

In               those               days,               most               dealers               chose               the               traditional               five-card               draw               poker               or               five-card               stud.

Any               other               choice               usually               was               met               with               groans               and               gripes.

I               believe               one               variety               of               the               stud               game,               spit               in               the               ocean,               is               the               ancestor               of               the               most               popular               game               of               today,               Texas               hold'em.

It               was               a               boring               pain               then,               just               as               its               descendant               is               today.
               I               was               and               still               am               a               poker               traditionalist,               and               prefer               five-card               draw.

I               never               liked               any               of               the               seven-card               stud               games.

They               tend               to               drag               out               each               hand               forever,               and               if               a               player               drops               out               of               a               hand               early,               he               has               to               sit               and               wait               too               long               before               getting               back               into               play.

I               guess               you               can               find               versions               of               seven-card               stud               in               Vegas               and               Atlantic               City               card               rooms,               but               you'll               also               find               most               of               the               players               to               be               rank               amateurs.

Actually,               that               could               be               an               advantage               if               and               when               you               feel               you               are               a               superior               seven-card               player               and               want               to               take               some               yokels               to               the               cleaners.
               I'm               sure               you'd               still               find               seven-card               games               today               aboard               Navy               ships,               Marine               barracks               or               Army               camps,               where               some               of               sharp               60-year-old               recalled               Reservists               are               craftily               taking               money               away               from               young               GIs               just               out               of               boot               camp.

Mostly,               seven-card               is               a               lost               art               form,               having               seen               its               glory               days               fade               after               the               World               War               II               era.
               Basically,               a               seven-card               stud               hand               begins               with               each               poker               player               being               dealt               two               face-down               cards.

The               next               four               for               each               player               are               dealt,               one               at               a               time,               face               up.

As               each               up               card               is               dealt,               the               player               with               the               highest               hand               showing               has               the               option               to               bet               or               pass.

After               rounds               of               betting,               the               seventh               card               is               dealt               face               down.

That               leaves               each               player               ...

except               those               who               may               have               quit               the               hand               along               the               way               ...

with               three               down               cards               and               four               up.
               The               basic               values               of               seven-card               games,               as               in               most               all               poker               varieties,               apply               as               each               surviving               player               computes               his               best               five               cards               from               among               the               seven,               and               bets               accordingly.

A               good               player               uses               both               the               value               of               his               cards               as               his               turn               to               bet               arrives,               as               well               as               his               ability               to               bluff.

The               best               opportunity               is               the               final               betting               round               after               the               seventh               card               is               dealt.
               Since               I               don't               like               any               form               of               seven-card               stud,               I'll               quickly               go               over               some               of               the               variations,               which               are               even               more               annoying               than               the               basic               one,               especially               the               wild               card               games.

The               simplest               is
               deuces               wild,               meaning               that               you               can               use               any               deuces               dealt               to               you               to               improve               your               hand.

For               example,               if               among               your               seven               cards,               you               have               two               deuces               and               two               aces,               you               have               a               virtually               unbeatable               hand               of               five               aces.

Another               wild               card               game               involves               the               dealer               declaring               the               lowest               down-card               dealt               in               each               hand               is               wild.

A               confusing               abomination.
               A               worse               variation               is               for               the               dealer               to               call               different               wild               cards.

I               remember               a               very               poetic,               but               totally               confusing               seven-card               variety               called:               whores,               fours               and               one-eyed-jacks.

This               meant               that               all               queens,               fours               and               the               two               jacks               with               face               in               profile               were               wild.

With               ten               wild               cards               out               of               52,               fuggetabottit.
               Another               variety               is               high-low,               where               the               best               hand               and               the               worst               hand               share               winning               of               the               pot               (all               the               money               bet).

It               is               another               confusing               mess,               because               a               player               can               try               for               both               the               best               and               worst               hand               at               the               same               time.

These               different               games               were               tough               years               ago               on               my               young               brain,               and               impossible               today               for               my               old               brain.

Another               seven-card               game               called               baseball               is,               if               possible,               even               more               confusing.

In               it,               threes               and               nines               are               wild,               and               if               you're               dealt               a               four               card,               you               get               an               extra               card.

Even               Pete               Rose               wouldn't               want               to               bet               on               that               baseball               game.
               Of               course,               there               are               many               other               varieties               of               seven-card               stud,               probably               even               worse               than               the               ones               I've               described.

You               can               do               your               own               research               about               them.

Meanwhile,               deal               me               out.






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