Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/6-card poker


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.  

The result was keep.  Majorly  (o rly?) 13:33, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

6-card poker

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Looks like the article is here to promote a new game rather then report on a well known game. I see no references or citation and I doubt very much there will ever be any found. Mr. Berry 07:35, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. There is evidence that this version of poker does indeed exist    to name a few.  It's a little problematic however as there seems to be no "official" set of rules and this article does indeed appear to be one person's version of it.  In need of more than a little cleanup though. Arkyan 15:30, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
 * None of those look like sources that an encyclopedia could rely on to build an article. Can you find any notes in a book? What about any news stories? Does Britannica cover this? Mr. Berry 17:23, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes. Poker Is the Name of the Game by Walter Gibson has a chapter on six-card poker hands.  Arkyan 19:00, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Then why not give it a mention in poker then? Mr. Berry 19:21, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Given the narrow scope of the article I would not be opposed to a merge/redirect to poker or a related page - but not outright deletion. Arkyan 19:27, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
 * IIRC the Bicycle book on poker also gives rules for a 6-card variant using all six cards to make the hand. I don't believe the rules match this, but I can't be sure because I can't find my copy (curse it all!). At any rate, the bit on increasing "fairness" is POV, and sort of irrelevant. &mdash; Gwalla | Talk 05:46, 24 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep or merge into poker, per the source Arkyan has located. Crypticfirefly 03:34, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak keep or strong merge per reasons given so far. Mermaid from the Baltic Sea 04:17, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep, cleanup and source, no merge. Since poker almost always implies 5-card hands, it seems silly to give this uncommon variant its own section in that article. Not even seven-card stud and Texas hold 'em get their own sections like that, just links! If you must merge, List of poker variants is a far more suitable destination. &mdash; Gwalla | Talk 04:56, 27 March 2007 (UTC)


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