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One of the most popular poker games amongst my group of friends at the Sunday night poker table is a game called five card kings. The rules are quite simple and are very close to the rules of a typical online poker game. A player is dealt five cards face down and is permitted to drop two cards followed by a drop of one card. The player makes his best hand out of what is left after the two drops with the knowledge that their lowest card as well as any king that is dealt to them is wild. If a player is dealt two cards that match and are the lowest in their hand then both cards in addition to any kings are wild.
This creates a situation whereby not only pairs and three of a kind are good enough to win the hand anymore. With four additional wild cards, plus a bonus wild card given to every player the stakes increase as do the strength of hand that it takes to win. No longer would a straight or flush translate into a guaranteed victory. In fact, a flush or a hand of similar strength would most likely produce a losing hand in comparison to what other players may be holding. The key to this game however, is that the more wild cards a player has the chance to obtain, the more they are willing to wager. To offset the increase in wild cards, the casino should make sure that the threshold for a winning hand is increased proportionately.
Therefore, in a game such as this, a full house or better may be an appropriate hand as a minimum. Games such as five card kings are what the online poker player may be looking for as an alternative to a game of ten’s or better. Each type of game serves its purpose well. The big boys and high rollers may now wish to join in all the fun if the stakes are to their liking. In fact, there is something to be said whereby games such as five card kings become a mechanism for players of online casinos to compete not only against the house but against each other as well.
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