I'm bored. Let's make up some new poker hands.

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#1

Yep. I’m a bored slacker. Here’s what’s been going through my mind for the last few minutes:

We need more poker hands. What I’ve been able to come up with are as follows. (“H” is for hearts.)
[ul][li]The Fibonacci: A,A,2,3,5[/li][li]The Ugly Fib: Any consecutive Fibonacci numbers[/li][li]The Fibonacci Suicide: 2H, 3H, 5H, 8H, KH[/li][li]The Fibonacci Flush: This should be obvious. It’s when you have a Fibonacci that you think will win, so you bet heavily and end up losing the hand. Or, it could be when they’re all the same suit. That makes sense, too.[/li][li]A Prime Hand: All prime numbers, each different from the other four in hand (J, K prime)[/li][li]Even Prime: Same as Prime Hand, except that one card is a 2[/li][li]Vulgar Prime: All primes, some repeats[/li][li]Straight Prime: A set of consecutive prime numbers[/li][li]Straight Prime Flush: Obvious…[/li][li]Complex Hand: When a Joker is accidently shuffled into the deck. Also known as The Dealer’s Demise.[/li][li]Golden Hand: A,6,A,8,10 (from the golden mean: 1.61810…)[/li][li]Golden String: 10,J,A,A,10 (from the golden string 1011010110…)[/li][li]The Suicide Beast: KH,6,6,6 [/li][li]Satan’s Convenience Store: 6,6,6,7,J[/li][li]And, of course, the Royal Sampler: 3,6,10,J,K[/ul][/li]I guess they’re all pretty specific, so they’ll be infrequent, I suppose.

There’s a few minutes down. What to do? What to do?

#2

My favorite: The “Wrap-around” Straight

Ace, King, Queen, Two and Three (count Ace as “1” and can come after the King)

This give you “Wrap-around” Straight Flush also.

#3

How bout odd or even:
any run of odd or even:

Ace, 3, 5, 7, 9;
2, 4, 6, 8, 10

One step higher if they are flush
Highest if they are the same suit

:eek: :smiley:

#4

Idiot’s Flush, AKA “all reds” or “all blacks.” Ranks above a pair but below trips.

Straight Idiot and Royal Idiot are self explanatory.

Acehole: Four of a kind aces showing, hole card is assumed to be another ace.

#5

The Soviet Flush: All red cards
The Farrakan Flush: All black cards
The Librarian Straight: Any five cards found back to back in this sequence Ace Eight Five Four Jack King Nine One Queen Seven Six Ten Three Two

#6

(emphasis mine)

The real trick to this hand is finding a 56 card deck to play with.

#7

The Duck: QAAAK

The pi: 3A4A6

The Draw Four of a Kind: Has an Uno card thrown in by mistake

The Reverse Straight: Same as a straight, but in reverse order

#8

Avogadro’s Hand: 6 2 J 2 3

#9

My girlfriend’s family’s poker house rules include a “squish,” which is a 3- or 4-card straight; it’s usually invoked only for split-pot hands (“Best squish splits with the winner”).

#10

The Grand Buffet: 88724 (ate and ate 7/24)

The Hole In One: 4444A (fore!)

The Queer Eye: QQQQK (4 queens for a king)

The Neverland Ranch Hand: JJJJ5 (Jacks an 5)

The Bo Derrek: Q 10 10 10 10 (Queen of the tens)

The Jeff Strykker: JJJJ 10 (Jacks 10)

#11

Ah, yes. Similar to a Khmer Rouge Flush, except the KRF is dealt by a ten-year old kid with an AK-47. If the kid is has money in the pot on that hand, it’s best to fold right away.

#12

Our regular poker game participants have been trying to spread the acceptance of the ‘condo’. Which is any hand with three pairs, obviously in stud or hold-em. I have always felt that is a hand just crying out to be named.

#13

The triple run, or the 23:

45556

worth 23 points in cribbage!

#14

This inspired my South East Asian Gambit:

QATAAR

T=10
R=Any red card

#15

Oops…obviously should be QATAR.

#16

I recently wrote an article on non-standard poker hands for Wikipedia:

From lowest to highest:

  • High card
  • Pair
  • Four Straight - Also called Bobtail Straight. Four cards in consecutive order.
  • Four Flush - Also called Bobtail Flush. Four cards of the same suit.
  • Two Pair
  • Blaze - Also called Blazer. All cards are jacks, queens, or kings.
  • Flash - One card of each suit plus a joker.
  • Little Bobtail - A three card straight flush (three cards of the same suit in consecutive order).
  • Three of a Kind
  • Skeet - Also called Pelter or Bracket. A hand with a deuce; a three or a four; a five; a six, a seven, or an eight; and a nine.
  • Five and Dime - All cards are fives, sixes, sevens, eights, nines, or tens with no pair.
  • Skip Straight - Also called Alternate Straight, Dutch Straight, or Skipper. Cards are in consecutive order, skipping every other card. (Example 3-5-7-9-J).
  • Round the Corner Straight - Consecutive cards including a ace which counts as both the high and low card. (Example Q-K-A-2-3).
  • Straight
  • Little Dog - All cards are deuces, threes, fours, fives, sixes, or sevens with no pair.
  • Big Dog - All cards are nines, tens, jacks, queens, kings, or aces with no pair.
  • Little Tiger - Also called Little Cat. All cards are threes, fours, fives, sixes, sevens, eights, and nines. (Some house rules prohibit nines.)
  • Big Tiger - Also called Big Cat. All cards are eights, nines, tens, jacks, queens, or kings with no pair.
  • Flush
  • Full House
  • Big Bobtail - A four card straight flush (four cards of the same suit in consecutive order).
  • Four of a Kind
  • Straight Flush
  • Skeet Flush - The same cards as a Skeet and all in the same suit.
  • Five of a Kind - Four of a kind plus a wild card, or three of a kind plus two wild cards.
#17

We call these the “every-other straight” and allow them if the dealer specifies. We play a lot of dealer’s choice. I’ve also heard them called Big Tiger and Little Tiger, but I think that’s a misuse of those terms.

#18

Of existing hands, there’s also the Wheel aka the Bicycle, which is an Ace-low straight. In most hi-low or lowball games, this is the lowest possible hand.

The Motown: Jacks and Fives (Jackson Five)

#19

The sympathy hand (i.e., the worst possible hand): 2 of clubs & the 3,4,5 and 7 of diamonds. Can anyone think of a worse hand?

#20

Better check your geography, as well as your spelling :wink: