Old Fashioned Dealer's Choice Poker : The Kind Grandpa Used to Play

Old Fashioned Dealer’s Choice Poker

The Kind Grandpa Used to Play

by

C. Stephen Badgley

ISBN 978-1434812582

Copyright © Badgley Publishing Company

2013

Old Fashioned

Dealer’s Choice Poker

Introduction

Setting up a Poker Party

Basic Rules

Setting the Value of Poker Chips:

Betting / Calling / Passing / Folding in Turn:

Dealer’s Choice:

Checks and Raises:

Cutting the Deck / Changing the Deck:

Misdeals:

Calling of Hands:

Pulling Light:

Wild Cards:

Game Variations:

House Rules

Time Limits:

Disagreements / Disputes:

Absent Players:

Playing all Games:

The Boss:

Setting the Limits:

Rank of Hands

Rank of Hands Illustrated Examples

Low Poker

Some Poker Terminology & Slang

The Ante

The Pot

Checking, Passing, Betting, Calling, Raising, Folding

Slang Names for Certain Cards

Slang Names for Certain Hands

Split Pot

Qualifiers

High / Low Poker Hands

Hole Cards

Community Cards

Wild Cards

Kickers

Playing Rounds / Betting Rounds

5 Card Games

Five Card Draw

Five Card Stud

Push & Pay

Arm & A Leg

Low Ball Poker

Double Draw Poker

Double Draw / Hi-Low Roll ‘em Back

Knock Poker

7 Card Games

7 Card Stud

Black Widow

Follow the Lady

Low Chicago

Daytime Baseball

Night Time Baseball

7 Card Stud, Push & Pay

No Peek

Mexican Sweat

Maloney Baloney

Low Hole

Low Hole / Roll Your Own

7 Card Push & Pay in the Blind

Buy a Card

Qualifiers

Jacks or Better / Trips to Win

Double Criss Cross

Community Card Games

Hold ‘Em

Omaha

44 or Cincinnati

Criss Cross

Red / Black

Best Two

Burn Games

Spit or Spit in the Ocean

Five Will Get You Two

Non Poker Betting Games

Screw Your Neighbor

Knock 31

Seven / Twenty Seven

Eleven / Thirty Three

Fifteen / Forty Five

Black Jack or Twenty One

Acey Deucy or In Between

Indian Poker

Final Showdown

Epilogue

Introduction

On any given day, at about any time, you can turn on the television and you will find a Texas Hold Em tournament being played on one of the channels.  The televising of these games has brought forth a renewed interest in the game of chance.  The market is glutted with items for holding Texas Hold Em tournaments at home.  Cards, chips, marked table cloths, books on strategy, rules etc. etc.  

Don’t get me wrong, I am not putting down the game of Texas Hold Em.  It’s a fine game but I find it gets pretty boring playing the same game over and over.   There are many more card games that can create excitement and genuine fun for those of us who cannot afford a $10,000 entry fee to one of these tournaments. 

This book contains 41 games and variations of card games that have been played and enjoyed for generations. Long before television was even invented, folks would gather at different houses for Friday or Saturday night poker parties.   Dealer’s Choice was the rule.  Many games were invented at these night outs and their popularity spread across the nation with different names and variations being added as they were played in other areas by different folks. 

The games in this book are games that my friends and my family have played and enjoyed for over a half a century. These games are guaranteed to provide hours and hours of fun and excitement for you and your friends.              C. Stephen Badgley

Setting up a Poker Party

The most important thing in organizing a poker party is to make a list of your friends and family that you want to attend.   Set a time and date and notify everybody.  Let them know what will be required of them to play.  See Basic Rules and House Rules for suggestions on limits etc. You should plan for snacks and drinks.  It is proper etiquette to ask your guests to bring something to add to the menu.   Provide paper plates, napkins and plastic tableware.  I suggest you keep it simple so you won’t have a big mess to clean up after the party. 

The ideal maximum number of people to have playing at one table is seven.  If you have more than seven you won’t be able to play some of the 7 card games.  If you are going to have more than seven