Super Eight (8) Poker
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Super eight poker isn’t that popular of a game and finding somewhere to play this poker game may prove to be difficult unless you and a few of your friends decide to try out this variation of poker. If you’ve played Texas Holdem before then learning how to play super eight poker shouldn’t be a problem since the rules are identical except for one thing. Instead of being dealt two hole cards like you do in Texas Holdem, you’ll be dealt three hole cards when playing super eight.
If you’ve never played Texas Holdem before then you’re still not going to have any clue on how to play this poker game, but we’re going to briefly go through the rules for you. The first thing that you need to do is shuffle up a full deck of cards and deal out three cards to every player. The player that is sitting to the left of the dealer needs to put in a small blind before they even look at their cards and the player to the left of the small blind needs to put in the big blind.
You can play with whatever stakes you’d like to play with, but to give you an example, you could play $1/$2. If you’re playing with $1/$2 stakes then the small blind would be $1 every hand and the big blind would be $2 every hand. The blinds are simply there to ensure that there is always money in the pot. Once the blinds are in the pot and the cards have been dealt out you can begin playing the hand.
Below is a quick breakdown of the way super eight is played, which should be enough for most of you. If you’re still confused about the rules then you should read over our Texas Holdem rules page as well since it provides a lot of detail.
- Round of betting between everyone in the pot
- Dealer burns one card and turns over next three cards (AKA Flop)
- Round of betting between everyone still in the pot
- Dealer burns one card and turns over one card (AKA Turn)
- Round of betting between everyone still in the pot
- Dealer buns one card and turns over one card (AKA River)
- Last round of betting between everyone left in pot
During the first betting round players need to decide whether they want to call the big blind, raise the big blind or fold their hand completely. In the next 3 betting rounds players have the option to check their hand if they want, which simply means you don’t want to bet yet and the next player can decide what they want to do.
After the final round of betting players can flip over their three cards and make the best five-card poker hand. You can use any combination of your three cards and the five community cards on the board that everyone can use. There is no rule on how many cards you need to use from your hand, which means you could potentially play the board if you wanted while playing super eight.
In super eight you need to realize that the extra card can cause a lot of problems and really improve the type of hands that you’d normally see while playing Texas Holdem. Since players have 8 cards to make the best 5-card poker hand the chances of someone having a big hand or very high. You’ll see a lot more full houses, flushes and straights when playing super eight poker when compared to Texas Holdem.
The same hand rankings are used in super eight and Texas Holdem so make sure you study the hank rankings before you begin playing if you don’t know them. There aren’t that many hands to remember and it should only take new players an hour or two to memorize the hand rankings and how each hand is achieved. You won’t super eight in any online poker rooms since it’s so similar to Texas Holdem, but this is a very fun game to try out with your friends. It’s a good change from Holdem and a lot more exciting since players tend to have bigger hands in super eight.