When I play poker with my friends we inevitably end up with guts and... well I don't know the name of the other one.
I can't remember the specifics of guts but you put in an ante and I think you're dealt five cards (or is it two?). Everyone then takes their hand and puts it in their hand near the middle of the table, about a foot above the table. You then count 1-2-3 and on three everyone who thinks they have a bad hand drops their cards and everyone else keeps them in hand. Those who stayed compare hands and the winner doesn't pay in, but everyone else has to match the ante. The thing finishes when there is only one person who stays in. Again, the details are a bit fuzzy and hard to explain, so apologies if this doesn't make much sense.
The other variant involves being dealt a card and you put it on your forehead for everyone else (except you!) to see. Again, you take a poker token and put it in your hand and on the count of three all those who think they are the winner keep the chip in hand. Top card is the winner, although I don't remember how the thing finishes.
Wow, it's been a while since I've played... I only half-remember the games.
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Date: 2006-05-25 07:56 pm (UTC)I can't remember the specifics of guts but you put in an ante and I think you're dealt five cards (or is it two?). Everyone then takes their hand and puts it in their hand near the middle of the table, about a foot above the table. You then count 1-2-3 and on three everyone who thinks they have a bad hand drops their cards and everyone else keeps them in hand. Those who stayed compare hands and the winner doesn't pay in, but everyone else has to match the ante. The thing finishes when there is only one person who stays in. Again, the details are a bit fuzzy and hard to explain, so apologies if this doesn't make much sense.
The other variant involves being dealt a card and you put it on your forehead for everyone else (except you!) to see. Again, you take a poker token and put it in your hand and on the count of three all those who think they are the winner keep the chip in hand. Top card is the winner, although I don't remember how the thing finishes.
Wow, it's been a while since I've played... I only half-remember the games.