Poker Game Variants

There are many variations of poker game; all of these follow a similar pattern of play and generally use the same hierarchy of hand rankings. Most of the players have their favourite version of Poker Game which they play frequently with their friends or even professionally; others like to try different variants each time they play poker. Here, you will know about different variants of poker game that are played in different parts of the world by thousands of poker enthusiasts.

There are three main families of poker variants, largely grouped by the way the cards are dealt and betting is done:

Stud Poker – Cards are dealt in a prearranged combination of both face-down and face-up manner with a round of betting following each round e.g. 5 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud etc. are poker games of this kind of variant.

Draw Poker – A hand is dealt to each player, face-down, and after betting, players are allowed to change their hand by discarding unwanted cards and being dealt new ones e.g. 5 Card Draw is an example of this kind of poker variant.

Community Card Poker – The players are dealt an incomplete hand of face-down cards, and then a number of face-up community cards are dealt on the table, each of which can be used by one or more of the players to make a 5-card hand e.g. Texas Holdem, Omaha etc. are poker games of this kind of variant.