Game invention
04-17-2017
, 06:29 PM
Well hello there!
I am a long time lurker, but a first time poster. Hoping for some great input to improve the various home games I (co-)host and / or attend.
So, I have this group of friends who come to play poker at my place around once a month, all of them fond of the idea of mixed cash game (yeah, it's a rare but great bunch
) as well as the occasional dealer's choice tourney. We basically play anything from Hold'em to Triple Draw, though not really any odd games that aren't found on an online poker site - Also, no wild cards or anything like that.
Anyway, last year the weekend after easter sunday (yeah, it's coming up soon this year) someone had "created" his own game, and although it wasn't perfect it was good fun for the group and everyone enjoyed the variation. So, I thought I would try to make it a tradition and come up with my own game.
What I would love would be some input with regards to if it seems playable to you, how (big) you think it would play and whether it sounds like fun or not. Thanks in advance - here goes:
I give you Highey / Hidugi (That's right - it's based on badugi and the name is a play on Badeucy/Badacey/Archie
)
1 . The structure is equal to standar 5-card draw: Everyone is dealt 5 cards face down as in any standard draw poker game, followed by a round of betting. Then there's a draw and another round of betting. Best hand wins.
2. This, however, is a split pot game, with the pot being split between the best standard high poker hand and (hold on .. ) the best "reverse-badugi-and-pairs-don't-count-against-you-hand" (haha, I laughed too while reading that out after writing it down
)
so the best hand would be AAAAX since you would have four of a kind as well as a "hidugi A-low" to scoop the pot
Main problem for me is how to treat a flush in this game since equity for playing a flush (and much more so drawing for one) is of course seriously affected by awarding half the pot to a badugi. Any ideas on that issue? Could it be made a "automatic scoop hand"?
Any thoughts on the game general? some improvements? Perhaps another drawing round or even triple draw? - shoot!
/TBJ
I am a long time lurker, but a first time poster. Hoping for some great input to improve the various home games I (co-)host and / or attend.
So, I have this group of friends who come to play poker at my place around once a month, all of them fond of the idea of mixed cash game (yeah, it's a rare but great bunch
) as well as the occasional dealer's choice tourney. We basically play anything from Hold'em to Triple Draw, though not really any odd games that aren't found on an online poker site - Also, no wild cards or anything like that. Anyway, last year the weekend after easter sunday (yeah, it's coming up soon this year) someone had "created" his own game, and although it wasn't perfect it was good fun for the group and everyone enjoyed the variation. So, I thought I would try to make it a tradition and come up with my own game.
What I would love would be some input with regards to if it seems playable to you, how (big) you think it would play and whether it sounds like fun or not. Thanks in advance - here goes:
I give you Highey / Hidugi (That's right - it's based on badugi and the name is a play on Badeucy/Badacey/Archie
)1 . The structure is equal to standar 5-card draw: Everyone is dealt 5 cards face down as in any standard draw poker game, followed by a round of betting. Then there's a draw and another round of betting. Best hand wins.
2. This, however, is a split pot game, with the pot being split between the best standard high poker hand and (hold on .. ) the best "reverse-badugi-and-pairs-don't-count-against-you-hand" (haha, I laughed too while reading that out after writing it down
)so the best hand would be AAAAX since you would have four of a kind as well as a "hidugi A-low" to scoop the pot
Main problem for me is how to treat a flush in this game since equity for playing a flush (and much more so drawing for one) is of course seriously affected by awarding half the pot to a badugi. Any ideas on that issue? Could it be made a "automatic scoop hand"?
Any thoughts on the game general? some improvements? Perhaps another drawing round or even triple draw? - shoot!
/TBJ
Last edited by TBJ92; 04-17-2017 at 06:53 PM.
