If you are tired of watching and playing the Texas Hold’em game, then you could try a variant of the same. It is called the Pineapple Poker or the Crazy Pineapple.

Just as in a Hold’em game, the players on the dealer’s left hold out the blind bets to start the game. Then the differences begin, instead of being dealt two hole cards as in Hold’em game, here the players are dealt 3 whole cards to begin. After the betting is complete, the flop is dealt and another turn of betting ensues. From then on the game gets “crazy” – the players remaining in the game discard one of their three cards to be left with two hole cards as in the usual Texas Hold’em game. From here on, the game becomes as the usual Texas Hold’em game. The turn is dealt and a turn of betting goes on. Then the river is dealt and the betting again goes around. The players can make any combination of the two hole cards and the five community cards on the table to make the best hand. After the final showdown, whoever has the best hand wins the pot.

Deuce-to-seven-triple draw is a variant of the five card draw game. There are two main components in this game. Each player gets to draw a card three times during a round instead of getting to draw only once. The “deuce to seven” part of the game implies that the game is played low. In a deuce to seven game, you need to make the worst possible hand without straights or flushes. The best low hand would be a combination of 2-3-4-5-7 and not of the same suit.

There are several variants of the five card draw game and these will make cheerful additions to a dealer’s choice game at a home party. Jackpots is a variant where in you need to hold a pair of Jacks or something better to start the betting. In case no one has any suitable hands, everyone folds, antes again and cards are dealt again. This is continued till someone is dealt a pair of Jacks or equivalent to start the game. Double draw is a variant wherein the players get to draw in two new cards instead of the one card in the five card draw game. Also, there is an additional turn of betting after the second card is drawn. Lowball is another variant of the five card draw game where the game is played exactly the same but instead of the highest ranked player winning, the one holding the lowest hand wins the pot. The deuce-to-seven triple draw is another variant of this game where another draw is added to the double draw with another turn of betting. This game is characterized by the low hand winning and the best low hand is 2-3-4-5-7. The aces are always high in this game.

Thus, the poker game has many variants which have been introduced as the game became popular and it began to be played across communities. Players adept at the original game started making variations to introduce new novelties and those versions which became popular got their own names and schools of fan followings.