Snap Call Poker
What is SNAP Poker?
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SNAP Poker is the fast-fold poker format from 888poker, designed to reduce waiting time as you’re dealt new cards the instant you fold! It’s faster and better than any other online poker software and can be played both in Cash game and Tournament formats. SNAP is also available on Mobile, so you can play the game you love whenever, wherever!
Here’s how it works
When playing SNAP poker, you’re automatically placed in a ‘Players Pool’ and randomly re-seated at a different table every time you fold. SNAP lets you ‘SNAP Fold’ before the action gets to you (out of turn) and within seconds, you’ll be dealt a new hand at new table with new opponents. However, other players on the table will not see that you folded until it is your turn to act.
Fold, watch and play
You may opt to fold or ‘SNAP fold’ and continue watching the hand play out, by either clicking on the Fold watch and play button or by holding down the Shift key whilst clicking on ‘fold’ or ‘SNAP fold’.
By choosing to ‘Fold watch and play’, a new screen will appear. In this screen you can watch the rest of the hand in ‘observer mode.’ In the original screen you’ll be moved to a new table, so you can continue to play.
Please note that it’s only possible to observe one hand at a time.
The “Fold watch and play” option is enabled for SNAP ring games only.
How to join SNAP games
You’ll see the SNAP tab on the right side of the screen when you enter the 888poker Main Lobby.
Click on it or drag it to the left and you will be transferred to the SNAP Main Lobby. Under the SNAP tab, you’ll find two sub tabs, with ‘Cash’ or ‘Tournament’ play options.
If you want to buy-in to a SNAP Cash game, start by clicking on ‘Cash Games’. Then just double click on a specific pool name, highlight and click on the ‘Join Game’ button.
Click on ‘SNAP Tournaments’ to see a list of SNAP Tournaments that are open for registration, including SNAP Sit & Go games. Simply choose one, buy-in and start playing!
You can also find a list of SNAP Tournaments including Sit&Gos under the ‘All games’ tab in the 888poker Main Lobby.
Get ready for a fast and furious game! Snap is all about mental reaction time, and one of the few games in which luck plays no part at all. To play Snap, you need the following:
Two or more players. There is no formal upper limit, but if you play with more than six players, the neighbors may complain about the noise.
A standard deck of 52 cards. Play Snap with a single deck of cards if you have fewer than four players; add a second deck if more players compete. Playing this game with a used deck is a good idea — the cards can take a beating (literally).
You don’t need a full deck of cards — a card or two can be missing from the deck. You can also play Snap with special cards designed for another game (such as an Old Maid deck), as long as most of the cards have backs identical to other cards in the deck.
The dealer deals out the whole deck of cards face-down, one card at a time to each player, in a clockwise rotation. It doesn’t matter if some players get more cards than others. What does matter, however, is that you don’t look at the cards you get.
Each player, starting with the player to the left of the dealer, takes a turn flipping over the top card of his pile and putting it face-up in front of him. After a few turns, each player has a little pile of face-up cards.
When you turn over all the cards into the pile in front of you, you pick up the pile and use it again without shuffling them.
The flipping process continues until one player turns over a card of the same rank as the top card on another player’s pile. As soon as the matching card is revealed, the first person to call out “Snap!” takes the two piles with matching cards and puts them face down under his own pile.
Snap Call In Poker
Frequently, two players make the Snap call simultaneously. In this case, you put the two piles with the same card together, face-up, in middle of the table. Everyone continues to turn over the top cards on their piles until someone turns over a card that matches the card on the pile in the middle of the table. The first person to shout “Snap pool!” wins the middle pile. The new piles that are being created are still up for grabs in the usual way, of course. Whenever a pairing is created, the first to shout “Snap” wins them.
Snap Call Poker Definition
When a player mistakenly calls out “Snap!” her pile goes into the center of the table; the first player to call “Snap pool!” at the relevant moment gets her pile. You have to operate with what you have left, and if you run out of cards, you are out of the game.
The player who ends up with all the cards wins the game.
For some reason, Snap brings out the worst competitive instincts in people. Establishing several informal rules can avoid Snap-induced bloodshed:
Set rules about the proper way to turn over your card. You can’t turn over the card so that you see it first, which means that you must flip over the card in a continuous, fast motion onto your pile.
Get an impartial witness to decide on all close calls. If you can, choose someone who isn’t playing the game.
A devious, cunning player remembers the order of her pile (or of another player’s pile) when the pile gets small so she gains a big edge in the calling. Keep an eye on the cards as the game draws to a close; if you don’t, you put yourself at a disadvantage. If you want to avoid this situation, you can agree to shuffle your pile when you’ve worked your way through it.