Players get two cards dealt face down; the third card is dealt face up, and whoever has the highest one bets first. A betting round follows each newly dealt card, until each player has seven. Naturally, the highest poker hand will win.

However. If any player receives a queen during play, then the player who goes after him or her is in luck. Whatever card is dealt next to that player, it is wild. This counts for face up cards and face down cards. Sadly, however, if another queen is dealt during the next round, the previous wild card is considered null and void.

A little complicated, to be sure, but this game nonetheless has the potential to be great fun — and very frustrating, I would imagine! It may not be Go Broke Poker, but it will likely make you go crazy!

First we have Spit in the Ocean, which can also be called Split in the Ocean. In this game, every player gets four cards. One card gets place face down, right in the middle of the card table. It is a wild card, and it will be shared by all the players — but at the end of the game, where it will be used to create the best hand possible.

The players begin by tossing in their antes, and the player to the left of the dealer starts the betting. After the initial betting session, each of the players can choose to discard. They can discard one card, all of them, or any amount in between. The discards go in front of the individual players, facing down. After the replacement cards are dealt, there is another betting session. Following that, the wild card is turned face up; the discards are as well.

Here is the tricky bit: if there is a discard matching the wild card, the owner of that card must pay up the ante again before doing anything else. Then, based on the wild card, another betting session occurs, after which the hands are compared and the winner is selected.