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Casino
Holdem is a Texas Holdem variation that is popular
is played in Egypt, Austria, Seychelles, Australia,
and Russia. The rules are as follows:
- Play begins with each
player making an ante wager.
Two cards are dealt
face down to each player and dealer. In addition
three flop cards are dealt face up. The players
may examine their own two cards but sharing
information should be discouraged. All players and
dealer may use the three flop cards as part of
their hand.
Each player must
decide to either fold or call. If the player folds
he gives up his cards and his ante bet. If the
player calls the call must be equal to two times
the ante bet.
The dealer will then
deal two more community cards, for a total of
five. The dealer will also turn over his own two
cards.
Each hand shall be
scored according to the best 5-card hand that can
be composed out of the 5 community cards and the
player or dealer's personal two cards.
The dealer must have
a pair of fours or better to qualify. If the
dealer does not qualify then the player will win
the ante and push on the call.
If the dealer
qualifies and beats the player then the player
will lose both the ante and call.
If the dealer
qualifies and the player beats the dealer then the
player will win both the ante and call.
Whether or not the
dealer qualifies, if the player beats the dealer
then his ante will pay according to the table
below. There are two variations of the bonus
table, according to the preferance of the casino
manager.
If the dealer
qualifies and the player beats the dealer then the
call shall pay 1-1 (even money).
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Ante Pay Table |
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Hand |
Table 1 |
Table 2 |
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Straight flush |
20 to 1 |
25 to 1 |
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4 of a kind |
10 to 1 |
12 to 1 |
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Full house |
3 to 1 |
3 to 1 |
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Flush |
2 to 1 |
2 to 1 |
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All other |
1 to 1 |
1 to 1 |
Unfortunately there is no easy way to quantify
optimal strategy for this game. The optimal strategy
player will raise 85% of the time. So only in the
worst 15% of hands should the player fold. In
general these are when the player has two singletons
in the hole that are low compared to the flop, with
little or no chance for a straight or flush.
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