Strange Claims

[Hedge Henderson]

I enjoyed reading some of these. It doesn't matter how wrong a guy is, it's damn tough to convince him when it's his money in the pot. Add in the fact that he might have actually played that way for many years, and you've got a hard sell.

In my early days playing at home (15+ years ago), we didn't have any books, 2+2, or RGP. We just made things up as we went along, played funny games, and came up with our own funny rules. Probably the strangest was that We never wanted to split a pot. We'd look at naturals vs wilds, even the suits, all to make sure only one player got the pot.

I know better now. At least I can say we never allowed wrap-around straights. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]


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...Guy claims that either (or both) a 4 card flush or 4 card straight beats a pair...

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He may not be as confused as you might think. Some old-timers still play five card stud with a pair beat by four (consecutive) to a straight, and four to a straight beat by a bobtail (or Arkansas) flush.

I've never heard of those hands being worth anything in draw, though.