Blind man's bluff (poker)
Encyclopedia
Blind man's bluff is a version of poker
that is unconventional in that each person sees the cards of all players except his own.
The standard version is simply high card wins. Each player is dealt one card that he displays to all other players (traditionally stuck to the forehead facing outwards- supposedly like an Indian feather). This is followed by a round of betting. Players attempt to guess if they have the highest card based on the distribution of visible cards and how other players are betting.
Other versions (forehead stud) are variations on stud poker
, in which one or more of the hole cards is hidden from its owner, but shown to all other players, as above. During its coverage of the 2004 World Series of Poker
, ESPN
showed a Blind Man's Bluff version of Texas hold'em.
The First Blind Man's Bluff World Championship is scheduled to take place at the paddypowerpoker.com Irish Winter Festival in October 2010.
Poker
Poker is a family of card games that share betting rules and usually hand rankings. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bet sizes, and how many rounds of betting are allowed.In most modern poker...
that is unconventional in that each person sees the cards of all players except his own.
The standard version is simply high card wins. Each player is dealt one card that he displays to all other players (traditionally stuck to the forehead facing outwards- supposedly like an Indian feather). This is followed by a round of betting. Players attempt to guess if they have the highest card based on the distribution of visible cards and how other players are betting.
Other versions (forehead stud) are variations on stud poker
Stud poker
Stud poker is any of a number of poker variants in which each player receives a mix of face-down and face-up cards dealt in multiple betting rounds. Stud games are also typically non-positional games, meaning that the player who bets first on each round may change from round to round...
, in which one or more of the hole cards is hidden from its owner, but shown to all other players, as above. During its coverage of the 2004 World Series of Poker
2004 World Series of Poker
The 2004 World Series of Poker was held at Binion's Horseshoe after Harrah's Entertainment purchased the casino and the rights to the tournament in January...
, ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
showed a Blind Man's Bluff version of Texas hold'em.
The First Blind Man's Bluff World Championship is scheduled to take place at the paddypowerpoker.com Irish Winter Festival in October 2010.