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I played in a home game one time where they had apparently watched a few rounds of hold 'em on TV and then just made up a bunch of rules. The goofiest bits:
-the 6th and 7th cards would be used to decide the winner in the case of a split pot
-players outside of the blinds don't have to pay the BB to see a flop - they can just check and see the flop for free
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maybe the royal flush was considered the best hand b/c there's no such hand as 5 of a kind. no matter how many wilds you have, the hand rankings don't change, right? i've never seen 5 of a kind listed on one of those things...

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I hope you're joking. If not, this link and this link both show a 5 of a kind as being higher than a Royal Flush when wild cards are used. The other rankings are unchanged.

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mine:

NLHE game at a bingo club. guy insisted that it wasn't fair to have to post until after the flop. IF he would fold then see the flop, say "I would have played if I'd seen the flop". Also disagreed with burning cards. Of course, he played poker since he was 3 in casino's all over and we were all wrong.

Ace only counting as high in straights.

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If no one posts before the flop, why not just deal everyone their hole cards and the flop at the same time. In fact, at that point, why not just have it an automatic check to the turn and take out one of the key aspects of what makes poker, "poker".

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I think since it isn't general practice to play with wild cards...it is up to the house to define ahead of time whether 5 of a kind is a legitimate hand or not. My home game, we play best normal poker hand; since it is impossible to make 5 of a kind in a normal poker hand, it doesn't count - royal is the highest when we play wild games. Of course, those of us who play semi-seriously have gotten the game to non-dealer call, generally non-wild game status - now we play rounds of HORSE with Razz replaced by Omaha Hi/Low.

Once I played NL holdem at a casino night/Christmas party for a Home Building company - they had other casino games and you got raffle tickets commensurate with the amount of chips you had. In that game, the bb was not live and AKQJT was the highest possible straight, followed by A2345, since A2345 also has an ace in it...

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NLHE
Board: 72349

My hole cards: 77
Genius' hole cards: AK

Genius insists my set is beat by his wraparound K-4 straight.
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NLHE
Board: 72349

My hole cards: 77
Genius' hole cards: AK

Genius insists my set is beat by his wraparound K-4 straight.
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I almost got punched in the face trying to explain that you can't have 3 pair in Hold'em.

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I gotta think others have had to deal with a claim like this. We were just messing around with 5 card draw at a party, not even playing for money. Guy claims that either (or both) a 4 card flush or 4 card straight beats a pair. I, of course, tell him it doesn't. But wait, he says he's played with older guys that have played in card clubs before, and they say it's true, so it must be, right!?

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As long as the rules are set forth before hand, it should be OK. But 5 of a kind being the highest hand in a wild card game isn't unusual at all and is stated on any hand ranking chart you can find.

You'd really piss a newcomer to your game off if he had (7777-Joker) and you told him that he lost to a straight flush.

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My idea was to play it with Little League rules. No keeping score and everyone gets a t-shirt for a good sportsmenship