Leg Poker

opr

Hi

Has anyone ever played this before ? I watched it being played the other night in a big live cash game and it was the first time i had ever seen it.

You get 4 cards in your hand and 5 cards are dealt in a L shape 3 cards down and and 2 more to the right of the bottom of the first 3

The version they were play had 2 L's and you had to make your best hand from 3 across or 3 down on both sides using only 2 in your hand. The pot was split if you won one side and lost the other.

It looked like a really interesting game.

Diagram

I = Card


_______ I___________I

_______ I___________I

_______ I_____I_____I_____I_____I

Someone watching the cash game with me reconned one of the guys playing at the table had invented this game.

Anyone ever play it before ?

Opr

phantom_lord

I think I've heard of something similiar to this before, so those guys didn't invent the game. I think those gamblers from dit can fill you in on it. I'm pretty sure that's where I heard about it.

Shortstack

Was it Monaghan guys playing? If so then I have played it with them and it gets nuts.

opr

Shortstack wrote:

Was it Monaghan guys playing? If so then I have played it with them and it gets nuts.

It was dealers choice and it was a guy from monaghan ( Don't want to post his name) who was choosing to deal this game. I would say you know him favourite catch phase was " I Never was afraid of it "

Can you fill me in on how the cards are dealt and turned etc ??

Opr

opr

Anyone know ?

Opr

30something

Years ago we used to play a version called "Southern Cross" where you got 5 down cards and 5 community cards which were dealt face up in the shape of a cross. The winning hand was the one that made the best 5 cards using any number of their down cards with any number of the 3 cards on the horizontal or any of their down cards with any number of the 3 on the vertical.

Thus the middle card in the cross was used in the vertical or horizontal set.

At least, I think that's how we played it

Shortstack

They deal five cards per player as in Omaha dealing two into the middle each time and then arrange the legs. If I remember correctly there is a round of betting before any cards are turned. The person who opens the betting chooses what card to turn in each leg. The corner card is the last to be turned. A card from each leg is turned every betting round. The betting is half pot and there is ante before the deal (€5 or €10 knowing them).

cardshark202

Shortstack wrote:

They deal five cards per player as in Omaha dealing two into the middle each time and then arrange the legs. If I remember correctly there is a round of betting before any cards are turned. The person who opens the betting chooses what card to turn in each leg. The corner card is the last to be turned. A card from each leg is turned every betting round. The betting is half pot and there is ante before the deal (€5 or €10 knowing them).

Did we try some version of this in the 1-1 PL dealers choice game in vegas? I have a vague recollection of it I think.

Shortstack

cardshark202 wrote:

Did we try some version of this in the 1-1 PL dealers choice game in vegas? I have a vague recollection of it I think.

We played Lebanese which is just omaha but you get to see one of the community cards at a time and the bettor chooses which one.

We also played rolling joker but it went above the holdem & omaha heads.

cardshark202

Shortstack wrote:

We also played rolling joker but it went above the holdem & omaha heads.

LOL I think it was more to do with the ****tiness of the game. No action at all in it.