Crazy Pineapple is another one of the many variants of poker which are being thought out all the time. There are so many of these games and many of them are so obscure that they only really ever crop up in mixed games tournaments, but this is why it is so important to be an adaptable player.

Looking at all the different games of poker makes us stop to think that this is truly a thinking mans/woman’s game. Because so many pro players are involved in playing and offering online poker, not only do they keep pushing the limits for themselves, they push the limits for other players to greatly improve their knowledge and skill in the game.

Crazy Pineapple is variant of Pineapple Poker, only crazier, and Crazy Pineapple is related to Texas Hold ‘em. Three hole cards are dealt to players in Pineapple Poker, the same as with Hold ‘em; one of which must be discarded before the flop. In the Crazy version of the game the discard takes place after the flop, and on each round of betting another card is burned. The “Flop” takes place when the community cards are dealt onto the table.

Basically what happens; is after the hole cards are dealt, the players examine them and place a bet. After the bet, one of the hole cards is burned and the community cards are dealt, another betting round takes place. Another hole card is burned and a fourth community card is dealt (this is the “turn”), a last betting round takes place and the winning cards are revealed. The winner takes the pot and as Crazy Pineapple is typically played with a Hi/Lo split, if there is a qualifying Lo hand the prize pot is split. Qualifying Lo hands are exactly the same as they are in a Hi/Lo Texas Hold ‘em game.

Players find it really easy to make high hands, in this game, they say it is easier to do this than with regular Pineapple (please don’t ask me why they call this game “pineapple”?). This is because the discard is only made after the flop, so they get to see most of the community cards first before they burn a card of their own. This opens up the opportunity of building a better starting hand for the player. They also get to choose the best of their hole cards and decide whether they should play both, one or none.

You will find a couple of sites which offer Crazy Pineapple Poker and as it becomes more popular in series of mixed poker games, it will become more widely available. As pros branch out into new games and introduce them to their fellow pros, these new games slowly get into the online mix.

Because they are developed by pros and played by them, they become accepted as valid variations of poker. Eventually everyone wants to play and this is essentially how Crazy Pineapple came into being and how we will more than likely see other new poker variants come into being. Poker pros will be playing around a table and one will say, “Say, lets see what happens if we double the blinds before the river”, so they do and a new games comes to life if it works!