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Originally Posted by TheGramuel
What on earth are Squid Game, Archie and Clock?
Squid Game
three-board Omaha, but on the river the lowest card kills that board (if two boards have the same lowest card both boards are killed, if all three boards have the same card on the river they all remain). The pot is then split amongst the best hand on each remaining board.
Archie
Each player receives five cards, it's a triple draw high/low split game with qualifiers (pair of 9's or better for high, 8-qualifier for low)
Clock
Each player is dealt five cards. Then 8 cards are dealt face-up in the center of the felt. On each street, the last player to take an aggressive action gets to go first (there are three "draws"). When action is on you, you may take a face-up card from the board and then replace it with one of your own cards (turned face-up as other players will now have the option to take that card). You can also stand pat if there are no cards you wish to take, but that doesn't lock you in to remaining pat on future draws.
It's a high/low split game, so you're trying to make the wheel or the best high hand you can. Because everything is face-up you generally can deduce fairly quickly if your opponents are going for the high or low, based on what cards they're taking and what cards they're giving up.
Usually on the high side you'll see full houses at a minimum winning, but quads show up quite frequently as well. I remember I pulled quad queens and was watching the other players who were all pulling low cards, so I felt pretty safe, until one of them showed up with a steel wheel in the end to scoop. Straight flushes happen but are much less likely.
Still, I've folded quads correctly and incorrectly based on the cards my opponent was taking (I've even seen a Jack-high straight flush run into a King-high straight flush).