Cash Game Squid Game (1 Viewer)

[Pilot38]

Has anyone played the Squid Game variant shown here on this Triton game?

What are the rules? You need to show to keep a squid? There are variants where everyone contributes to a side “squid” pot but here it looks like the loser pays everyone else a predetermined amount?

 

[Pilot38]

Realize this is basically stand up but are there circumstances where you can lose your card?

 

[stevenkoriginal]

I ordered 30 of those roly poly guys off amazon. Only need 10-12 if anyone wants the rest off me when they arrive.

Temu and overseas Chinese options were smaller amounts and much cheaper but didn’t wanna deal with imports and the shipping/wait times.

Excited to use em next NIT stand up game. They looked fun and very visible to other players vs buttons.

 

[stevenkoriginal]

Trusting my credit card information to Temu was too much of a gamble.

 

[bananapeel]

I've dealt a fair amount of Chinese student type private games in the UK. Squid game = stand up game but you need to show cards before dealer throws the squid. If they forget they sleep the token and its missed. Can create a bit of a weird dynamic between dealer and player if it looks like they are going to forget....some players getting annoying if dealer doesn't muck cards quick enough, raises an eyebrow to player etc etc, which is why I would prefer the Nit Game as onus is on the player to return nit marker after winning a hand.

Some amusing variations that they play :

Unlimited (also called Progressive) Squid - One token given per pot won. Only the first token needs to be claimed with cards shown, consecutive tokens are given out without player needed to do anything. Whoever is left 'standing' pays out fixed value of all markers.

Golden / Platinum Squid - Same as unlimited squid, but if you accumulate 5 / 10 tokens you receive a predetermined multiplier, usually 3x 5x or 10x for Platinum per token. Can get utterly ridiculous as you can imagne, especially if tokens are a significant value in proportion to blinds.