gambly new year's

fun poker is awesome. if we were to play texas hold 'em continuously for hours, sure it would build our skill at one game, but the tedium would be undesirable. having the dealer call / create a game is so much better. here's a list of the staples and the more unconventional concoctions we've come up with, playing of course with a double deck:

texas hold 'em
omaha hold 'em
stiff pokey
acey doucey
kings and little ones
one eye jacks & kings with swords
69 / the cockblocker (my game)
pairs wild
LES (otto's game)
cricket
fiery cross
maximus wildus / last biggest (my game)

feature of the day: maximus wildus

each player gets three in the hole. there are four river cards laid out. betting takes place before and after each river card is flipped. the last biggest river card is wild. you make the best five out of your three and the four river cards on the table. it's trickier than it may first seem. lots of opportunity to try to run people with semi-bluffs midway through the game. luck can change fairly drastically from one river card to the next.