I Love Casinos: Game

Tired of plain old Texas Hold'em? Try this variation to the game, Pineapple Poker, or 'Crazy Pineapple.' Pineapple poker is almost identical to Hold'em

Just as in Hold'em, the two players to the left post blinds before the deal.

Now, the changes begin. In Pineapple Poker, instead of being dealt 2 hole cards as in Texas Hold'em, each player gets 3 hole cards to begin. After the 3 hole cards are dealt each player must decide which card they want to discard. This is done before seeing any community cards.

From here, the game is identical to Texas Hold'em. The turn is dealt, a round of betting happens, the river is dealt, another betting round, and then there's the showdown. Players can use any combination of the 2 hole cards in their hands and the 5 board or community cards on the table to make the best hand, and the best hand wins the pot.

Crazy Pineapple
The players discard their third hole card after the flop betting round, before the 'Turn' card is dealt.

Tahoe Poker & Lazy Pineapple
The players keep all three hole cards through to showdown, but may not use all three of them to make a hand. Each player may use none, one, or two cards from his hand, combined with those on the board, to make his final five-card hand.