Question about different variations of poker?

Question

I have a home game going about once a week and we always play dealer's choice. Most of us choose Texas Hold Em (I occasionally mix it up with 7 card stud and 5 card draw) but one player loves changing the game up every time. He's introduced us to a lot of variations, some of which I've liked: Pineapple, Omaha Hi, Lowball and Anaconda. Does anyone know:
a) any online poker sites that offer these games? (I realize Omaha is quite popular, so exclude that one from this question)
b) Any sites that offer strategy on these variations?

As a side question, can anyone explain what a "triple draw" game is? For instance, on Poker Stars, they offer 2-7 Triple Draw.

Answer 1

I know UltimateBet offers Pineapple, Omaha Hi an Triple Draw in the free rooms. Not sure about Lowball, and I don't know what Anaconda is.

Triple Draw is 5-card draw, but you try to make the best low hand. Unlike Omaha hi-lo, straights count as a high hand, and aces are always high. Flushes are also high-only. The best low is 23457.

It's called triple draw because you draw three times.

Answer 2

I think you had some good answer already, I'm just going to talk about 2-7 triple draw.

Triple Draw is a variation of 5 card draw. In this game players try to make the lowest 5 card hand. The best possible hand you can make is 2-3-4-5-7 (the wheel) with no flush. Aces can only be high. Straights and flushes count against you as a high hand, This means that 2-3-4-5-6 is a bad hand.
2-4-5-6-7, 2-3-4-5-8, 2-3-4-6-8, 2-3-5-6-8, 2-4-5-6-7, 2-3-4-5-8, 2-3-4-6-8, 2-3-5-6-8, 2-4-5-6-8, 2-3-4-7-8, 2-3-5-7-8. These are the best hands in Triple Draw. The deuce is the key card of this game, most of the hands you choose to play should contain a deuce.

Five cards are dealt to each player.
First round of betting, beginning with the player to the left of the big blind.
Each player may choose to discard any number of cards, beginning with the player to the left of the button. If a player chooses not to draw, they choose to stand pat for the rest of the hand. If there are not enough cards remaining to complete a draw, the discarded cards are shuffled and form a new deck.
After everyone has drawn, the second round of betting occurs.
Second draw.
Third round of betting.
Third and final draw.
Final round of betting.
Players reveal their hands and the player with the worst five card poker hand wins

I suggest you to read the 2-7 triple draw in Super System 2 (it's write by D.Negreanu)

Answer 3

i know ultimatebet offers pineapple and triple draw games, but i don't know of any that offer anaconda or lowball(i assume you mean 2-7 single draw lowball)

some sites for omaha strategy include:
http://www.playwinningpoker.com/omaha/
http://www.topomaha.com/
http://www.omahastrategy.net/
(these also include omaha hi/lo strategies)

i can't find any sites for pineapple, but i found one for a slightly different variation called crazy pineapple:
http://www.everythingsbusted.com/p0cker/CrazyPineapple.html

i couldn't find anything on lowball or anaconda, sorry

as for an explanation of what triple draw is, it's a draw game in which you try to make the worst hand(in 2-7 where straights and flushes count against you the best possible hand is 2-3-4-5-7, while in A-5 it is A-2-3-4-5), except you get three draws to make your hand