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Low Hole
A
variation on 7-card stud, where every player has at least one wild
card...
Overview:
This is just like 7-Card
Stud, but with an interesting system for wild
cards. The lowest card that each individual player has
face-down (aka "in the hole") is wild for that player -
as are cards of the same value. So if a player's face-down
cards at the end of the hand are 7, 4, and 3, then all 3's in that
player's hand are wild. (Note: Aces are always high
compared to any other card for the purposes of determining the
low-hold card.)
Now, notice that in 7-card stud, your last face-down card is the
last card you receive. So if you're in the middle of the
game, with 2 face down and 4 face-up cards, and your low face-down
card is a 5, and you have two 5's face-up, then you have THREE
wild cards! That's a good situation to be in. But that
last face-down card could be a 2; then your 5's would cease to be
wild. That's why there's the option to "buy" your
last card face-up; you can pay $2.00, for example, to have
that last card be face-up instead of face-down, to protect a
fragile multiple-wild-card situation. It sounds
complicated in writing, but once you've played this game a few
times, it'll make perfect sense!
Give this game a shot - it's definitely one of the most enjoyable
games I know. Big hands tend to win, too - four of a kinds,
straight flushes - I've even seen two five of a kinds go against
each other! It's a blast...
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