Re:How to Teach Your Kids to Play Poker: Start with One Card
by coderintherye on Monday August 11, 2025 @09:41PM
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Blind Man's Bluff is a great variant: Give everyone a card face-down, they put it on their forehead without looking at it. Bet based on whether or not you think the card on your forehead is higher than other people's. More fun in my opinion.
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Re:How to Teach Your Kids to Play Poker: Start with One Card
by mrexroad on Monday August 11, 2025 @09:57PM
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Article footnote mentions this with the caveat that it requires some dexterity that young children may find challenging. That aside, I think the two games make a great complementary pair and switching between provides a nice contrast for kids.
Re:How to Teach Your Kids to Play Poker: Start with One Card
by nielsbot on Monday August 11, 2025 @10:46PM
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I suppose you can simply hold your card in your hands with the back facing you. Or use some kind of vertical holder.
Re:How to Teach Your Kids to Play Poker: Start with One Card
by entropic88 on Monday August 11, 2025 @11:49PM
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Like.. a headband?
Re:How to Teach Your Kids to Play Poker: Start with One Card
by Etheryte on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @04:55AM
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We need venture capitalists to fund the next game-changing vertical holder market disruptor.
Re:How to Teach Your Kids to Play Poker: Start with One Card
by nielsbot on Wednesday August 13, 2025 @02:10AM
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I was thinking something on the table top.. but sure.
Re:How to Teach Your Kids to Play Poker: Start with One Card
by bombcar on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @08:04AM
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You play normal one card poker until the kids realize the benefit of seeing other player’s cards - then you play blind man’s and learn that incomplete information can go the other way.