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Poker Holdem Hurricane
Hurricane
This fast poker game is usually played high-low. Each player ends up with only two cards, so that a pair of aces is the best possible high hand and an A-2 is the best possible low hand. Sometimes deuces are played wild, in which case A-2 swings. Clearly, an ace (or a deuce in the wild card variation) gives one a decided advantage. There are two ways of dealing Hurricane. In one form, each player receives only one down card before the first betting interval. Then the active players receive their second (and last) down card. There is another betting interval and a showdown. The staying requirements are simple: call on a low card. Raise on an ace (or a deuce in the wild version). Fold anything else. The chances of pairing a Icing or other high card are too slim. If you start off with an ace in cards sepals, see the last bet no matter what you catch, unless the betting gets out of hand; an ace and a high card will often win high. If you go in with a deuce in the wild card version, play all the way no matter what you catch, unless, again, the betting gets out of hand poker jacks. A cardinal rule for the deuces-wild version is never call the first bet unless you have either an ace or a deuce.
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Gruesome TwosomeIn the second form, each player receives two down cards before the first betting interval talces place. Then each active player has an Opportunity to substitute one card before the second betting interval takes place. The conservative player will seldom draw unless he holds an ace (or a deuce). A pat three- or four-low is worth a play, and so is a high pair. But go cautiously on a pair of court cards in deuces wJ1d, for an A-2 can swing on you. Both of the above forms of Hurricane are sometimes called "Gruesome Twosome".
Double Trouble and Acey-Deucey
Another variation, called "Double Trouble", has three betting intervals. The first comes after each player receives his first down cards. The second, after each active player receives his second down card. The third, after each active player has had an opportunity to discard and draw. The aces and deuces still have the advantage, and playing anything else becomes more dangerous-or more expensive-because of the added betting interval.
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| Follow the queen in Poker
A Seven-Card Stud game in which the card (and all like it) that falls immediately after a queen is wild. If two or more queens are dealt up, the card following the last queen is the wild one. Thus, it is not uncommon for the wild card to change once or twice in the course of a hand. Also, it is entirely possible that no queen will show, in which case there is no wild card. Follow the Queen is rather unstable, so that high triplets make the only really good playing hand on the go. In loose play, most players will stay on any high pair until they see the first queen and subsequent wild card.
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Still another variation is called "Acey-Deucey". Here’s a description from Official Rules of Card Games: A form of two-card poker popular in the U.S. Army. Each player is dealt two cards, one up and one down. He may stand on the cards he is dealt, or at any later time, or he may draw by discarding one of his cards and being dealt a replacement (when his turn comes). If he discards a face-down card, the replacement is dealt face-down; if he discards a face-up card, the replacement is dealt face-up. If he draws one card he pays the pot one chip; for a second card, he pays two chips, and for a third card five chips. Betting begins when all hands have stood. High card bets, as in Stud Poker. The game is usually played high-low. Only pairs and high cards count [i.e., no straights and flushes count for high money]. Highest hand is A-A; lowest hand is A-2, since the ace is treated as low when the player tries for low (but A-A is never a low pair). Winners split the total pot, including the bets and chips paid to draw cards.Also see Murder, a two card game with five betting intervals.
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