Five Card draw is an fun game that is easy to learn. To sum it up in one sentence, you play your own hand and bet against other players while getting opportunities to exchange some of your cards for new random cards.

All of the “stud” poker card games you may have heard of or even played are derived from this game, which was the original stud game. The problem with 5 card stud is that each player gets dealt a total of 5 cards, where 4 of them will be face up. That means you don’t get to draw more cards, or pick the best 5 out of x cards. You’re stuck with what you get and that usually means that big hands aren’t that common. Also, since 80% of cards are exposed, it’s very easy for everyone to get a sense of how strong or how weak everyone is, thus reducing the importance of strategy. Having said that, this makes it the perfect stud game for anyone who’s fairly new at poker, or new to any of the stud game variations. So if you’re looking for an easy game to play before you move on to something more strategic, 5 card stud is your game.

Seven Card Stud is normally played with fixed-limit betting, but it can also be played in pot limit. Some poker rooms offer a no limit version, but that isn’t really a popular way to play 7 Card Stud. There is also a spread limit variant which is interesting. I’ll explain how that works at the bottom of this page.

Just like in Texas Holdem, you’ll find a dealer button, the small blind, and the big blind. Unlike Texas Holdem, Badugi is a four card lowball where you must try to have one card of each suit, and no pairs.

How to Play Badugi

Starting with the player to the left of the dealer, everyone is dealt a total of four cards face down (1 card per player 4 times, not 4 consecutive cards per player). The first betting round takes place beginning with the player to the left of the big blind, just like in Holdem. Betting also works the same way, where players fold, call, raise, or check when that is an option. The same concepts of limits found in Holdem can be applied to Badugi as well (no limit, limit and pot limit). I’ll explain these betting rules in more details at the end of these Badugi poker instructions.

Caribbean Stud Poker is an American casino game in which each individual plays against the bank, and not each other.

How to Play Caribbean Stud Poker

You start by placing a minimum bet, which is called your ante. You then get 5 cards, and so does the bank. You get to see your five cards, plus you see the bank’s first card. At this point you can make a call bet, which means you add an amount that is double your initial ante, or you fold. By folding, you essentially give up your initial ante.

Crazy Pineapple works just like Texas Holdem, but with one important twist. You begin the hand with three hole cards instead of two. However, you don’t get to keep three hole cards for the whole hand. Please read the Texas Holdem Rules if you are not familir with them.

How to Play Crazy Pineapple

After the second betting round, and before the river, you need to discard one of yoru thre hole cards (face down). From that point on, you’ll have two hole cards and play the rest of the hand like Texas Holdem. This game really enables bigger hands more frequently. This game can also be played using the three standard limits (no limit, limit and pot limit). In case you don’t know how Holdem works and can’t relate it to Crazy Pineapple, I’ll explain the entire process of playing the game.

Please read the Crazy Pineapple rules prior to reading this.

Crazy Pineapple Hi/Lo means that at the showdown, the player with the worse poker hand may actually split the pot with the player with the poker best hand. However some conditions must be met for a low hand to qualify.

Follow the Queen, also known as “HO" is played exactly like Seven Card Stud except that some cards may be come wild cards. Queens always count as wild cards, but there could be additional wild cards.

To learn how to play HA Poker, simply read our Texas Holdem Poker Rules and our Omaha Poker Rules. HA Poker is simply a combination of Texas Hold’em an Omaha. Essentially, you play one hand of Texas Hold’em, and then you play a hand of Omaha. Every hand alternates between the two games, and the games themselves aren’t being mixed or combined in some strange way. The idea is to rotate games and mix things up a little. It’s a great combination if you’re getting board with just playing Hold’em, or just playing Omaha. Additionally, it keeps you sharp because the strategies used in both games can differ.

To learn how to play Half N Half Poker, simply read our Texas Holdem Poker Rules and our Omaha Poker Rules. Half N Half Poker is simply a combination of Texas Hold’em an Omaha. Essentially, you play one hand of Texas Hold’em, and then you play a hand of Omaha. Every hand alternates between the two games, and the games themselves aren’t being mixed or combined in some strange way. The idea is to rotate games and mix things up a little. It’s a great combination if you’re getting board with just playing Hold’em, or just playing Omaha. Additionally, it keeps you sharp because the strategies used in both games can differ.

The HAR poker game is simply a combination of other popular poker games where you alternate the game you play each time the dealer button goes around the table once. In HAR (or H.A.R.), you start by playing a round of Texas Holdem, then a round of Omaha, then RAZZ. See the rules for each game as they are all played separately and there’s no mix or strange combination of any of the games while you’re playing a hand

H – Hold’em
A – Omaha
R – RAZZ

HO, also known as “Follow the Queen" is played exactly like Seven Card Stud except that some cards may be come wild cards. Queens always count as wild cards, but there could be additional wild cards.

The HORSE poker game is simply a combination of other popular poker games where you alternate the game you play each time the dealer button goes around the table once. In HORSE (or H.O.R.S.E.), you start by playing a round of Texas Holdem, then a round of Omaha - Eights or Better (Hi/Lo), then RAZZ, then 7 card Stud, followed by 7 Cards Stud – Eights or better (Hi/Lo). See the rules for each game as they are all played separately and there’s no mix or strange combination of any of the games while you’re playing a hand.

The HORSE poker game is simply a combination of other popular poker games where you alternate the game you play each time the dealer button goes around the table once. In HORSE (or H.O.S.E.), you start by playing a round of Texas Holdem, then a round of Omaha - Eights or Better (Hi/Lo), then 7 card Stud, followed by 7 Cards Stud – Eights or better (Hi/Lo). See the rules for each game as they are all played separately and there’s no mix or strange combination of any of the games while you’re playing a hand.

Let it ride is a popular casino game where you’re trying to beat the odds. It is not a game you play against other opponents, but there can be multiple players at your table. You’re not even trying to beat the house like in blackjack. All you want to do is hit one of the paying poker hands. It’s easy to learn, fun to play, and there is a small element of strategy in this game. Each player will have three cards while the house gets two cards, all are face down. The idea is to make a paying poker hand by combining your three cards with the dealer’s two cards.

This page describes the Omaha Poker Rules. Omaha Poker is very similar to Texas Holdem in the sense that players are provided with hole cards, there is a betting round, then the flop, the betting the second betting round, followed by the turn card and the third betting round, and finally the river card and the last betting round. The only difference is that players get dealt four cards instead of two cards AND they must use two cards from their hands plus three cards from the board to form their final hand. That aspect changes the game completely and Omaha strategies can therefore be different that Holdem strategies. Because players get four cards, you’ll see bigger hands more frequently in Omaha.

RAZZ is about making the worse possible poker hand you can with a combination of five cards out of seven available cards (Cards are dealt 2 down, 4 up, 1 down). As in all low hand games, pairs count against the player. That is, any hand with no pair defeats any hand with a pair; one pair hands defeat two pair or three of a kind, etc. No-pair hands are compared starting with the highest ranking card, just as in high poker, except that the high hand loses. In ace-to-five low, straights and flushes are ignored, and aces play as the lowest card. Under these rules, the best RAZZ hand is A-2-3-4-5.

This page describes the rules of Texas Holdem. However, the betting rules will vary depending on the type of Texas Holdem game you are playing. We will clarify the betting rules for No Limit Texas Holdem, Limit Texas Holdem, and Pot Limit Texas Holdem at the bottom of the page.

How to Play Texas Holdem

Typically, you’ll find that online Holdem games are made up of 6 or 10 players per table, however it is possible to play Texas Holdem with any number of players, up to 10 per table. To start a new hand, a person is flagged as being “the dealer” (determined randomly online). The player immediately to the left of the dealer puts up a forced bet amount, called the “small blind” and the player to the left of the small blind posts the “big blind”. The small blind is always half the value of the big blind, and blind amounts are predetermined. The minimum bet you can make is always based on the value of the big blind. The rest of the players do not put up any money in the pot yet. Every time a new hand begins, the dealer button moves up to the next person at the table, which also means that the blinds move from player to player. Each player will eventually act as the big blind, small blind and dealer.