All About the Name Russian Revolution Poker

Video Transcript

"So what is with the name of this game, Russian Revolution. If you were to research the Russian Revolution online say on wikipedia you would find that there are actually a number of dates, 3 or 4 of them. That can be called Russian Revolution the number of events that can be called this the one that most people refer to occurred in October 1917 when the government of Nicholas the second was overthrown. So how does that relate to this poker variant poker revolution? Now let's look at these cards. The game has 6 wild cards, those are your red aces, your red 9s and your red 7s put in other terms 1917, one 9 one 7. So that is why the game is called Russian Revolution; actually it's part of the reason. The other is that royalty cards king queen and jack can not show as up cards they are safe as down cards but if a king queen or a jack comes as one of your 4 up cards. Remember this is a stud game then it cannot be played and we'll discuss exactly how that rule takes force later in this series. I hope you have a lot of fun learning how to play Russian Revolution."