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Home poker games, explained

Clear rules, four-player example hands, and player ratings for the poker variants you actually play at home. Always free β€” vote and comment without an account.

19 games

All games

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Anaconda

Pass the Trash
Other

Deal seven, then pass cards to your neighbor and roll your best five face-up one at a time, betting along the way.

πŸ‘₯ 4–7⏱ ~30 minπŸ“Š Hard
★★★★β˜…4.7(142)

Baseball

7-Card Stud variant
Wild

Seven-card stud where 3s and 9s are wild, and a face-up 4 buys you an extra card. Loud, swingy, and a table favorite.

πŸ‘₯ 3–7⏱ ~20 minπŸ“Š Medium
★★★★β˜…4.6(128)

Follow the Queen

7-Card Stud variant
Wild

The card after each face-up queen becomes wild — and it changes every time a new queen appears. Chaos in the best way.

πŸ‘₯ 3–7⏱ ~25 minπŸ“Š Medium
★★★★β˜…4.5(96)

Iron Cross

Criss Cross
Community

Five community cards in a plus-sign; make your hand using one row or column. Lots of betting rounds, lots of suspense.

πŸ‘₯ 3–7⏱ ~25 minπŸ“Š Medium
★★★★β˜…4.5(88)

Pyramid

1-2-3 · three-way split
Split

Build a pyramid from six cards and flip one each round. Best top card, middle pair, and bottom trio each win a third of the pot.

πŸ‘₯ 4–8⏱ ~20 minπŸ“Š Easy
★★★★β˜…4.5(47)
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Texas Hold'em

The classic
Community

Two hole cards, five shared cards, make your best five. The game everyone knows — a perfect warm-up round.

πŸ‘₯ 2–10⏱ ~variesπŸ“Š Easy
★★★★β˜…4.4(210)

Pineapple

Crazy Pineapple
Community

Hold'em with three hole cards — discard one (after the flop in Crazy). More action, bigger draws, easy to learn.

πŸ‘₯ 2–9⏱ ~variesπŸ“Š Easy
★★★★β˜…4.4(67)

Omaha

High / Hi-Lo
Community

Four hole cards, use exactly two with three of the board. Big hands and bigger pots than Hold'em.

πŸ‘₯ 2–9⏱ ~variesπŸ“Š Medium
★★★★β˜…4.3(74)

Night Baseball

Blind Baseball
Wild

Baseball played blind — flip cards one at a time, must beat the board to stay. Wild 3s and 9s keep it unpredictable.

πŸ‘₯ 4–7⏱ ~25 minπŸ“Š Hard
★★★★β˜…4.3(54)

Roll Your Own

Low Hole / Mexican Stud
Stud

Stud where you choose which card to flip face-up each round — and your lowest hole card is wild. Every decision matters.

πŸ‘₯ 3–7⏱ ~25 minπŸ“Š Medium
★★★★β˜…4.3(39)

Chicago

High-Spade split
Stud

Standard 7-card stud, but the highest spade in the hole splits the pot with the best hand. Two ways to win.

πŸ‘₯ 4–7⏱ ~20 minπŸ“Š Medium
★★★★β˜…4.2(61)

Black Mariah

Black Maria
Stud

7-card stud where the queen of spades showing kills the pot and forces a redeal. Tense, dramatic, table-shaking.

πŸ‘₯ 4–7⏱ ~25 minπŸ“Š Medium
★★★★β˜…4.2(48)

Indian Poker

Blind Man's Bluff
Other

One card, held to your forehead — you see everyone's but your own. Pure reads and table talk. Hilarious with a crowd.

πŸ‘₯ 3–10⏱ ~10 minπŸ“Š Easy
★★★★β˜…4.1(117)

5-Card Draw

Jacks or Better
Draw

The old-school original — five cards, one draw, best hand wins. Perfect for new players and a clean first round.

πŸ‘₯ 2–6⏱ ~15 minπŸ“Š Easy
★★★★β˜…4.1(85)

7-27

Two-way high-low
Other

Draw toward 7, 27, or both — aces count 1 or 11, faces a half. A great change-of-pace, math-y declaration game.

πŸ‘₯ 3–8⏱ ~20 minπŸ“Š Easy
★★★★β˜…4.0(42)

Guts

2-card / 3-card
Other

Tiny hands, huge swings. Everyone declares in or out at once — losers match the pot. Bankroll-destroying fun.

πŸ‘₯ 2–7⏱ ~15 minπŸ“Š Easy
★★★β˜…β˜…3.9(103)

ThreeFour War

Two-winner split war
Split

A war with two winners: the best 3-card and best 4-card hands split the pot — each goes high or low and must beat a dummy hand. Dare to draw a fourth?

πŸ‘₯ 3–7⏱ ~25 minπŸ“Š Hard
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New

Lowe-Mac

Seven-card high · pot match
Stud

Seven-card high poker — two down and five up — with one wicked twist: the first player to pair the board must match the pot, then bet up to it to run the table off. A second pair owes double.

πŸ‘₯ 3–7⏱ ~25 minπŸ“Š Medium
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New

Bullseye

Closest to the Target
Target

Make the 5-card hand closest to the middle Target — without going over. Buy up-cards to climb nearer, but two poker tiers over the middle and you bust out.

πŸ‘₯ 3–7⏱ ~25 minπŸ“Š Hard
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