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Poker Games & Variants

154+ games, with full rules on our sister site

Home Poker Info covers the host's toolkit — chips, tables, gear, and tournament tools. For the rules of every game, we point you to our sister site, PokerGameDatabase.com, a database of 154+ poker variants with full instructions and animated sample hands. Hosting a game yourself? Our Chip Planner, Tournament Planner, and Payout Calculator handle the chips, blinds, and payouts. Browse the families below.

Texas Hold'em & Community Games (61)

Shared community cards build everyone's hand. Texas Hold'em is the headliner, joined by Pineapple, Cincinnati, and a deep bench of dealer's-choice community variants.

3-Hand Hold'em 3-Hand Hold'em 8 4-Card Chowaha 4-Card Chowaha 8 5-Card Chowaha 5-Card Chowaha 8 5-Card Shodugi 5-Card Stampler 6-Card Shodugi 6-Card Stampler Badugaha Banco Binglaha Chowaha Chowaha 8 Cincinnati Cincinnati 8 Crazy Pineapple Crazy Pineapple 8 Criss-Cross Super Hold'em Criss-Cross Super Hold'em 8 Double-Board Hold'em Dra2maha Dramaha Dramaha 2-7 Dramaha 49 Dramaha 6 Dramaha A-5 Dramaha Zero Fusion Hold'em 8 Lazy Pineapple Lazy Pineapple 8 Ludicrous Pineapple Ludicrous Pineapple 8 Max-Card Stampler Oklahold'em Oklahold'em 8 Oklahoma Omahugi Pineapple Pineapple 8 PLO Flip Rio Bravo Rio Bravo 8 Scarney Scrotum Scrotum 8 SheShe Short Deck (6+) Hold'em Stampler Stumpler Super Hold'em Super Hold'em 8 Texas Hold'em Thermonuclear Armageddon Pineapple Thermonuclear Armageddon Pineapple 8 Upside-Down Pineapple Upside-Down Pineapple 8 Very Crazy Pineapple Very Crazy Pineapple 8

Omaha & Omaha Hi-Lo (28)

Four or more hole cards, and you must use exactly two of them. Start with the Omaha rules, then branch into the Hi-Lo splits and the five- and six-card versions.

2 or 5 Omaha 2 or 5 Omaha 8 2 or 5 Omaha 8 with Draw 2 or 5 Omaha with Draw 5-Card Double-Board Omaha 5-Card Omaha 5-Card Omaha 8 6-Card Omaha 6-Card Omaha 8 Big Easy (5+ Card PLO8) Big O (5-Card PLO8) Courchevel Courchevel 8 (Hi-Lo) Criss-Cross Omaha Criss-Cross Omaha 8 Double-Board Omaha Inverse Omaha Omaha Omaha 2-1-1 Omaha 3-2-1 Omaha 3-2-1 Hi/Hi Omaha 3-2-1 Hi/Lo Omaha Hi/Hi Omaha Hi/Lo 8 Omaha Hi/Lo Regular PLO8 Flip Showmaha Showmaha 8

Seven-Card Stud & Stud Games (47)

No community cards — each player builds from their own up and down cards. Includes Razz (stud played for low) and the popular Hi-Lo splits.

2-7 Razz 5-Card Stud 7-Card Flip 7-Card Flip 8 7-Card Shuck 7-Card Stud Double Qualifier 7-Card Stud Hi/Lo Regular Action Razz Billabong Canadian Stud Chicago Cowpie Crazy SOHE Double-Board ImPLOcean Hollywood Hollywood 8 ImPLOcean ImPLOcean 8 Kentrel Lazy SOHE Mississippi Stud Mississippi Stud 8 Mississippi Studugi Oakland Raiders Oxford Stud Pass the Trash Razz Razz High Razzaho RazzBadeucey RazzDeucey Razzdugi Route 66 Seven-Card Stud Seven-Card Stud (King of Hearts Wild) Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo (8 or Better) Shuck SOHE SOHE 3-1-1 Southside Studaha Super Razz Super RazzBadeucey Super Razzdugi Super Stud Super Stud 8 Tahoe Pitch & Roll

Draw & Lowball (18)

Draw and replace cards to improve your hand — from classic Five-Card Draw to Badugi and the 2-7 and A-5 lowball games.

2-7 Single Draw 2-7 Triple Draw 5-Card Badugi 5-Card Draw Bug A-5 Single Draw A-5 Triple Draw Archie Badugi Draw-Deucey Single Draw Draw-Deucey Triple Draw Duck Flush Five-Card Draw Four-Before Gardena Jackpots Hi-dugi High-Five-Dugi Split Jacks Back Six Back