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Experienced players, poker theorists and mathematicians are kindly asked to chime in.
So, for community-cards games (ie with a "board"), I guess (not sure, though) that the ranking in volatility is:
-TX Hold 'em
-(Plain) Pineapple (3 hole cards, one of them immediately discarded before even betting, just for better initial hand selection; game continues as TX Hold 'em)
-Cuckoo Hold 'em (3 hole cards, one discarded upon seeing the flop, the remaining two being obligatory to use, so only three of the board useable)
-Crazy Pineapple (3 hole cards, one discarded upon seeing the flop, game continues as TX Hold 'em after that)
-Three card Omaha (3 hole cards to be kept to the end, only two useable, so three board cards obligatory to use)
-Omaha (4 hole cards to be kept to the end, only two useable, so three board cards obligatory to use)

I might be making a mistake there; is really 3-card Omaha more volatile than Crazy Pineapple?
Do those two games deserve to be played PL pre-flop?

I 'm always in search of some variety, without resorting to outrageous games, and keeping it as simple as possible.
 
is really 3-card Omaha more volatile than Crazy Pineapple?
Do those two games deserve to be played PL pre-flop?

I 'm always in search of some variety, without resorting to outrageous games, and keeping it as simple as possible.
Yes. Three cards with option post-flop is more volatile than two cards with option. Either game can be played as fixed-limit, pot-limit, or no-limit.

Try adding Super-Hold'em or Big O to your rotation. Both add more volatility without extra complexity. Either game also plays well as Hi/Lo.

I'd also argue that regular Pineapple is more volatile than cuckoo, since it retains more options for hand construction.
 
Thanks Dave! :)

Another, possibly interesting, idea of watering down Super Hold'em (three useable hole cards) would be minimum two hole cards to use; not one or none.
 
Thanks Dave! :)

Another, possibly interesting, idea of watering down Super Hold'em (three useable hole cards) would be minimum two hole cards to use; not one or none.
That won't change it very much. Being able to play three from your hand is what makes this game very dangerous -- hidden straights, flushes, full-houses, and quads.
 
That's why I won't spread that shit anytime soon:ROFL: :ROFLMAO:
We used to do that as clueless Law (clearly NOT Math) students back in the '80s:D
 
That's a fact, Jack.
lol

Quick question for somebody who's obviously played before: What's the absolute worst hand that could win heads-up? Show your work.... both hands and the board.

My fav Super-Hold'em story is the guy with quad aces King kicker who lost to not one but TWO royal flushes.... :D
 
lol

Quick question for somebody who's obviously played before: What's the absolute worst hand that could win heads-up? Show your work.... both hands and the board.

My fav Super-Hold'em story is the guy with quad aces King kicker who lost to not one but TWO royal flushes.... :D
I think I’ve only played it once, and it was just a few orbits, and as part of a SOHE type game. I saw how dangerous it could be, but I look forward to hearing stories.
 
The version with [3] or [2 of 3] useable hole cards was very common here, before internationalization of TX Hold'em. Without blinds, antes only, and in 5 betting rounds:rolleyes:
Can't recall anything particular, other than it was not very surprising, however awful, to lose with big full houses against concealed quads (three in the hole).

I was on the winning end of such a hand once upon a New Year's eve (could have been '89), breaking a friend who had Aces' full, with my three 8s, plus an innocent-looking 8 on the board.

When, many years later, rather recently that is, I was trying to introduce to my crew American, internationally standard forms of poker, basically Hold'em, hands like that were my strong arguments. That particular friend always remembered that New Year's eve too, remarkably not by the name of the year, either:D
 
Experienced players, poker theorists and mathematicians are kindly asked to chime in.
So, for community-cards games (ie with a "board"), I guess (not sure, though) that the ranking in volatility is:
-TX Hold 'em
-(Plain) Pineapple (3 hole cards, one of them immediately discarded before even betting, just for better initial hand selection; game continues as TX Hold 'em)
-Cuckoo Hold 'em (3 hole cards, one discarded upon seeing the flop, the remaining two being obligatory to use, so only three of the board useable)
-Crazy Pineapple (3 hole cards, one discarded upon seeing the flop, game continues as TX Hold 'em after that)
-Three card Omaha (3 hole cards to be kept to the end, only two useable, so three board cards obligatory to use)
-Omaha (4 hole cards to be kept to the end, only two useable, so three board cards obligatory to use)

I might be making a mistake there; is really 3-card Omaha more volatile than Crazy Pineapple?
Do those two games deserve to be played PL pre-flop?

I 'm always in search of some variety, without resorting to outrageous games, and keeping it as simple as possible.

I personally wouldn't classify any of these games as "volatile". If you want crazy volatile attend my game, or a meet up. Then we can have a discussion lol.
 
I personally wouldn't classify any of these games as "volatile". If you want crazy volatile attend my game, or a meet up. Then we can have a discussion lol.
You've clearly never played No-Limit Super-Hold'em Hi/Lo Double-board. Makes ANY Omaha-based game look tame.
 
I personally wouldn't classify any of these games as "volatile". If you want crazy volatile attend my game, or a meet up. Then we can have a discussion lol.
I 'm not in search of volatility. Just a little variety over TX Hold'em without too much volatility. Just fathoming the volatility of games in the area between Hold'em and PLO (even PLO is too much for my liking);)
:)
 

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