Texas Hold Em

Shared

Players: 3-20

Initial Deal: 2 cards down to each player

Betting: Ante if Desired.
After Initial deal betting round. Then after each card set flip.

Play:

Initial deal, then bury the top card abd deal three cards on the table. Another round of betting follows. Bury a card and deal one more on the table. Bet then bury one more card and the last card is flipped, a final round if betting ensues, and finally a showdown in which players make their best hands using their 2 and the table's 5 to make the best 5 card hand.
The best hand may be the 5 on the table forcing a tie and splitting of the pot.

Winner: High Hand

Variations:
Tahoe: 3 cards down instead of 2. No more than 2 hole cards can be used in final hand.

Pineapple: 3 cards down instead of 2. Each player must discard one before the first 3 table cards are flipped.

Crazy Pineapple: same as Pineapple, but each player discards AFTER the first 3 table cards are flipped.

Super Holdem: 3 cards down instead of 2, all of which may be used.

Texas League: As in Baseball, 3's & 9's are wild (players pay low stake for each common wild card). A common 4 gets each player an extra card.

Cool Hand Luke: The lowest shared card is wild (As in Lame-Brain Pete).

5Texas 2-Step: After the first 3 common cards are rolled and the betting round is finished, each player may pay the lowest stake for each card he/she wishes to exchange for a new card from the deck. After the next roll and betting round are finished, each player may pay twice the lowest stake for each card he/she wishes to exchange for a new card from the deck. After the last roll and betting round are finished, each player may pay three times the lowest stake for each card he/she wishes to exchange for a new card from the deck. After the last draw, there is a final betting round, then the showdown. If no cards were drawn during the last exchange, there is no extra betting round.