Charley
Charley Variants
Amazon: Five stud. Queens are wild unless you have a Jack or King. You may choose to stop taking cards at any time.
Council Bluffs: Omaha Eights, except that instead of the pivot being 8, it is the value of the river.
Crossroads: Criss-Cross, but the rank of the center card is wild.
Daily Numbers: Five stud, but before the first deal face up, dealer deals five cards face up on the table in a row, numbered 1 to 4. As cards are dealt face up, if it matches the same rank in the same position, that card (not rank) is wild. If it matches a card in a different position, you get a bonus down card.
Double flop Hold'em: Texas Hold'em, but deal two simultaneous flops, turns and rivers. Split pot between the two.
Evil Twin: If you have a cross-color pair in your seven cards, the black card becomes wild and the red is dead.
Fifty Two: Seven Stud, but after the last round of betting, everyone takes in their hands, makes one five-card hand and one two-card hand, and reveals simultaneously. The best five-card splits with the best two-card. There is no additional round of betting after you split your hand, since there is no new information.
Game of Thrones Season Two: When a face card is dealt up, that suit's face cards become wild a la
Follow the Queens. When an Ace is dealt up, it
must immediately kill a face card. (Your own, if that is the only one showing.) You may reveal a down Ace to kill a royal any time before the last betting round. Killing a royal does
not change which suit is currently wild, however.
Games of Thrones Season One: The vicious version of
Camelot. Queens can pair with Jacks or Kings. When an Ace is faced, it assassinates any visible face card, which is immediately removed from the game. It must assassinate if possible - if the assassin has the only royal, he must kill it. If no royals are showing, the Ace has no effect. You may flip a down Ace at any time to kill a royal.
Gold Leader: Seven stud. At game start, deal four up and one down in the center of the table; this forms the target hand. Split the pot between the two hands closest to the target hand, above and below it. The final card of the target is not shown until just before showdown. There is no declaration; cards speak.
James Bond: Seven stud, sevens in the hole are wild. If you get an up Q (Queen), your next card is dealt down.
Leftovers: Five draw. After the draw and second round, before the showdown, shuffle the discards, and deal five up in the middle of the table. Everyone gets their five cards and one from the middle, so a six card hand. If the middle is the high hand, nobody wins, and the pot is held over.
Upcycling: Broadly in the same family as
Crapper, but played seven stud. Only flushes and straights count. The best five card flush beats the best five card straight beats the best four card flush, and so on. On your bet (on up card deals) if you have a showing pair you may trade one of them for a new up card. If you have trips, you may do this again. You may reveal a down card to do this; the replacement card is up.