Learn the History of Roller Coaster Poker

Series Summary

The roller coaster poker variant exists on the fringes of accepted poker. Too much fun to be respectable, yet enough skill involved to be a true test of poker skill, this game is rapidly gaining popularity all over the world. Rollercoaster is played with five cards, one for each round. The first round is one by the highest card, the second by the lowest, third by the highest, fourth by the lowest, followed by the fifth round showdown. You can see how this crazy game gets its name!

In this free poker lesson video, our professional poker expert introduces to this fun poker varation, then deals a few sample rounds. You will learn what a good and bad cards for this game, and learn the match limit and punishment rules. Watch this excellent video series and master this exciting card game!

Video Transcript

"Roller coasters are fun, right? Actual roller coasters with hills and maybe loops and tunnels to go through, I find them fun. Of course, that's because my synapses is wired a certain way. You might not find them so fun. There is a card game of poker variant called "Roller Coaster" that I think everybody whether you like the real roller coaster or not would find exciting. Roller coaster falls in to kind the miscellaneous category of poker variants. Like "Guts", which is discussed in another series I did for Expert Village. Today we'll look at Roller Coaster, how it provides twists and turns, which I love in a poker variant. How to play it well and you know how it's dealt so without further ado, let's ride the roller coaster."