Donky Solitaire (Repost)

[This Fish Chums]

I decided this should be it's own thread to see if people like it.

I actually invented a solitaire game once. Here's how you play it.

Donkey Solitaire

By Jonathan A. Reth​

Summary:

Donkey Solitaire provides a fun, single-person poker playing experience. It does so by putting you up against 3 of the most stubborn donkeys you will ever play against. If you love Holdem and have no one to play with, Donkey Solitaire may be the pastime you’ve been waiting for.

Setup:

Have a standard 52 card deck and give yourself 2,500 chips to start. Have a stash of up to 10,000 worth of chips to give to yourself as you win (if you don't have chips you can just track your score on paper). The donkeys don’t get chips as they have unlimited resources.

Dealing your own hand.

1. Shuffle a standard 52-card deck.
2. Flip over the top two cards and decide if you want to play those two cards.

• If No, discard those two and flip over two new cards. Continue discarding and flipping over two cards until you find two hole cards you actually want to play. Keep in mind, you have to play tight when playing against donkeys and so you’ll want to throw away lots of mediocre hands.
  • NOTE: If you make it through the entire deck you lose 100 chips (the blinds) for playing too tight. Then reshuffle the deck and try again.
• When you do find 2 cards you want to play set them aside and re-shuffle all the other 50 cards.

Dealing the Donkey hands.

After reshuffling the deck, deal out 3 sets of hands face down across from you. These are the donkey players who refuse to fold.

Dealing the community cards, and the point scoring system.

1. Place 100 of your chips into the pot to see the flop.

• If you fold on the flop, you lose a total of 100 chips.

2. If you wish to see the turn, place another 100 of your chips into the pot.

• If you fold on the turn, you lose a total of 200 chips.

3. If you wish to see the river, place another 100 of your chips into the pot.

• If you fold on the turn, you lose a total of 300 chips.

4. If you wish to see a showdown, place another 200 of your chips into the pot then:

1. Flip over each of the donkey hands to expose what the donkeys are holding.
2. If you lose a showdown to ANY one of the three donkeys, you lose a total of 500 chips.
3. If you manage to beat all 3 donkeys you win a total of 1,500 chips.

IMPORTANT: These are professional donkeys. These donkeys NEVER fold under any circumstances. If you see a showdown you must showdown against all 3 donkeys.

Winning, or Losing, the Game

The objective of the game is to get to 10,000 chips to win.
If you get to 0 chips, then you’re felted and the game is over.
Don't bother keeping track of how many chips the donkeys have. The donkeys have unlimited resources, so they never lose the game. And even if they did lose, another donkey would just replace the one who lost.

Cash Game (Easy Level)


If you prefer, you can keep "re-buying" into the game and just keep playing until you reach 10,000 chips.

Difficulty levels.

Also to make the game easier, you can play against just 1 or 2 Donkeys. The point system remains the same.
To make the game harder, you can play against 4-9 Donkeys with 9 Donkeys being the most difficult level. The point system remains the same.

 

[Shady Slim]

This is a unique game. Very imaginative and your write up of the rules got me to laugh out loud. I will have to give this a try one day, maybe when the power or internet goes out just to pass the time.