How to play Crazy Pineapple

Normal Crazy Pineapple:

You are each dealt 3 cards face down. These are your hole cards. It is the same as any community card game in that there is a Big Blind and Small Blind.

There then follows a round of betting. This game is usually limit. After this we see a FLOP.

3 cards are laid out face up and players can use any of these to make their hand up. There follows another round of betting and then AFTER the betting players must discard one card each.

Each player is now left with two cards each, face down, in their 'hole'.

Play now continues like a normal limit hold em game. You can use both the cards you have in your hole, or just one, or even neither of them. UNLIKE Omaha you do not have to use both the cards.

The TURN card is dealt, betting follows and then the RIVER. After the final round of betting players show, much as you would in Hold' Em.

In essence then this game is exactly the same as Texas Hold'em, except you get 3 cards to start with, and lose one AFTER the flop. ( Pineapple without the Crazy element is where you discard before the flop, but I haven't seen this only yet.)

CRAZY PINEPPLE 8/B is exactly the same but it has a low element as well. This means that the lowest hand also gets half the pot. You must have 5 cards all 8 or under in your hand. Ace counts as a low, and a straight also counts as a low hand. Therefore the best low hand is A2345 . This might also win the High hand as well, thus scooping the hi pot. If two players have an Ace they are tied for Low hand. therefor the one who holds the next lowest wins. If they both have 2 ( for example if it is on the board) then whoever has the 3 or 4 or next lowest card wins.) It's like a reverse kicker in a way.