However, like hold'em and unlike Omaha, you can play zero, one or two of your hole cards to make the best five card poker hand. This means hands like top pair, which are usually quite good in hold'em, become relative garbage in Double Hold'em. For example, suppose you are dealt A 10 4. Three players see a flop of 10 7 6. Multiple crotch shots.

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Jan 20, 2021 Hold’em is played with what’s known as a rotating dealer, meaning a player will act as the dealer for one hand and then pass the role of dealer on to the player on their left when the hand is completed. To choose the dealer, either deal every player one card or spread the cards facedown on the table and have every player choose one. Ultimate Texas Hold’em is a table game that pits the player against the dealer in a one-on-one poker matchup. Like the game it is based on, each hand is dealt out of a standard 52-card deck. While it helps to have a basic understanding of how Hold’em works, it is not entirely necessary, and here we cover the relevant rules you need to know. 'The Gambler' is a song written by Don Schlitz and recorded by several artists, most famously by American country music singer Kenny Rogers. Don Schlitz wrote this song in August 1976 when he was 23 years old.

Texas hold 'em

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.

Texas Hold Them Free

1. The game is played with a single ordinary 52-card deck.
2. The player must make an equal bet on both the Ante and X-TRA Bonus, and can also make an optional Player Bonus bet.
3. Two cards are dealt face down to the player, which he may look at.
4. In addition, the first card of a three-card flop is dealt face up.
5. The player can check or make a Play bet equal to three times the Ante.
6. The dealer turns over the next two flop cards.
7. 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.
8. Two final community cards are turned over.
9. 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.
10. The player and dealer will both make the best possible hand using any combination of their own two cards and the five community cards.*
11. The dealer will need at least a pair to open.
12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

Hold Them A Little Longer

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

Player Bonus Analysis

Hold Them A Little Longer

The following pay table shows my analysis of the Player Bonus bet.

Player Bonus Return Table

External Links

• Demo game at the AGS web site.
• Discussion about Jackpot Hold 'Em in my forum at Wizard of Vegas.

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