Does anybody else play old fashioned poker?

[mmb617]

By old fashioned poker I mean draw poker and 7 card stud both with no wild cards, not that Texas hold-em game that became all the rage a few years back. I often think of it as old West poker although nobody's been shot for cheating. Yet.

For as long as I can remember my dad had a weekly poker game. I'm talking about a small stakes game, nickle, dime, quarter, where the money was secondary to simply having a good time with some friends.

When I was in my 20's I joined those games at dad's house and always enjoyed them, so when he died 22 years ago I sort of took over the hosting of the games. When the Texas hold-em frenzy hit a couple of our regular players decided they'd rather enter those tournaments and we didn't play for a few years.

But then about two years ago we got together enough players to start the games again, and we're playing just about every Saturday night now.

When I first played in my dad's games I was by far the youngest player as most of the others were my dad's brothers or friends. Now 40 some years later I'm the second oldest next to dad's only surviving brother who still plays. And my son at 29 is by far the youngest player.

I know the weekly poker game used to be pretty common a lot of places but I guess it's pretty much dead these days.

Is there anybody else here who plays?

 

[Rpg]

Never poker but my folks had a regular bridge game that rotated through the membership. The evening included a very nice dinner cooked by the hosts and went on to several hours of bridge.

 

[steelslaver]

I grew up and learned to play 5 stud. A no limit 5 stud game is a real poker game. Hammered into my head the hard way is never raise into an open pair. I did learn to play draw and 7 stud. Viscous games where a nothing showing can roll about anything. I also got good at holdem. But, eventually got tired mostly just sitting at a table waiting for opportunities. Last time I played I had flown into Reno and had to wait for the woman I was there to see to get off work. So, I sit in on a holdem game. A very nice opportunity came. Paid off pretty well, but when you are sitting at a table with a bunch of old piranhas in Reno your not likely to get rich

What I really hated was Omaha, which is just nuts.

My families gad game of choice during social get togethers was always Pinochle

In addition I play crib, hearts, spades, back alley, canasta, black jack, Ucre and probably a few I can remember.

Card games are one way the Montana winters are whiled away.

 

[kmyers]

Other than tutored by Bugs Bunny on poker yes, 5 card draw and 5 card stud have been common all my life although in my family dominoes especially Moon and 42 were the most common games here. Wahoo is another one.

 

[arjay]

Jass was popular in my clan,but my aunt and uncle loved poker and I played with them frequently.Elsie was good and a cutthroat player lol
So I'd gloat when I beat her [emoji16]

 

[H Richard]

I played when in the service and about 10 years later with several friends for a few years. Haven't played in probably the last 30 years. Used to play pinochle when first married for maybe 10 years, and tried bridge, but my wife didn't like bridge. We taught the grand kids how to play Gin Rummy.

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

I read that Cowboys played a game called Pharo. Among many things, my wife gets angry at the suggestions of playing cards of any kind. I used to enjoy hearts, spades, Shanghai Rummy, pinochle and poker in younger days.

 

[gonerydin]

My 7 year old grandson always cleans me out


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[walkin jack]

Not me. In '62 I was stationed at Camp Schwab on Okinawa. We were trapped in the dental clinic for over 2 days because of a typhoon and after about 2 hours on the first day a poker game broke out. Players came and went but I was in for the whole ride. Part of the time was because I was in such a deep hole I HAD to try to get some of it back.

At the end of the game I was down $5.00. That was the LAST time I played. I won't mention what the most I ever lost was but it didn't take any 2 days!

 

[Absalom]

I read that Cowboys played a game called Pharo....

It's more commonly spelled Faro and was indeed very popular in the Old West.

But it requires a more complex set-up than poker, beyond a deck of cards, and was generally a gambling hall thing. I learned how to play it way back when I was engaged in some Living History. This video shot at a museum in Arizona gives you a good idea.

[ame]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=btbbgddJExI[/ame]

 

[Jon651]

I miss playing "old fashioned" poker very much. We held a game at our local volunteer fire station for a few years back in the early 80's and it was a lot of fun.

It's my view that Texas Hold'em was developed for one reason only - for one person to win all the money in an hour or less with limited commercial interruptions. For us, poker was never about the money but rather getting together and spending time with friends - eating, talking, telling jokes; that certainly seems to have changed over the years.

When I was ten my dad taught me cribbage and we would play almost every evening at the kitchen table. Even at a penny a point and 5 cents a game I think I still owe him around $130,000.00! I still play today and my wife likes it as well, but it's hard to find people who do around these parts.

 

[Rudi]

To me, 5 card stud with nothing wild, is the most pure game of Poker.

 

[Golddollar]

I never learned how to play.

 

[ZGrand]

I play monthly with a group who plays old fashioned poker. ( One guy likes to play Hold-Em so we usually have to play one round.). We're all in our 60's and 70's.

 

[kmyers]

I agree with the comments above about 5 card stud, you have your one hand in the game, nothing wild, no draws and it is all about how you play or fold on how well you do.

 

[Rustyt1953]

I've been playing cards most of my life with draw poker and Spades being my favorites. My dad was a pinochle freak.

A 1/2 mile from my house sits the clock tower (on the National Registry) at the now empty U.S. Playing Card company building. They are now located in Erlanger, KY. Some of their brands are Aristocrat, Aviator, Bee and Bicycle. They recently bought the Hoyle Company.



From Wiki:

"The USPC has historically supported wartime soldiers, starting with the inexpensive Canteen brand of cards during the Spanish–American War and the Pickett brand during World War I. During World War II, USPC manufactured spotter cards so soldiers could identify enemy units and cooperated with the U.S. Government in creating clandestine decks given to POWs; these cards could be moistened and peeled apart to reveal escape maps."

 

[Turn4811]

We used to have a friendly neighborhood game of 5 card stud. It broke up a few years back when it stopped being friendly. That was back when my job had me on the road so I had already stopped going.

 

[SweetMK]

We play poker almost weekly,, with the four grandchildren.

Of course, mom and me loose a BUNDLE each game,,

We loose so much, that the grandchildren have to "cash in" their change for folding money before they leave.

It is getting harder to find coins, these days,,
that, and I think my daughters house was gonna start sinking on the corner where the grandchildren keep the winnings,,

So, yes, we play, the grandchildren WANT to visit ME ME, and POP POP, !
Oh, yea, even the youngest, (almost 3) is good with her numbers,,
and since there is four of them, they get to win, and still experience loosing.

We hope their parents approve, because that is what WE do,, with POKER!

 

[Protocall_Design]

Marriage is like poker. In the beginning, all you need is 2 hearts and a diamond. Before it's over, you're looking for a club and a spade...

 

[Chino74]

Me and my Grand daughter. Taught her to play 5 card draw when she was about 3...I gave her a lot of winning hands so to speak, so she'd learn the poker hands, card values rules of the game etc. she loved winning all those big stacks of chips but she still cannot maintain a poker face (she's almost 10 now).