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- Hold'em or Fold'em, that is the question: a game of intelligence, courage, and luck! We hope to offer a REALISTIC Poker experience to you. Here you can play with millions of players from dozens of.
- A form of poker in which each player is dealt two cards face down and then makes the best five-card hand by combining these with three of five communal cards that are dealt to the center of.
- Texas hold'em is easily the most popular poker game played in card rooms in the United States. Hold'em comes in four betting structures: limit, no-limit, pot-limit and spread-limit. No-limit hold'em (NLHE) is the rising star of poker games. A few years ago the game could not be found in a live poker room, but the popularity of televised poker has increased interest in this structure.
Definition of Texas Hold'em: poker in which each player is dealt two cards facedown and all players share five cards dealt faceup First Known Use of Texas Hold'em 1975, in the meaning.
People who are playing HOLD EM POKER are not necessarily descended from Gods. This game is actually pretty much like the Texas Holdem, and also different. In this poker game, only the high cards, including the ace, ten, jack, king, and queen, will be dealt from a deck of 20 cards. This particularly makes for a royal deck. Due to the smaller deck, the game is consists of six players maximum. The standard limit format that is applied in this game, in which the players will be dealt two hole cards in order to attempt in having to structure the absolute hand together with five community cards. The values of hand are being ranked the same as in the more standard variants of poker, but the only counted flush would be the royal one. There is no other flush, which has a value in the Texas hold em poker and the standard pairs oddly count for nothing. Thereby, everyone will go after the royal flushes, full houses, four of a kind, two pair, and straights, in order to come up with the nuts.
Because there are no low cards in the game, high hands are ruling supreme and making for a very high quality hands total. The choices of the valuable card are important to become successful in the competition. At the very least in order to remain in the game, a player needs to hold an ace-jack, which is still a dubious affair. Most players are thinking that the optimum hand is a pair of aces, and the ace-king is not slouch too. The pair of jacks and ace-queen can be a weak offering, depending on your position.
The high value of the hands is rendering position in an enormously essential factor to be able to remain competitive in the live hold em poker online. A player needs to consider that anyone who raise will be in the possession of a pair of aces or kings, and if your position is great, you will be able to precisely tell the hands of those players, who stayed in the game. If the hand of a player is teetering on the edge, he must remain in the game only if he has a good position or if he is in the small blind without advance raise. The high pocket pairs are pervasive in the Texas hold em poker, and so players need to understand that the odds to hit a “3 of a kind” are at least 1 in 3 hands, considering the alterations in the cards.
When another player aggressively bet against you hand of a pair of aces, it would be wise to think that he will hold a pair of kings or aces, thereby, simplifying the task to pinpoint the type of hands in your opponent’s possession. Each player seeks a draw of “3 of a kind” or more you may be thinking of the deck to have 15 cards you are drawing from. For instance, 20 card deck minus 2 hole card with an addition of 3 community cards. Knowing the basics in hold em poker casino game will help you get started with high possibility of win and success.
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Introduction
Jackpot Hold'em® is a poker-based casino game in which the player may make one raise at any time during the course of the hand. The earlier the raise is made the higher it may be. The game is very similar to Ultimate Texas Hold' Em. Unlike in that game, in Jackpot Hold 'Em the player may see one of the flop cards before the big raise decision. That comes at a cost of being able to raise 3x only on the big raise, as opposed to 4x.
The game is distributed by AGS.
Rules
These rules assume the player has a basic understanding of Texas Hold 'Em rules.
- The game is played with a single ordinary 52-card deck.
- The player must make an equal bet on both the Ante and X-TRA Bonus, and can also make an optional Player Bonus bet.
- Two cards are dealt face down to the player, which he may look at.
- In addition, the first card of a three-card flop is dealt face up.
- The player can check or make a Play bet equal to three times the Ante.
- The dealer turns over the next two flop cards.
- If the player previously checked, then he may make a Play bet equal to two times his Ante. If the player already made a Play bet, then he may not bet further.
- Two final community cards are turned over.
- If the player previously checked twice, then he must either make a Play bet equal to exactly his Ante, or fold, losing both his Ante and X-TRA Bonus bets. If the player already raised he may not bet further.
- The player and dealer will both make the best possible hand using any combination of their own two cards and the five community cards.*
- The dealer will need at least a pair to open.
- The following table shows how the X-TRA Bonus, Ante, and Play bets are scored, according to who wins, and whether the dealer opens.
Scoring Rules
Winner Dealer Opens X-TRA Bonus Ante Play Player Yes Win Win Win Player No Win Push Win Dealer Yes Lose Lose Lose Dealer No Lose Push Lose Tie Yes or No Push Push Push - Winning Ante and Play bets pay 1 to 1. Winning X-TRA Bonus bets pay according to the following pay table.
X-TRA Bonus Pay Table
Player Hand Pays Royal flush 500 to 1 Straight flush 50 to 1 Four of a kind 10 to 1 Full house 4 to 1 Flush 2 to 1 Straight 1 to 1 All other Push - The Player Bonus bet will pay according to the poker value of the player's hand regardless of the value of the dealer's hand, according to one of the Trips bet pay tables below.
Strategy
Following is a strategy for the first decision point, created by Steve Howe, and kindly provided to me by AGS. I'm afraid I don't know what exactly he means by 'reach for straight.' According to Steve, the cost of errors using this strategy is an increase in house edge of 0.1875%.
Make the 3X raise with any of the following, otherwise check:
- three-of-a-kind
- 3-suited Q+ hole cards
- any hole cards paired with flop
- A w/ 5 or better hole cards
- K w/ 8 or better hole cards
- JT+ or QT+ hole cards when reach for straight w/ flop
- pocket 5's or better
- Ace-high hole cards when reach for straight w/ flop
As for the medium and small raises, I think the player would be fairly safe using the medium and small raise strategies in Ultimate Texas Hold 'Em. Exact strategy would not be same, because the X-Tra bonus pay table is different than that of the Blind pay table, but differences only matter for player hands of a flush or higher.
Base Game Analysis
The following table shows every possible outcome of the game, what it pays, number of combinations out of all possible, probability, and contribution to the return. The lower right cell shows a house edge, defined as the ratio of the expected player loss to the Ante bet, of 2.38%. By the end of the hand, the average combined wager between the Ante, X-Tra Bonus, and raise will be 3.66 units. The element of risk, defined as the ratio of expected player loss to average bet, is 0.65%.
Base Game Return Table
| Event | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player folds | -2 | 16,851,237,072,120 | 0.201953 | -0.403906 |
| Small raise player loses, dealer doesn't qualify | -2 | 220,193,019,312 | 0.002639 | -0.005278 |
| Small raise player loses, dealer qualifies | -3 | 10,603,001,821,128 | 0.127071 | -0.381214 |
| Small raise push | 0 | 1,455,502,686,804 | 0.017443 | 0.000000 |
| Small raise player wins with royal flush, dealer doesn't qualify | 501 | 25,917,984 | 0.000000 | 0.000156 |
| Small raise player wins with straight flush, dealer doesn't qualify | 51 | 843,819,588 | 0.000010 | 0.000516 |
| Small raise player wins with four of a kind, dealer doesn't qualify | 11 | - | 0.000000 | 0.000000 |
| Small raise player wins with full house, dealer doesn't qualify | 5 | - | 0.000000 | 0.000000 |
| Small raise player wins with flush, dealer doesn't qualify | 3 | 133,128,700,164 | 0.001595 | 0.004786 |
| Small raise player wins with straight, dealer doesn't qualify | 2 | 450,599,419,020 | 0.005400 | 0.010800 |
| Small raise player wins with three of a kind or less, dealer doesn't qualify | 1 | 2,789,253,813,264 | 0.033428 | 0.033428 |
| Small raise player wins with royal flush, dealer qualifies | 502 | 152,792,856 | 0.000002 | 0.000919 |
| Small raise player wins with straight flush, dealer qualifies | 52 | 6,100,907,352 | 0.000073 | 0.003802 |
| Small raise player wins with four of a kind, dealer qualifies | 12 | 3,169,503,240 | 0.000038 | 0.000456 |
| Small raise player wins with full house, dealer qualifies | 6 | 149,967,716,064 | 0.001797 | 0.010784 |
| Small raise player wins with flush, dealer qualifies | 4 | 624,131,265,732 | 0.007480 | 0.029919 |
| Small raise player wins with straight, dealer qualifies | 3 | 1,307,110,561,812 | 0.015665 | 0.046995 |
| Small raise player wins with three of a kind or less, dealer qualifies | 2 | 5,494,992,560,280 | 0.065854 | 0.131709 |
| Medium raise player loses, dealer doesn't qualify | -3 | 33,030,447,840 | 0.000396 | -0.001188 |
| Medium raise player loses, dealer qualifies | -4 | 4,665,080,847,468 | 0.055908 | -0.223634 |
| Medium raise push | 0 | 489,150,998,040 | 0.005862 | 0.000000 |
| Medium raise player wins with royal flush, dealer doesn't qualify | 502 | 39,563,496 | 0.000000 | 0.000238 |
| Medium raise player wins with straight flush, dealer doesn't qualify | 52 | 901,395,396 | 0.000011 | 0.000562 |
| Medium raise player wins with four of a kind, dealer doesn't qualify | 12 | - | 0.000000 | 0.000000 |
| Medium raise player wins with full house, dealer doesn't qualify | 6 | - | 0.000000 | 0.000000 |
| Medium raise player wins with flush, dealer doesn't qualify | 4 | 103,621,441,356 | 0.001242 | 0.004967 |
| Medium raise player wins with straight, dealer doesn't qualify | 3 | 136,582,316,412 | 0.001637 | 0.004911 |
| Medium raise player wins with three of a kind or less, dealer doesn't qualify | 2 | 2,581,900,311,324 | 0.030943 | 0.061885 |
| Medium raise player wins with royal flush, dealer qualifies | 503 | 397,846,224 | 0.000005 | 0.002398 |
| Medium raise player wins with straight flush, dealer qualifies | 53 | 6,975,609,840 | 0.000084 | 0.004431 |
| Medium raise player wins with four of a kind, dealer qualifies | 13 | 27,493,563,492 | 0.000329 | 0.004283 |
| Medium raise player wins with full house, dealer qualifies | 7 | 535,943,583,480 | 0.006423 | 0.044961 |
| Medium raise player wins with flush, dealer qualifies | 5 | 435,495,056,436 | 0.005219 | 0.026096 |
| Medium raise player wins with straight, dealer qualifies | 4 | 417,951,165,060 | 0.005009 | 0.020036 |
| Medium raise player wins with three of a kind or less, dealer qualifies | 3 | 5,283,074,002,536 | 0.063315 | 0.189944 |
| Large raise player loses, dealer doesn't qualify | -4 | 135,960,313,464 | 0.001629 | -0.006518 |
| Large raise player loses, dealer qualifies | -5 | 9,529,766,146,200 | 0.114209 | -0.571045 |
| Large raise push | 0 | 727,140,145,608 | 0.008714 | 0.000000 |
| Large raise player wins with royal flush, dealer doesn't qualify | 503 | 250,496,280 | 0.000003 | 0.001510 |
| Large raise player wins with straight flush, dealer doesn't qualify | 53 | 827,328,816 | 0.000010 | 0.000525 |
| Large raise player wins with four of a kind, dealer doesn't qualify | 13 | - | 0.000000 | 0.000000 |
| Large raise player wins with full house, dealer doesn't qualify | 7 | - | 0.000000 | 0.000000 |
| Large raise player wins with flush, dealer doesn't qualify | 5 | 155,070,222,120 | 0.001858 | 0.009292 |
| Large raise player wins with straight, dealer doesn't qualify | 4 | 200,284,249,968 | 0.002400 | 0.009601 |
| Large raise player wins with three of a kind or less, dealer doesn't qualify | 3 | 4,603,346,975,232 | 0.055169 | 0.165506 |
| Large raise player wins with royal flush, dealer qualifies | 504 | 1,701,839,160 | 0.000020 | 0.010279 |
| Large raise player wins with straight flush, dealer qualifies | 54 | 6,378,053,328 | 0.000076 | 0.004128 |
| Large raise player wins with four of a kind, dealer qualifies | 14 | 96,554,154,360 | 0.001157 | 0.016200 |
| Large raise player wins with full house, dealer qualifies | 8 | 1,198,403,714,376 | 0.014362 | 0.114898 |
| Large raise player wins with flush, dealer qualifies | 6 | 694,249,172,832 | 0.008320 | 0.049921 |
| Large raise player wins with straight, dealer qualifies | 5 | 598,024,569,888 | 0.007167 | 0.035835 |
| Large raise player wins with three of a kind or less, dealer qualifies | 4 | 10,686,422,965,248 | 0.128071 | 0.512284 |
| Total | 83,441,430,072,000 | 1.000000 | -0.023819 |
Player Bonus Analysis
The following pay table shows my analysis of the Player Bonus bet.
Player Bonus Return Table
| Event | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal flush | 100 | 4,324 | 0.000032 | 0.003232 |
| Straight flush | 40 | 37,260 | 0.000279 | 0.011140 |
| Four of a kind | 30 | 224,848 | 0.001681 | 0.050420 |
| Full house | 8 | 3,473,184 | 0.025961 | 0.207688 |
| Flush | 7 | 4,047,644 | 0.030255 | 0.211785 |
| Straight | 4 | 6,180,020 | 0.046194 | 0.184775 |
| Three of a kind | 3 | 6,461,620 | 0.048299 | 0.144896 |
| All other | -1 | 113,355,660 | 0.847300 | -0.847300 |
| Total | 133,784,560 | 1.000000 | -0.033363 |
External Links
- Demo game at the AGS web site.
- Discussion about Jackpot Hold 'Em in my forum at Wizard of Vegas.