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"Doubles Poker" app. What's Doubles Poker? It's quite possibly the most fun you'll ever have playing poker. Two people get paired together for a duration of a

"Doubles Poker" app. What's Doubles Poker? It's quite possibly the most fun you'll ever have playing poker. Two people get paired together for a duration of a tournament. The game is typically no limit Texas Hold'em but any game with an even number of rounds per hand of play would work. During each hand the two teammates are not allowed to talk. Teammate 1 plays pre-flop and then passes the cards to teammate 2 who plays the flop. Teammate 2 passes the cards back to teammate 1 who plays the turn. Finally teammate 2 plays the river. On the next hand the order is switched so Teammate 2 begins playing pre-flop. It can be a great deal of fun and adds another level of complexity to the game. Now you have to figure out not only what your opponents have but what your teammate's motivations in the hand are. Is he setting you up for a big bluff or was he just taking a cheap shot at winning the hand on the flop? Here's a Double's Poker tournament that was aired on tv awhile back: http://www.pokertube.com/videos/doubles-poker-championship-ep01-12 http://www.pokertube.com/videos/doubles-poker-championship-e... I'd love to create an app (mobile or otherwise) where people could experience the joy and excitement of this form of poker.

determinant 12y ago
The core idea behind your concept is basically breaking risk-management apart. However, a good team should be on the same page with regard to risk management. So, wouldn't the player-end-refinment of sorts on this game just be teams who more or less have a uniform, systematic view of assessing risk? I think you have an interesting idea, though. Maybe it would be better for poker teams to transfer chips to each other in between hands as a two-player mechanic instead. If there is a tournament and both team members are seated at different tables, then the optimal strategy might be to allocate more chips to the table where both players think they have a larger edge. However, by moving chips to the other table, that becomes a signal to other players that would could cause them to shift gears. I think there is something to your rough concept though, and it could be a lot of fun.

determinant 12y ago

The core idea behind your concept is basically breaking risk-management apart. However, a good team should be on the same page with regard to risk management. So, wouldn't the player-end-refinment of sorts on this game just be teams who more or less have a uniform, systematic view of assessing risk? I think you have an interesting idea, though. Maybe it would be better for poker teams to transfer chips to each other in between hands as a two-player mechanic instead. If there is a tournament and both team members are seated at different tables, then the optimal strategy might be to allocate more chips to the table where both players think they have a larger edge. However, by moving chips to the other table, that becomes a signal to other players that would could cause them to shift gears. I think there is something to your rough concept though, and it could be a lot of fun.