WHISKY POKER

This variation is so called because it was originally played in the American lumber camps to decide who should pay for the drinks.

Every player contributes an agreed amount to a pool. The dealer deals an extra starting hand(widow)to the centre of the table, immediately before dealing cards to himself. The player on the left of the dealer, after looking at his cards, may either exchange his hand for the widow, pass (in which case the option of taking the widow passes to his left hand neighbour) or indicate, by knocking the table, that he will play with the cards dealt to him.

If the player on the left of the dealer (or any subsequent player) takes the widow, he puts his own cards face upwards on the table as a new widow. The player on his left may now either take the whole of the exposed widow in exchange for his own hand, take one or more cards from it in exchange for cards in his hand, or knock.

A player, however, cannot draw cards from the widow and knock at the same turn, and the options to exchange the widow or cards with it continues until a player knocks. As soon as player does so, the remaining players have one turn each to exchange their hands or texas two cards for it. After the player on the right of the knocker has had his turn, the players expose their hands and the best hand wins the pot.

If no-one takes the widow before it is the turn of the dealer, he, must either take the widow or turn it face upwards on the table. Even if he decides to knock, without making an exchange, he must still turn up the widow.

KOCK POKER

In this variation, every player puts up an ante. The dealer banker rules gives every player five cards, as in the parent game, and the rest of the pack (the stock) is placed face downwards in the centre of the table. The player on the left of the dealer draws the top card of the stock and discards a card from his hand.

At any time after drawing a card and before discarding one, a player may knock the table. He then discards a card from his hand. The other players have one more turn each to draw and discard a card, or drop out of the game by paying the knocker the amount of the ante.

After the player on the right of the knocker has drawn and discarded, or dropped out of the game, all players remaining I the game show their cards and settlement is made as follows:

If the knocker has the best hand, all who are in the game pay him twice the ante.

If the knocker and one or more other online poker players have equal for the amount paid to the knocker by those who dropped out of the game. If the knocker does No-Trumps have the best hand he pays twice the ante to every player remaining in the game, and the player with the best hand wins the antes.

HIGH-LOW POKER

Any variation of poker may be played high-low. As a rule the hand is played as a pot. The player plays his hand for either high or low, but does No-Trumps have to announce which until the last card is dealt. The highest and the lowest hands divide the pot between them. An Ace is always high and cannot be counted as a low card except as part of a sequence in the high hand.

STRIP POKER

In this version of the game the dealer deals five cards, face downwards, to each player. There is no ante and no straddle. After an exchange of cards (as in the parent game) the players expose their cards and the one with the worst poker hand pays the table by removing an article of clothing.

The game, with all its voluptuous prospects, is said to be at its best in mixed company during a heatwave!