Although Texas Hold ‘Em may be the most popular poker variant currently available (and arguably the most popular of all time), it is not particularly old, first entering the mainstream in the 1950s.

If you’ve been playing Texas Hold ‘Em for a while but want to try a game that is much older, the following three card games are all much older variants of poker, with the similarities to Texas Hold ‘Em able to be seen in each of them.

1. Five card stud poker – first played 150 years ago in the middle of the 19th century, five card stud poker was the staple card game for the majority of people fighting in the American Civil War from 1861 to 1865.

Seeing all players dealt one card face up and one card face down to start with, five card stud poker is made up of four individual rounds of betting (known as streets after the first round) and all players compete against each other to achieve the highest scoring hand that they can after receiving three additional face up cards.

2. Five card draw – similarly aged to that of five card stud poker, five card draw follows the same basic concept of trying to achieve the highest scoring hand possible out of the five cards that players are dealt, although there are some distinct differences between these two games.

For example, whereas in five card stud poker each player receives cards and has to make the best hand they can solely from these, five card draw sees all players dealt five cards, but with the ability to change any number of them throughout the game.

A relatively fast paced game, five card draw is well suited to new players as it doesn’t have a substantial Levitra amount of rules and as it isn’t particularly intense, doesn’t require for any player to be put under pressure.

3. Three card brag – one of the oldest card games in the world, three card brag is a direct ancestor of modern day poker, only varying slightly in the way bets are placed and the ranking of the hands.

First played in the 1500s in England, the game is still particularly popular in India and is played by each player being dealt three cards and entering a round of betting. The differences between modern day poker begin to become apparent at this point, as each player must add to the pot at least the same amount of money as the previous play, with any money that was previously bet being ignored.

Once all betting has taken place and there are only two players left, all hands are revealed, with the highest scoring hand taking the pot. The hand rankings are slightly different to poker and rank in order of worst to best as high card, pair, flush, straight, straight flush and three of a kind, with the highest hand of all being three of a kind with three threes.

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