Alternative names | Tight hold 'em |
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Type | Community card poker |
Players | 2-10 |
Skills required | Probability, psychology |
Cards | 52 |
Deck | French |
Play | Clockwise |
Card rank (highest to lowest) | A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 |
Random chance | Low to Medium |
Greek hold 'em (originally known as tight hold 'em) is a community card poker game variant of Texas hold 'em which transitioned into the evolution of Omaha hold 'em. Greek hold 'em combines the rules of Texas hold 'em and current day Omaha hold 'em. In professional poker player Doyle Brunson's book, Super/System, this version of poker was referred to as tight hold 'em.
Greek hold 'em follows the same rules as Omaha, except that each player is only dealt two cards. In Greek hold 'em each player must use both hole cards along with 3 of the total available community cards to make the strongest five card hand, unlike Texas hold 'em where each player may play the best five card poker hand from any combination of the seven cards available to them.