Gabe

[Michael Davis]

Andy,

Despite your absence, you cost me more money than anyone else there by inventing some sort of crazy game that I could not figure out.

Here's a hand I played of Crazy Fox:

Ten-handed. Gabe open-raises from early middle position, Buzz calls to my right, and I coldcall with JcJd4dQc. I don't remember or care if the blinds called.

Flop: 6c 3d 5c

Gabe bets, Buzz calls, and I called (?). Which card should I discard? I think the worst discard would be the 4. Am I wrong?

-Michael

[mike l.]

"is that gabe theron (sp?). blond hair, about thirty, short and thin, terrific shorthanded player?"

no.

[nothumb]

I toss the J of diamonds.

Is Crazy Fox like Crazy Pineapple but with 4 cards? I'm assuming a one-card straight is legal, unlike Omaha, so tossing the 4 would be bad.

Do you have to discard again after the turn? That would be interesting.

NT

[Barry]

I would discard the J [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]

[Barry]

Toss 1 after the flop and 1 after the turn. It's sort of Omaha morphing to HE.

[nothumb]

That's really interesting. It must wreck your odds calculations since you can't have as many back-door draws, combo hands, etc.

I want to know the rest of the hand!

NT

[Michael Davis]

I discarded the jack of diamonds. The board paired on the turn. I lost. The nut flush draw was out, so I would have been better keeping the jacks as far as that goes.

-Michael

[andyfox]

Sorry. If it makes you feel any better, I did no better at Crazy Fox the night we played than you.

FWIW (and I don't think it's worth much), I'd fold to that flop. If I played, I think I'd discard the Qc. Only because it's unlikely anybody else would have a 4 at that point. Of course, if I wasn't sure which card to discard, I certainly wouldn't call the bet. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[mike l.]

"The board paired on the turn. I lost."

this is pretty much how this game is. someone always flops a set and someone else always flops a flush draw and either the board pairs or the flush comes and that's pretty much it.

we were having more fun w/ triple draw 2-7.

[El Dukie]

Note to self: 6-5-4-3-2 is not a winning hand in Deuce to Seven. [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]