ANACONDA POKER

You will need…

A regulation 52-card deck for is required for playing the game. A minimum of 5 to 8 players are needed to play. The betting here starts from $2 - $4 for beginners while a regular player will choose to play a higher game which starts from $8-$16 or a still higher game can be $10 -$20.

How to deal?

48 cards are distributed in case of 8 players, and four cards are rejected. If one wishes to add on 9th player, you can do so by adding a joker and a wild card. As usual the game begins with the dealers left. The dealer distributes each player 6/7 tiles faced down. The dealer then commands to the player who has the lowest door card, to start betting. In case of a tie, suits solve the situation. The suits have their order as follows: spade, heart, diamond and club.

How to play?

After six/seven cards are distributed facing down, the betting round begins. Each player passes three cards (face down) to the player on his left. One more betting round takes place. Another two cards are passed to the player on his left. After finishing one more betting round, player passes on one card and one card is discarded. As the betting round finishes, a player chooses a hand of five best cards and lays them on the table. Now each card is opened one by one following by a betting round.

And the winner is…

The player with the best hand wins the game.

Tactics of winning…

It is far more important to understand strategy and tactics of this game than any other poker game. You should not pounce on bigger games of $100-$200, though they may appear to be more lucrative than other smaller games. This is one thing that every player should keep in mind while choosing a game. While playing anaconda one skill that a player must have is memorizing and analyzing cards that have been distributed and later passed on. You can relax a little if you have three of a kind and as always the higher the rank, the better it is.