Walk up to a random person and ask him where a 3 pair falls between with regards to odds compared to the commonly set of 5 card sets? Is it better than a full house? 4 of a kind? See how many people know the answer to that.
That's not it at all. As I've said already, it is already being used in some casinos. But obviously everyone wants to throw drama and foolishness into this without actually considering the reason why this question keeps coming up in the poker world.
That's not it at all. As I've said already, it is already being used in some casinos. But obviously everyone wants to throw drama and foolishness into this without actually considering the reason why this question keeps coming up in the poker world.
Well to be fair I'll be a lot of "random" people wouldn't know the regular hand ranks anyway. I know a few personally who demanded proof that 3 of a kind beats 2 pair.
"Hah, 2 pair I win"
"No... 3 of a kind beats 2 pair"
"Fuck off, I'm using 4 cards and you're only using 3 so mine was harder to get"
"That's not how it works"
"Whatever, let's check wiki"
*checks wiki*
"You changed wiki before you got here didn't you?"
"ugh..."
This sounds like a scenario of first time players which is unique as everyone has to learn it from one point or another but the overall consensus is that the normal progression of hands should be well known if you've at least already played any form of poker. But if you took all normal poker players and asked them where a 3 pair falls, a lot of them would still not be too sure.
Original poster you obviously dont understand pai-gow poker, im not sure why you would use that as an example for three pair. In pai-gow you play two separate hands against the dealers two hands. Your high hand consists of 5 cards and your low hand consists of 2 cards. The only time three pairs would even be remotely considered is if the casino has a side bet for suckers.
The headache is entirely on your end, everyone keeps talking about other hands and it seems most people here don't really understand how poker works.
Umm...where does this question keep coming up in the poker world?
And as others have said a little less directly, whatever you were playing at the casino, it wasn't poker...poker uses 5 card hands by definition.
this is a retarded fucking question. have you even played any type of poker? i would have assumed you had by reading your posts, but goddamn. there are set hands in poker. every variation of poker has to some how come up with those hands. how they are ranked is of no consequence, only that those are the hands that make up the game. adding a 6th card breaks that and would require a completely NEW type of game to be played, not a poker variant as a SHITLOAD of new combinations occur and hand dynamics shift.
you could technically get 3 pairs in hold em, but you an only use 5 cards, so it would default to high pair.
It breaks nothing, you don't have to make a new type, and IT IS ALREADY BEING DONE. I don't know how many times I gotta say it, it is done and it works just fine. Adding this hand does not fundamentally alter the way the game is played. You guys make it out to seem it radically changes things, when it doesn't.
This conversation is going in circles due to the lack of reading comprehension of the majority of users here.
it does! what about full houses! royal flushes!!!
It has absolutely zero impact on those hands. I don't know why people keep thinking it does. Adding a 6-card hand doesn't imply that all hands can potentially become 6-card hands. Adding this hand does not alter any other hands in any way. Flushes are still 5-card hands.
but it fucks everything up, makes those hands easier to attain when there is an extra card in the hand, and then 3 pair? where ya gonna put that? above full house?
malak, in NO poker game is three pair an acceptable hand. what you are playing is NOT a poker game, but some other game. poker has SET hands that can be played, their ranking or order doesn't have to be the same but those are the only hands that can be played.
so i'm going to call bullshit on your thread title, you weren't thinking.
I don't understand how hard this is to understand. It doesn't impact or affect any other hand in the game. Many variations of poker already have 7 cards. From what I've seen, casino's rank it between 2 pair and 3 of a kind. My initial thought is whether that is proper placement for the probability of getting this hand.