Poker bug
In a game of poker, often there are some cards which are dealt that have the power to change the course of a game dramatically whenever a player happens to receive them in his hand on account of the random value assigned to these cards. So, bugs, which are the joker cards, are a form of wildcards and whenever one or both the jokers are introduced in a game, it adds up the interest and excitement quotient. It has been found that when a player has a bug, his chance to improve a drawing hand becomes better.
The value and suit assigned to a bug card can vary from game to game variant and also depends on the hand of cards. So mostly a bug is used as an ace card when draw poker and pai gow poker games are being played. In other cases, the bug card is assigned the value of the highest card in order to complete a straight or a flush hand by taking place of the missing card. So, a hand holding already two ace cards and a joker can be used to make a hand of three ace cards. If some one has a hand of heart cards having an ace, a joker, 8 and 3 he can assign the value of a king of hearts to his bug, even though someone else has the actual king of hearts card. Interestingly if a hand is holding 7, 6, 5, 4 and a joker, then the bug is a 8 card and not a 3 even though in both conditions a straight hand is completed but a 8-straight is higher.
In a poker game of California lowball, the bug card is assigned the lowest unpaired card value in any hand. So, if a player is holding 8, 6, 4, 3 and a joker card, then its values is an ace card whereas if he has an ace card, 2, 3, 5 and the bug card then its value becomes the 4 card.
