Ultimate Texas Hold'em

Ultimate Texas Hold'em - Game Overview

The aim of this classic poker game is to hold a better five-card hand than the dealer. 

You can use your initial two cards, as well as the five community cards, to make up your hand. 

 

Game Rules

This is a live casino game, meaning you play against the dealer rather than other players. 

As such, an unlimited amount of players can play at the same time.

Ultimate Texas Hold'em uses one standard 52-card deck.

Cards will be shuffled at the end of each game.

It is only possible to raise once per game - you will have three opportunities to raise throughout the game. 

 

How to Play 

Before the game commences, you need to place ante and blind bets of the same value. 

It is also possible to place an optional Trips Bonus Bet, which pays out on various poker hands (more information below).

Both you and the dealer will then receive two cards each - the dealer's cards will always be dealt face-down. 

You now have three options:

1. Check 
2. Raise x3 
3. Raise x4 

If you Check, three of the five community cards will be dealt and you will need to make another decision:

1. Check
2. Raise x2

If you Raise, the final two community cards will be dealt before your best five-card poker hand is compared against the dealer's. 

Opting to Check will give you one final decision, after the remaining two community cards have been dealt:

1. Fold - surrenders your hand and your ante and blind bets will both be lost
2. Raise x1 - makes a play bet of 1x your ante bet. Your and the dealer's best five-card poker hands will be automatically formed and compared to reveal the winner

Outcomes

Once all decisions have been made, your hand will be compared against the dealer's to determine the winner.

Your game will result in one of the following outcomes:

• The dealer wins if they a better hand and your play, ante and blind bets will all be lost
• You win if you have a better hand and will be paid accordingly: ante bet 1:1; play bet 1:1; blind bet pays according to the blind paytable (below)
• If you and the dealer tie, ante, play and blind bets will all push

The following exceptions apply to the above: the ante bet will push if dealer has less than a pair; the blind bet will push if you have less than a straight. 

If you placed a Trips Bonus Bet, only your final five-card poker hand will be evaluated - this bet pays out even if you fold your hand. 

The Trips Bonus Bet pays according to the Trips paytable (below). 

Payouts

Different bets pay out differently in this game, as per below.

Blind Bet