Online Poker Nut!

There are many games and variations of poker being played these days, some of which are considered different games to poker, and some which are technically classed as a poker variant. Those which fall into the ‘poker variant’ category are not always obviously related to the original game of poker we know. Games such as Omaha and Stud, along with five card draw I would certainly accept as poker variants. This is because the hands which players are attempting to make are the same in each game, and of course the same is the case with Holdem. The hand rankings are listed in the same way for each game and this for me, is what determines what is and is not a poker variation game.

With this in mind, games such as Triple Draw and Razz really do not seem to conform at all. In fact I cannot really see much resemblance whatsoever between these games and poker. Despite this they are included each year in the World Series of Poker, and yet, Five Card Draw somehow is not. Five card Draw is the basic form of poker from which all our variants sprang, and as such, I feel it is a great shame it has been overlooked for tournaments which are supposedly testing the best poker players in the world.

When you consider the games played and not played at this years WSOP, perhaps a title of ‘The World Series of Holdem and Some Other Card based Games’ might have been more apt.

I think Triple Draw should certainly be removed from the WSOP schedule and replaced with five card draw, and perhaps the same for Razz too. Both bear no similarities to poker at all, and Draw is of course the true original game of poker. It should be an obvious decision to make, to ensure that the champions of poker, truly are champions of this game, as opposed to other games which are completely different.