If I can learn and enjoy these banana games, so can you! Let’s start with the aforementioned… 3-2-1

Gotta love the #MixedGameFestival 😁 /grErpFTizP (There’s me in the Nebraska jacket, wondering what the hell 3-2-1 was and how I was going to stop losing stacks of Westgate chips during it.) I was inspired by Cardplayer Lifestyle’s inaugural Mixed Game Festival to learn more variants and have some more fun at the poker tables, and now I exclusively host home games that mix 20+ different games. I though it would be fitting to write up something of a “continuation piece” that introduces you all to some of the so-called “banana games.” If you like it strange and full of gamble, well this Addams Family of poker variations will be your cup of tea. A few years back, Cardplayer Lifestyle founder Robbie Strazynski penned an article detailing 5 Home Game Poker Variants Guaranteed to Generate Lots of Action. Getting stacked kings versus aces and constantly folding 80% of hands leads to plenty of staring into space, asking yourself, “there must be something more in this poker life, right?” Let’s face it no-limit Texas Hold ‘Em gets boring.

Best poker games to play with friends