Tuesday, July 27, 2004
Bar Limit Texas Hold 'em
I went to DC for a long weekend. Did anything of political import happen? Nope. But I did hang out with Alex and a new drinking game was born.
Bar Limit Texas Hold ‘em
What you’ll need to play
A deck of cards
A whole lot of beer
A whole lot of shot glasses (presuming cans, ideally enough shot glasses for 11 ounces per player)
Setup
For the communist variant, distribute an equal number of beers to everyone at the table. For the capitalist variant, each player starts with what they brought.
How to play a hand
For the card game portion of Bar Limit Texas Hold ‘em, play follows exactly like normal texas hold ‘em which is explained here.
The betting aspect is quite similar with the only difference being that bets are done in terms of shots of beer. In the blind (before the deal), the two players to the left of the dealer each place a shot into the pot (for fairness, the dealer should rotate around the table after each hand) and every player drinks a shot of beer.
After the dealer gives each player two cards, each player bets a number of shots, beginning with the player immediately after the last player who placed a shot in the pot in the blind with calling checking or raising as normal.
Then after the flop, shot betting begins with the player to the dealer’s left. The same pattern holds for the turn and the river (or fourth street and fifth street). After a final round of betting, a hand winner is decided.
The hand winner then collects the pot and is permitted to assign shots from his winnings.
Assigning shots
When assigning shots, the winning player specifies which shots from the pot are assigned to which players. Note the winning player may assign any number of shots to any player still in the game – including himself.
Should a player assigned a shot (or shots) decline to drink the shots, then the assignee is removed from the game and the assigner gets the assignee’ stack. The assigned shots go into the blind for the next hand.
Any shots not assigned become a part of the winning player’s “stack” for use in future hands.
A few notes
Shots must be assigned before the next hand begins.
Any shots assigned must be drunk before the next hand begins.
Shots won by forcing a player out may not be assigned.
Shots have to be from a winning pot to be assigned.
It is customary for the pot winner to take a shot from his winnings.
Players leaving
Players are eliminated when they
run out of beer
are forced out by assigned shots
independently withdraw
When a player independently withdraws, he should be roundly jeered and his stack goes into the blind for the next hand.
End of the game
The game ends when only one player is left in the game. The choice of what to do with the remaining beer is up to the winner.
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Bar Limit Texas Hold ‘em
What you’ll need to play
A deck of cards
A whole lot of beer
A whole lot of shot glasses (presuming cans, ideally enough shot glasses for 11 ounces per player)
Setup
For the communist variant, distribute an equal number of beers to everyone at the table. For the capitalist variant, each player starts with what they brought.
How to play a hand
For the card game portion of Bar Limit Texas Hold ‘em, play follows exactly like normal texas hold ‘em which is explained here.
The betting aspect is quite similar with the only difference being that bets are done in terms of shots of beer. In the blind (before the deal), the two players to the left of the dealer each place a shot into the pot (for fairness, the dealer should rotate around the table after each hand) and every player drinks a shot of beer.
After the dealer gives each player two cards, each player bets a number of shots, beginning with the player immediately after the last player who placed a shot in the pot in the blind with calling checking or raising as normal.
Then after the flop, shot betting begins with the player to the dealer’s left. The same pattern holds for the turn and the river (or fourth street and fifth street). After a final round of betting, a hand winner is decided.
The hand winner then collects the pot and is permitted to assign shots from his winnings.
Assigning shots
When assigning shots, the winning player specifies which shots from the pot are assigned to which players. Note the winning player may assign any number of shots to any player still in the game – including himself.
Should a player assigned a shot (or shots) decline to drink the shots, then the assignee is removed from the game and the assigner gets the assignee’ stack. The assigned shots go into the blind for the next hand.
Any shots not assigned become a part of the winning player’s “stack” for use in future hands.
A few notes
Shots must be assigned before the next hand begins.
Any shots assigned must be drunk before the next hand begins.
Shots won by forcing a player out may not be assigned.
Shots have to be from a winning pot to be assigned.
It is customary for the pot winner to take a shot from his winnings.
Players leaving
Players are eliminated when they
run out of beer
are forced out by assigned shots
independently withdraw
When a player independently withdraws, he should be roundly jeered and his stack goes into the blind for the next hand.
End of the game
The game ends when only one player is left in the game. The choice of what to do with the remaining beer is up to the winner.
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