FAQ version 2.1.- under construction - Buzz 2-14-08
Welcome to Other Poker. The FAQ and guidelines is a revision of the original written by Tapirboy, revised by Tom Bayes, and being again revised by Buzz with the help of Phat Mack (and anyone else who wants to be included and comes up with something worth including herein).
I'm unlocking this thread so that any of the regular posters here can add suggestions to FAQs. (I'll give you credit if you have a question and answer that should be included, or if you write a URL to a 2+2 thread or post that has already ably answered a frequently asked question). Thanks in advance for any help. - Buzz, 2-14-08
Games covered on this forum:
There are special forums for
• Texas hold 'em,
• Stud and razz,
• Omaha-high-only, and
• Omaha-8.
Any other poker variation qualifies as "other."
But "other" poker games might be discussed on various forums, not just the one specific forum which has been designated as the "other poker games" or "OPG" forum.
For example, "other" poker games might be discussed on the tournament forum, one of the MTT forums, the probability forum, the heads-up forum, the internet gambling forum, the beats, brags and variance forum, the home games forum - or any other forum where discussion of "other" poker games might be appropriate.
The "Other Poker" forum is here for discussion of casino poker games not covered in the rest of 2+2. Poker variations to be discussed on this forum include
• A-5 Lowball,
• Badugi,
• Chowaha
• Crazy Pineapple,
• Five Card Draw,
• Kansas City Lowball,
• Mississippi Stud, (??)
• Pineapple
• Triple Draw Lowball,
• 2-7 Lowball, and
• Watermelon.
Games covered on other forums:
• Non-casino variants such as Baseball and Follow the Queen belong in
Home Poker.
• Omaha high is discussed in the Omaha-high forum.
Omaha High forum.
• Omaha-8 (high/low split Omaha) is discussed in the
Omaha -8 forum.
• Razz is discussed in the stud forum.
stud forum.
If you're not sure if you should post here or somewhere else, go ahead and post here and we'll move the discussion to another 2+2 forum if it doesn't belong here.
Posting suggestions:
The main thing is please be courteous to other posters on this forum. We're all here to have a little fun while discussing some non-main-stream variation of poker.
Most hand posts on this forum are done with raw hand histories. Euri10 made a converter for UB triple draw histories that can be found
here. Greenage made a convert for PokerStars triple draw histories that can be found
here. We appreciate their hard work and encourage the use of converters when posting triple draw hand histories. If anyone wants to work on a converter for other games, your work will be much appreciated. UB hand histories can be captured via
Ultimate History or
GameTime+.
Videos
Some existing videos of DeathDonkey and *TT* playing 2-7 triple draw can be found
here.
Frequently Asked Questions
For general questions, please read the FAQs below before posting.
Q. All these games are very confusing. Where can I read the rules?
Unfortunately the rules may differ from one locality to another.
Some games have more or less standard rules from one place to another, but it's generally best to find the rules for each particular location the game is spread.
Q. Where can I find on-line descriptions of some of these games?
• Doyle’s Room:
Badugi
• PokerRoom:
Chinese Poker
• Stars:
2-7 Triple Draw
• 24hPoker:
Sökö,Telesina,Americana
• UB:
Triple Draw
• UB:
Crazy Pineapple
• UB:
Crazy Pineapple Hi/Lo
Q. Where can I play these games on-line?
There are many online rooms, both major and minor, that spread “Other Poker” games. Please PM Buzz (moderator) if the following bulletted list needs to be updated.
• B2B Network:
Pot Limit Draw cash games, SNGs, and MTTs
2-7 Triple Draw cash games & MTTs
PL Sökö cash games & tournaments
PL Telesina and Americana cash games
• Full Tilt:
HORSE cash games, SNGs, MTTs
HOSE cash games
HA (half PLHE/half PLO) cash games
• GamesGrid Poker:
2-7 Triple Draw cash games
Weekly NL Kansas City Lowball tournament (i.e. 2-7 single draw) on Thursday night
Dealer's Choice (HORSE games) cash games and tournaments
• Ongame Network:
Limit and PL Draw High cash games
Pot Limit Draw High SNGs and MTTs
• Paradise Poker:
Limit Draw High cash games
Crazy Pineapple cash games
Crazy Pineapple Hi/Lo cash games
• Planet Poker:
Limit Draw High cash games, SNGs, and MTTs
Pot Limit Draw High cash games
$pike reports Planet Poker shut down its cash games about 10 months ago (because of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act) and has replaced them with a "play-chippie/subscription concept."
• Poker.com:
Rumored to be adding several "other games" including Draw High, Triple Draw, and Badugi.
• PokerStars:
2-7 Triple Draw cash games (Limit, PL, NL) and MTTs (Limit)
Draw High cash games (Limit, PL, NL) and MTTs (PL)
HORSE cash games, SNGs, MTTs
HOSE cash games and SNGs.
• Tribeca Network:
Limit and Half-Pot Limit Badugi cash games
• UltimateBet:
2-7 Triple Draw cash games
A-5 Triple Draw cash games
Crazy Pineapple cash games
Crazy Pineapple Hi/Lo cash games
HORSE cash games
HOSE cash games
HA (half Holdem, half Omaha) cash games
Q. Can I get rakeback or signup deals for those sites?
Usually. Ask each site directly.
Q. Where can I play these games live?
We'd generally like to know that, too. In particular, please make a thread if you play a mixed game in a casino for low to medium stakes.
Q. What books are there for these games?
See the 2+2 books and publications forum for more information or you can post here to ask a question about a specific game.
Q. What web resources are there for these games?
• Badugi:
An article by
Chris Fargis
An article by
DeathDonkey
• Chinese Poker:
Don Smolen's
Chinese Poker Site
• Chowaha:
Wolf's Chowaha page.
• Crazy Pineapple:
Crazy Pineapple for Advanced Players by Jerrod Ankenman
• Draw High:
An article by
Micheal Wiesenberg.
More Wiesenberg articles at
Cardplayer.com about draw and A-5 lowball.
• Lowball:
Lowballgurus
LowballWiki.
• Mississippi Stud
David Zanetti's Mississippi Stud page
Note:Andy B. the moderator for the stud forum is going to take a look at this FAQ over the week end. I'll leave this here for now, but if Andy feels Mississippi stud discussions belong on the Stud Forum, so be it. - Buzz
• Triple Draw Lowball:
An article by
Howard Lederer
Another article by
Howard Lederer
An article by
Michael Wiesenberg
Lowballgurus
LowballWiki.
An article by
Mark Gritter
An article by
Chris Fargis
An article by
DeathDonkey
Another article by
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Last edited by Buzz; 02-18-2008 at 08:46 PM.