You would have played a simpler poker game in your childhood, using just five-card draw and some penny candies for poker chips. But the game isn’t the same now; it has greatly developed over the years. Many online poker sites offer different variations of poker games, starting from simpler five-card draw to more other complex games. Here’s a list of 7 famous poker variants that are more fun than the original poker:

1. Texas Hold’em

This was the most played game in the World Series Of Poker Main Event and also the widely played poker variant these years. It’s pretty simple – each player has two face-down hole cards along with five community cards that are open. The flop is the first three community cards, followed by the fourth turn, and the fifth is river. You can bet before each flop, turn, and river and the player with the best five-card hand at the end is the winner.

2. Razz

This is a lowball poker game where every player deals with seven cards each. The first two cards and the seventh card are kept face-down while all other cards are exposed. You need to have the lowest hand and avoid hitting a pair to win this game.

3. Seven-card stud

It’s like an extended version of Texas hold’em where you go on playing until seven cards are dealt. Each hand begins with players dealing two face-down and one face-up cards. The player with the lowest face-up card can start the bet. The cards from 4 – 6 are dealt face-up and the seventh card is faced-down. The player with the best set of cards wins the bet.

4. Omaha

Unlike Texas hold’em, you get to deal with four cards instead of two in the beginning. You should use two cards out of these four along with the community cards when the betting is done. The betting round starts after the first two and the community cards are dealt, just like in Texas hold’em. Omaha is also known for its pot limited betting, where you can’t bet more than what’s already in the pot.

5. Five-card draw

It’s one of the simplest versions of poker, and if you’re a beginner it’s better to start with this game. Each player has to deal with five cards kept face-down; you can draw a card from the deck and for each card that you draw, you’ll have to replace one of your cards in the bottom of the deck. You can bet both before and after the drawing a card. The player with the best five-card hand wins at the shutdown.

6. 2-7 triple draw

It’s a lowball game where you can deal with five cards and get to draw cards from the deck only three times. You need to replace the cards just like in five-card draw, and at the end the player with the best hand wins the game. Aces are considered high in this poker variation.

7. Irish Poker

It’s the simplest of poker games. You start with four hole-cards of which two are discarded after the flop is dealt. The rest of the game proceeds just like Texas hold’em.