Newly introduced game at our dealers choice spread limit game.
Another bastardized version of a barely poker game
Dealer antes (the way all our games, even those normally with a SB/BB, run).
Deal 5 cards to all players.
Deal 3 rows of 5 cards face down (could/should be dealt as needed by hand, but that isn't the way this game runs).
G1 - G2 - G3 - G4 - G5
B1 - B3 - B5 - B7 - B9
B2 - B4 - B6 - B8 - B10
Cards in the G-Row (good) are community cards, and may play in any combination with the 5 cards from your hand. In theory, you could have a choice of 10 cards (5 in hand, 5 on board) to choose from to make your best 5 card poker hand.
Cards in the B-Rows (bad) remove matching ranked cards from your hand, as well as the G-Row.
Generally, high poker hand takes half the pot.
Low pip value in hand takes half the pot. Aces = 1, pip values, faces = 10.
A player who loses all their cards, scoops the whole pot, game ends.
Turn over the first column of cards (G1, B1, B2).
Cards that match the rank of B1 & B2 must be discarded from hands. If they are board cards (now or later), they will be moved 'out of play'.
Betting round
Turn over next column (G2, B3, B4). Cards matching B3 or B4 are removed from the board/hands. If G2 matches B1/B2, it is removed as well.
Betting round
Repeat until all cards are exposed (G5, B9, B10).
Final Betting round & Showdown.
So far, we've usually done it with progressive betting. No betting 'preflop', but a forced 1 unit bet on the 1st column, 2 unit on 2nd column, through a 5 unit bet on the last column. Left of dealer starts the action on the 1st betting round. Left of the last person to open the action starts the action on the next betting round. IE... If player 3 folds instead of opening for 3 units on 3rd column, and player 4 does open, then the 4th column open goes to the left of player 4.
Twist made to play with 2 Good Rows and 1 Bad row. Best hand from your hand and either 1 of the rows is used.
It was introduced on Thursday, and called at least once per orbit. Pretty passive play until a player had a 2 card difference on the field... (1 card with nobody under 3, or 5 cards with nobody above 3).
Only 1 player scooped by getting rid of all their cards. The game ended, even though other players might have later gotten rid of all their cards too. It was also decided, that despite a pause between the reveal of cards B1 & B2, they were to be treated as being revealed at the same time, and therefore any player getting rid of all their remaining cards on a column would get an equal share of the pot.
One scoop by a player with a pair of Aces in hand, winning high hand, and low points.
Definitely a 'bingo' type game, and the sign that some players are getting 'tired' of the usual games in the rotation.
Comments, questions and 'strategy' talk all welcome