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Thursday, June 30, 2005

Dealer’s Choice

I finally got around to having a home game again, back like I used to play. Fun, crazy games, and very little hold ’em. A while ago, I bought a book: Dealer’s Choice: The Complete Handbook of Saturday Night Poker, and we tried a few games out of there. There were two we played that I really liked.

Blacque Jacque Shellacque: Five card draw. The pot gets split between the best poker hand and the best blackjack hand. If everyone busts in blackjack, the best poker hand scoops. I scooped a pot with AAA34 for trip aces and 20.

Double Down: Five card stud. Maximum of five players. Everyone gets two down cards and two up cards to start. They arrange them into two starting hands. Everyone round, everyone gets two up cards and have to put one with each hand. Best single high hands starts the betting each round, and best single hand wins the pot. During one hand of this game, I was dealt two aces in the same round, and had to split them up. Fun game.

I highly recommend the book to everyone looking for some crazy poker. It even has a game just for Iggy: Brian Snoddy’s Midget Porn. We didn’t get to play that one, but it looks like fun. Maybe next time.

Oh, yeah. I finally got to use my table and chips that I got from ECD.