Contents
- What is Ultimate Texas Hold Em?
- Hand Stages In Ultimate Texas Hold Em
- Bet Types In Ultimate Texas Hold Em
- How do you play Ultimate Texas Hold em?
What is Ultimate Texas Hold Em?
Ultimate Texas Hold’em (also known as Extreme Texas Hold’em) is a relatively new casino table game found in both brick and mortar casinos and online. Ultimate Texas Hold’em is essentially the classic game of poker we all know and love, though it has been modified to be played against the house rather than other players. Of course, as with all table games, Ultimate Texas Hold’em has a slight house edge, meaning you will be losing money in the long run. With that in mind, it’s still an exciting game which adds much needed variety to a casino's table game offering, helping those casinos stand out from the ones which only offer blackjack and roulette. 텍사스 홀덤 족보
Hand Stages In Ultimate Texas Hold Em
If you are unfamiliar with standard texas hold em poker, you may not know how poker hands progress. In the traditional texas hold’em game you are dealt 2 cards face down (these are called your ‘hole cards’). 5 ‘community cards’ are then dealt face up on the table, and you must make the best possible hand using any 5 of the 7 cards available to you using the hand rankings .
- The 5 community cards are dealt in order of flop (3 cards), turn (1 card) and river (1 card). In standard texas hold’em a round of betting occurs after each deal. So the hand stages look like this:
- A round of betting before the flop is dealt - or pre-flop
- A second round of betting after the flop (the first three community cards) has been dealt
- A third round of betting after the turn (the fourth community card) has been dealt
- A final round of betting after the fifth community card, the river, has been dealt
However, in Ultimate Texas Hold Em, the turn and river are always dealt together so you get 3 community cards (the flop) and then a further 2 cards are dealt (the turn and the river together) with no round of betting in between. So in Ultimate Texas Hold’em, the hand stages progress like this:
- You place your blind and ante before you are dealt any cards (the blind and ante have to be the same amount).
- You are dealt two cards face down and a round of betting occurs (it is worth noting that you can only bet either 3x or 4x your blind and ante at this stage). If you do not want to bet on your cards, you can check.
- If you check, the dealer will deal the flop, and you will be able to place a bet which is limited to 2x your ante amount, or you can check again.
- If you check again, the dealer will deal the fourth and fifth cards, and if you want to bet on your hand strength at this point, you will be limited to just 1x your ante amount. If you still don’t like your hand and dont want to bet, you must fold and forfeit your ante and blind bets for that hand.
- If you bet pre-flop, the dealer will deal all 5 community cards with no further rounds of betting. The same is true if you bet on the flop. Players are only able to bet on a hand once in Ultimate Texas Hold’em.
Bet Types In Ultimate Texas Hold Em
In Ultimate Texas Hold Em there are 4 types of bet you can place. These are:
The ante and blind (sometimes called odds) which must be placed before the hand begins and be equal amounts.
You then have the “play” bet which represents your raise amount during the hand. If you like your hand and wish to raise you can put 3x or 4x your ante bet in the play box when the action is preflop, 2x your ante bet when the action is on the flop and 1x your ante bet if you are at the river. When you make a play bet your action for the hand is over, the dealer will deal any remaining community cards and reveal their hand. The winner is then decided on hand strength.
Finally, you have the optional ‘Trips’ bet which is a side bet and will payout based on the strength of your hand regardless if you win or lose.
How do you play Ultimate Texas Hold em?
- The game is played with a standard 52 card deck
- The player must make equal bets on the ante and blind spots to begin a hand
- The player and dealer each get two face down cards. The player may look at their cards.
- The player can check or make a play bet equal to 3x or 4x the ante.
- The dealer reveals 3 community cards
- If the player previously checked, then they may make a Play bet equal to 2x their Ante or check again. If the player already made a Play bet, then they may not bet further.
- The dealer reveals 2 more community cards
- If the player previously checked twice, then they must either make a Play bet equal to exactly their Ante, or fold, losing both the Ante and Blind bets. If the player already raised they may not bet further.
- The face down cards are revealed and the best 5 card hand is made for each the dealer and player.
