I've seen lots of variants of Guts; the common element is that the losers who stay in have to match the pot, and those who drop out are safe, but also don't win. Fun, but a good way to lose a lot fast when playing for money. It's often called late in the evening by someone looking to recoup their accumulated losses.
Indian poker is a phyche-out variant of guts, and doesn't get played often in our particular crowd. We've done it a few times, though.
Generally, what I've found is that the more money is at stake, the more "serious" the games get, with "big money" games being straight 7-card stud, Texas hold 'em etc., small money games being motley assemblages of serious and semi-serious games with occasional insanity, and trivial or non money games tending towards extreme craziness. I gather that y'all don't play for paycheques. (Neither do we: supper generally costs more than the buy-in.)
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Date: 2006-05-25 08:15 pm (UTC)Indian poker is a phyche-out variant of guts, and doesn't get played often in our particular crowd. We've done it a few times, though.
Generally, what I've found is that the more money is at stake, the more "serious" the games get, with "big money" games being straight 7-card stud, Texas hold 'em etc., small money games being motley assemblages of serious and semi-serious games with occasional insanity, and trivial or non money games tending towards extreme craziness. I gather that y'all don't play for paycheques. (Neither do we: supper generally costs more than the buy-in.)