How to Play Poker Baseball

Series Summary

Poker has become an American pastime. However, though it has been around for generations, the card game has shown no signs of slowing down. It is always evolving, and with the recent popularity of online tournaments and television programs, we still see the game of poker creating quite a following. Poker encompasses a wide variety of games from Five Card Stud and Heinz 57 to Texas Hold ‘em. Each one of these is a variation of poker with different rules and strategies. In this free video series on poker games, an experienced card player explains the rules to several different versions of the game. Find out how to play five-card draw, Caribbean Stud, Irish poker and Chinese poker. Learn the game of H.O.R.S.E., which is a series of five different games, including Limit Hold'em, Omaha Hi-Lo, Razz, Stud and Stud Hi-Lo. Hone poker skills with insider tips in this helpful guide to card games.

Video Transcript

"Did you ever think you'd hear the term batter up in poker? Hi, my name is Dean Hale, poker pro. And today I'm going to teach you how to play poker baseball. In poker baseball it's very similar to a seven card stud game. Each player is going to be dealt initially three cards. Two cards will be facing down; one card will be face up. Now in poker, in poker baseball threes and nines are wild. They can be used as anything you want to use them as. The other little distinct difference is if you are dealt a four you actually get another card. So you will your initial ante, you will put the cards two down one up. You would then make a bet. Knowing what your two hold cards are looking at your top card. At that point in time you would then get dealt a fourth card face up. Again same thing applied, threes and nines are wild they can be used as anything. If you've got a four, the four gives you another card and when you get dealt a four you actually keep it face down so that nobody else can see which is obviously a huge benefit to the game. Now as in seven card stud you would continue. The betting rounds would go the exact same way, the fifth card would be face up, the sixth card would be face up, the seventh card would be face down. You then play to use your best five hand, your five card poker hand that you can to make, to make your hand. Remember the reason nines are wild, so if you have two threes and two nines and an ace you have five aces. That's not a bad hand. My name is Dean Hale and I've just taught you a game called poker baseball."