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Texas Hold'em
Texas
Hold'em (usually shortened to just Holdem) is the most popular poker
game. It can be played Limit, Pot Limit or No Limit, with somewhat
different strategies for each. Texas Holdem is a community card game
where players are each dealt two cards while sharing five common cards.
The player who stays in the pot until the end and combines their cards
with the community ones to make the best five card hand wins, unless no
one calls in which case the only remain hand wins.
Omaha Hold'em
A
community card game similar to Texas Hold'em, Omaha players get four
personal cards and share five community cards. Most often played
eight-or-better high-low split, Omaha is also played high only, and
also can be played Limit, Pot Limit or (rarely) No Limit.
Pineapple Holdem - Crazy Pineapple
Halfway
between Texas Holdem and Omaha stands Pineapple. Players are dealt
three cards which they combine with five common cards -- except
Pineapple requires that at players must discard one of their three
cards. This occurs after the flop in Crazy Pineapple, and before the
flop in "regular" Pineapple. More often than not the game is played
high-low split. Pineapple is sometimes called "Watermelon" (because you
"spit out the seeds").
Stud
Stud Poker has many variations. Seven Card Stud is the most popular version played in casinos, whereas Seven Card Stud High-Low
is more popular in tournaments. While very popular in home card games
in many forms (Baseball, Anaconda, Chicago, and many more) Stud has
lost much of its popularity in casinos compared to community card
games. Stud High-Low with an eight or better qualifier is the most
common form of HiLo Stud in casinos, with High-Low Declare common in home games. "Q" is sometimes player in larger casino games: High Low without a low qualifier. Five Card Stud
is rarely played in casinos. Too much skill is involved, so bad players
lose quickly, and the game becomes tedious when played with only good
players (except in tournaments). A five card stud games can be found
online. Mexican Stud is a fairly popular stripped deck game. Where it is played (rarely), Sonora, no limit five card stud, has some loyal
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