What is the name of this game? (1 Viewer)

[MatthewTreeTree]

I played a few rounds of a poker game tonight with an older lady at the bar. She didn’t remember the name but she taught me well.

We each got five cards faced up, they were essentially piles of cards that we’d use to make our best five hands.

We draw a card in turns, and all the piles had to equal the same amount of cards before you could stack on the same pile again.

I’m not the best at explaining and Google couldn’t help. I know someone on here can decipher what I’m saying and help out lol

 

[kaimat]

Were there any wild cards? That might help narrow it down.

 

[MatthewTreeTree]

No wild cards! Just best poker hand out of a stack of five cards

 

[Colquhoun]

Maybe a variation Paskahousu?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paskahousu

 

[Taghkanic]

I knew some guys who used to play something much like that before a tournament, to kill time, for like $1 per hand. (So max $5 per deal.) But I never heard them give it a name.

 

[MatthewTreeTree]

I’ll post pictures of how it looked when dealt. Plus how it looks when being played - I’m gonna add desc on pics

 

[MatthewTreeTree]

 

[MatthewTreeTree]

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Whoever deals goes second in turn. Pick up one card, and place it on a pile. You must have the same amount of cards in each pile before you can stack cards on another pile.

Best poker hands out of the five, 5-card piles, win the round

Always played heads up! Only two cards left after both players have the 5 card piles

 

[CrazyEddie]

Is there any betting?

If there's betting, meaning someone can bet and the other person must raise, call, or fold, then it's somewhat similar to (but not the same as) Ten Card Regrets.

If there's wagering instead of betting, meaning whoever wins the hand wins a fixed amount with no opportunity to raise the stakes and no opportunity to fold, then it's somewhat similar to (but not the same as) Open Face Chinese Poker.

I haven't run across this specific game, though.

Note that without betting (specifically - raising the stakes and folding, which is also called vying) then it's not truly a form of poker. Likewise, if all the cards are exposed and none are kept secret while betting, then it's not truly a form of poker.

 

[Legend5555]

I've always called this Fives. Except I played it that each player was dealt 5 cards to start. Then on your turn you draw a card and play a card from your hand to one of 4 piles. In the end you have five 5 card poker hands, 4 on board and one in hand. After one draw, instead of playing a card, you may discard one. But this is only done once each game.

 

[MatthewTreeTree]

Bro that actually sounds really good! Pretty similar to how it was played too just no draws and no face down cards

 

[MatthewTreeTree]

I started to call it the Old Lady Game

 

[Legend5555]

Bro that actually sounds really good! Pretty similar to how it was played too just no draws and no face down cards

There is also a 3 card version played with jokers. You have 9 spots to play to and are making 3 card poker hands. 5 out of 9, or 3 adjacent winning hands wins. I don't remember how the rankings went in that version though.