Murasaki
Rock Star
Silver Level
So when I got into poker, I didn't knew about the variations of the game, I just thought texas hold'em was the only game that was called poker. Anyway, onto the game itself, whenever we played, we did no betting pre flop after the cards were deal, we just simply put in an Ante and then go into the flop, turn and river with regular betting phases as usual. But when it came to the winning hand, we didn't simply just stick to the best 5 cards in a hand, we factored other things, such as having a pair with your straight or the best kicker was only from the player's hand if both had the same pair.
We don't do that anymore nowadays and just stick with the best 5 cards, but when someone was short on chips, or if we want to finish the game in general, our version of a blind is simply matching the short stack and then we're dealt cards but don't look at them. Then when the flop came up, we turn one card, deal the turn and river cards and then flip over the last card to see who's won.
Quite unusual how my family plays texas hold'em, but I also question if this is why I have some problems in my game also as a result, for example, when it comes to 2 pair, we used to ignore any pair that was on the table. Also no pre flop betting also could be a big hindrance to my game since it's a position I haven't practiced before and just learned from playing online poker more or less. Plus it probably made it easier for those like my dad to bluff having a good hand.
So what about you guys, if anyone played with family, did you alter rules of the game? Also what poker game did you play the most?
We don't do that anymore nowadays and just stick with the best 5 cards, but when someone was short on chips, or if we want to finish the game in general, our version of a blind is simply matching the short stack and then we're dealt cards but don't look at them. Then when the flop came up, we turn one card, deal the turn and river cards and then flip over the last card to see who's won.
Quite unusual how my family plays texas hold'em, but I also question if this is why I have some problems in my game also as a result, for example, when it comes to 2 pair, we used to ignore any pair that was on the table. Also no pre flop betting also could be a big hindrance to my game since it's a position I haven't practiced before and just learned from playing online poker more or less. Plus it probably made it easier for those like my dad to bluff having a good hand.
So what about you guys, if anyone played with family, did you alter rules of the game? Also what poker game did you play the most?
