Perhaps it is in the thrill of guessing if you have the best cards in hand better than the rest of your opponents, the excitement in knowing that you won even with a minimal betting and the general gaiety in the company of good crowd. If you are looking for a fairly simple game to engage as a poker home party, then Hurricane is best for you. The game starts with each players placing small antes, a sort of forced bet, to make up the pot. In this game, only two cards will be dealt all throughout the game. After the dealer has dealt the first face-down card, a round of betting will follow next. Betting will begin to the player sitting to the dealer’s left and will go on clockwise.

Players may either calling, raising or folding in the game. After the first betting round is over, a second card will be dealt to each player, this time facing up. A final round of betting will follow before the players reveal their cards. The best and also highest card to possibly come out usually comes in the form of pairs. If there are no pairs available, high cards will be the next best cards. This is a pretty quick game which can be played by up to eight players.

For starters, there are easy poker games that beginners can engaged such as the five-card draw games. Community cards, such as Texas Hold’em, is perhaps the most popular game around but to some people it varies what game they enjoy. Stud poker is another poker type enjoyed and played by majority of the people and the good thing about these games are the interesting variants they created meant to be enjoyed by anyone at all times. Of course we are all aware that not everyone can go hang out in a casino hence the popularity of home poker games. Variants gives the needed twists and turns in a game that makes it more enjoyable and exciting to play. One good example of a stud poker variant is a game called Breed the Heifer.

In this game, the dealer gives two face-down cards to each player and a third card which is face-up. A round of betting follows after cards are dealt where players can either call, raise or fold. After the round of betting is through, each players will be given a face-up card again. If a player has been given a card that matches to other player’s face-up card, the next card that will be given is considered a wild card. For example, the existing card of player A is a Five and a Jack then the dealer gives him a Five again, player B say received a Two, all Twos will be considered as wild cards now. Another betting round ensues which will be followed by giving of the sixth card. Then another betting before the seventh and final card are dealt. A final round of betting will occur before players may reveal their best poker hands keeping in mind the wild card/s.

To begin the game, each player must place their antes to be added to the pot. An ante is a sort of forced bet each player must place, often in small amounts only. Once the antes has been placed by all players in the table. the dealer can proceed in giving seven cards each to all players. The players may examine their cards and must decide if they will play for the high or the low hand. In this game, no one can play for both hand. There is no need to announce what hand a player will play, they must proceed in choosing five cards out of the seven in their hand to make the best possible hand. Players are still left with two cards at this moment, one of which will be discarded, so that makes a total of six cards in a player’s hand now.

From the five cards that players has formed, they must now choose only four and put them on the table facing down. The two remaining cards must be placed on both sides of the four cards. If the player decides that he is going to play a high hand, the card that was taken away to form his five-card hand must be placed to the right of the four cards in the table. If he is playing a low hand, that card must be placed on the left side. After this is done, all players will turn their top cards at the same time to reveal what card it was and this will be followed by a round of betting. The three remaining cards will be turned over too all at the same time with betting in between until the final round. Again, flipping over the left card means that the player wishes to play the low hand, while flipping over the right card means the player is vying for the high hand. No player may scoop the pot, meaning get both the half-pot, unless every other player in the game has already folded. Players with the highest and lowest five-card hand will win the half-pot.

Each players of the Good, the Bad and the Ugly will receive a total of seven cards throughout the game, just like a regular seven-card poker game. But players will be dealt with two face-down cards first followed by a round of betting starting again with the player seating to the dealer’s left. Players can either call, raise of fold in this round. After this is done, players will be dealt additional two cards again, this time all facing up and in addition to that, the dealer will place three face-down community cards in the middle of the table. A second betting round will follow after this starting to the player with the highest ranking face-up card.

After the second round of betting, the dealer will turn the first of the three cards in the middle. This card is called the Good. Players having card of the same rank on their hands can make that their wild card. For instance, the Good hand turns out to be an Eight, all Eights will be considered as a wild card. Another face-up card will be dealt to each players followed by the usual round of betting. The dealer will now then turn the middle card called the Bad after the betting. This time, any player with the same card rank as that middle card will have to discard that card without getting any card replacement at all. This is quite bad really since any ranking card could be subject to discarding and this rule actually goes for all the cards in a player hand whether face-up or face-down.

After the Bad card has been turned up, a new face-up card will be dealt to each player again followed by a series of betting before the final card will be turned, known as the Ugly card. It gets really ugly because players holding the same rank card must immediately fold irregardless of their hand’s value. After a player with an ugly card has folded, a final face-down card will be dealt followed by the final betting too. All remaining players must reveal their hands after this to determine who the winner is. The dealer will declare who has the best poker hand and will also award the pot to the winner. So, are you ready to get your game Ugly?

Starting from the player to the left of the dealer, everyone decides if they want to ‘purchase’ a card from the three that the dealer turns up. If a player says no, the dealer proceeds to give him a card from the deck. This card does not require any payment. Another similarity to Seven Card Stud is that a round of wagers proceeds every face up card dealt to a player. The point of purchasing cards here is that players get the opportunity to “buy” themselves a good hand. When everyone has seven cards, they take the five best to make a poker hand and the best hand wins the entire pot.

Step 1: The dealer distributes one card to each player. This card is facing down.

Step 2. After the players have been given one card each, the dealer proceeds to flip the deck’s top card up to expose it to everyone.

Step 3: The player to the left of the dealer is now faced with the choice of taking the face up card OR taking the deck’s new top card, which is blind to everyone. Either way, the player gets the card facing up so the choice is not between an exposed card to players and a card that remains hidden from all players. Rather, it is a choice between a card that can be of use to the player or a blind card that may have a better shot with the first card.

Step 4: If the player chose the exposed card, then the dealer again takes the card on top of the deck and flip it up on the center of the table, giving the next player the same choice. If the player chooses a blind card, then the next player is also given the choice of taking the exposed card or the next blind card. It must be noted that the exposed card is never replaced by the dealer unless it has been taken by a player.

Step 5: This process of exposing cards and choosing between them continues until each player has one face down card and four face up cards.

Step 6: Players show cards and the best hand wins the entire pot.

Step 1: The dealer distributes one card to each player. This card is facing down.

Step 2: Players then proceed to stick the said cards on their respective foreheads, showing the card to their opponents but concealing it from themselves! For those players who do not want to do this, they can simply hold up their cards to show to other players.

Step 3: The first round of betting occurs. Players bet on whether or not they have the highest card in the group. The first player to act or the player who initiates the betting round changes from round to round so that it is fair to everyone. The player who correctly bets the highest and possesses the highest card at the same time wins the betting round.

Step 4: Players need to listen carefully to their opponents’ bets, as well as the bids that they make so that they can get an idea of what cards they hold. If the other players all have high cards, then it’s obvious that the chances of having a high card get lower. In this case, it’s best to bet low. If the other players all have low cards – like 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, then it’s best to bet high.

Step 5: Players reveal their cards and the pot is given to the player who has the highest card and places the correct bet!

Step 1: The dealer distributes two cards to each player around the table. These cards are facing down. They can only be seen by the receiving players and no one else.

Step 2: The dealer distributes the players’ third cards – one card that is facing up. This card can be seen by everyone around the table.

Step 3: A betting round occurs after the dealer distributes the players’ third cards. The betting round is initiated by the player who receives the highest card that’s facing up.

Step 4: The dealer distributes one more card to each player facing up. A betting round follows the distribution of the players’ fourth cards.

Step 5: The dealer distributes one more card to each player facing up. A betting round follows the distribution of the players’ fifth cards.

Step 6: The dealer distributes one more card to each player facing up. A betting round follows the distribution of the players’ sixth cards.

Step 7: Players are given their last cards – the seventh card. This is dealt facing down, just like their first two cards. After the final cards have been distributed, players engage in their final betting round before the showdown. If you are observant you will see that the game is exactly like Seven Card Stud so far. The difference lies in the final step.

Step 8: After the last round of betting between players, everyone shows their cards and form the best five card combination to form a poker hand among their seven cards. However, the winner who takes home the pot is not the player with the best hand. Instead, the player who takes home the entire pot and wins the hand is the player with the second highest hands, hence the title of the game!