Also known as “Newmyer’s Seven Nuts”, named for its inventor Chris Newmyer, East Village is a modification / bastardization of Omaha high-low split. Each player is dealt seven hole cards. The player then discards two of these cards, never to be seen again. Then, with 5 hole cards left in his hand, each player “donates” one of his cards. All the players “donation” cards are kept face down, and the dealer “shuffles” these cards with a scramble. These cards will then make up the three card flop, the one card turn, and the one card river. All betting takes place as in omaha, and the game is played high-low split with the 8-or-better qualifier. Each player plays the best five-card hand he can make from exactly two of his hole cards plus three of the five community cards. This game is best played with seven players (it cannot be played with more). If it is played with two, three, or four players, extra cards must be pulled from the stub to be added to the community cards, so that there are always at least five community cards. Note that there are no “burn cards” used in this game.

The best explanation of how to play the game is found at http://www.selfstarterfoundation.com/stealth/newmyerssevennuts_about.html .

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