<p>Just curious about how serious (and perhaps widespread) cards are in college, as I'm an avid cardplayer.</p>
<p>poker? yes</p>
<p>other card games? ie Spades, Hearts, Bridge? you might have to find the card club</p>
<p>Poker is very widespread. In fact, I'm playing tomorrow.</p>
<p>Nope only once in a while for fun.</p>
<p>Cards just aren't the thing down in the southwest. You'll find a lot playing pool, though.</p>
<p>I'm sure you can find people to play spoons or whatever, but poker is the main thing. I know a lot of people who are willing to play some Texas hold'em at parties.</p>
<p>Poker is the universal card game, and in many circles, Big Two, Spades, and Hearts are played with great relish.</p>
<p>I too am an avid cardplayer. From what I've heard, poker games are prevelant throughout college campus, with a lot of games being played for fun amongst friends, with more serious games and limits spread as well</p>
<p>I was pretty much referring to Hold 'Em/Stud/Omaha type deal. I do play hearts as well. Perhaps I'll be seeing some of you at the table next year...</p>
<p>hold em, anywhere.
omaha is huge in the south.
stud, probably not as much on college campuses, due to slower gameplay and less betting.</p>
<p>kings = fun :) </p>
<p>(for those who dont know... kings is a drinking game, that uses cards...)</p>
<p>kings is the ****!</p>
<p>At UW-Madison there is a real solid mixed game Holdem, Omaha h/l 8, omaha, 7 stud, and 7 stud h/l. Its a 5-10 game and its deadly serious. If you were wondering, its where Phil Helmuth starting playing poker, and the game is still played.</p>
<p>Considering that Hellmuth is a fish in side-games and anything besides holdem, that's not saying much, ha ha. </p>
<p>Anyways, the existence of decent stakes mixed game is really cool, alanstats; I've played poker at six different colleges, including my own, and have yet to see anything besides Hold'em, let alone a game featuring razz, among other delicacies.</p>
<p>That's a strong selling-point in favor of UW-Madison.</p>
<p>MIT used to (it still might) have card-playing clubs. There were two books written about them. Check 'em out</p>
<p>"Bringing Down the House" Ben Mezrich
"Busting Vegas" Ben Mezrich</p>
<p>^ those were about MIT's blackjack team...I hope that no college student would waste their time playing such a boring game.</p>
<p>Yea, its definitely hard to find a solid mixed game at mid limits. I play in a pretty regular game of 1-2 or 2-4 that includes razz among 4 or 5
other games.</p>
<p>in your experience, are college games micro, low limit, high limit, mid limit, or spread?</p>
<p>I have a .50-1 game among my friends (senior in high school) that I'm comfortable with...nobody loses too much. But even 3-6, might be too much for me.</p>
<p>There are very few high limit games, if only because most students are either unwilling, or can't afford to play them.</p>
<p>College players that wish to play high limit do so primarily on the Internet.</p>
<p>ksanders: i am reading "bringing down the house"...one of my favorite books.</p>