As promised.
I have a weekly poker game with stupid (or, euphemistically, “fun”) variations.
Regrets:
Five players max.
Each player gets 10 cards, no-look.
Each player will create a five-card high hand and a five-card low hand from their cards.
The Play: Each player starts by revealing one of their own cards, and placing it in either their high hand (off-center to the right of themselves) or their low hand (off-center to the left of themselves).Highest high hand bets first.
Repeat reveals and betting nine more times, each time choosing to place it in either their high hand or their low hand.
After the last cards are revealed, there is no betting. highest High Hand wins half the pot, lowest Low Hand wins half the pot.
Crying Card.
Winner is the player with the best five-card hand, using any of their own cards and any of the cards in the “happy row.”
Each player gets five cards, which they look at.
Ten more cards are placed face-down in two rows of five. One row is the “happy row,” the other is the “crying row.”
First player reveals a happy card, and a round of betting ensues.
After that betting, the second player reveals a card from the crying row.
All players must discard from their hands the cards of the same value as this crying card.
Any happy cards of the same value are also discarded from the happy row.
Another round of betting.
And so on, alternating between happy cards and crying cards until all are exposed.