Ultimate Texas Hold'em

 Contents

• About Ultimate Texas Hold’em
• How to Play Ultimate Texas Hold’em ?
• Best Ultimate Texas Hold’em Strategy

Ultimate Texas Hold’em is one of the most popular live and online casino games for poker players. One big reason is that if you know what you are doing, the game will feature one of the lowest house edges of any casino game. Half the battle is just knowing the basic rules of Texas Hold’em, particularly the hand rankings which are common in most poker games.

About Ultimate Texas Hold’em

Ultimate Texas Hold’em was developed by Roger Stone of Shuffle Master and similar formats are also known under other names including Heads Up Hold’em distributed by Galaxy Gaming. If you have learned the basic rules of Texas Hold’em, you will quickly pick up on how to play Ultimate Texas Hold’em with the hand rankings and each player holding two hole cards being the same in both games. As this is a casino, the house will have an edge. Players should experience plenty of winning sessions, but unlike regular Texas Hold’em, players are competing against the house and not a player.

How to Play Ultimate Texas Hold’em ?

Usually, you can play Ultimate Texas Hold’em at a casino with up to six players and a dealer (also known as the house). The game utilizes a standard 52 card deck. Although online, you will find many heads-up games where you will compete one-on-one against the house. Each player must post an ante and a blind before each hand begins. You will see posted minimums and maximums. Keep in mind that your bet must be the same for both of these and that it will also serve as a base for other bets as the hand progresses.

Best Ultimate Texas Hold’em Strategy

You should quickly get the hang of the rules of Ultimate Texas Hold’em by reading the rules above and potentially watching a few hands being played. However, we don’t recommend that you hop right into Ultimate Texas Hold’em until you learn some basic strategy as it could turn out to be a nightmare to play based on gut feeling. For example, if you decide to blindly bet four times your bet in the Play box every hand, you will be subject to a house edge of around 14%. Likewise, if you aren’t betting at the right times, you will also increase the house edge. 먹튀검증

You should always bet the maximum allowed in the Play box before the flop when you bet. The following chart should serve as a guide to when you should place a bet in the Play box and when you should fold preflop.

*A K Q J T 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2*

A B B B B B B B B B B B B B

K B B B B B B B B B B S S S

Q B B B B B B B S S C C C C

J B B B B B S S C C C C C C

T B B B B B C C C C C C C C

9 B B B B C B C C C C C C C

8 B B B S C C B C C C C C C

7 B B S S C C C B C C C C C

6 B B S C C C C C B C C C C

5 B B C C C C C C C B C C C

4 B S C C C C C C C C B C C

3 B S C C C C C C C C C B C

2 B S C C C C C C C C C C C

B = Bet four times in Play box

C = Check

S = Bet four time in Play box if suited, otherwise check

The strategy gets a little easier if you didn’t bet preflop. You should bet two times on the flop in the Play box if you have two pair or better, a hidden pair, or a flush draw with a hidden ten or better. A hidden pair means that there isn’t a pair on the board and you are using one or more of your hole cards to create that pair.

River strategy can be particularly tricky. It is easy to memorize what to do but not always easy to make the optimal play in real-time.

Place a bet of equal to your Ante bet if you have a hidden pair or better or the dealer has less than 21 outs to beat you. After some practice, determining how many outs the dealer has to beat you will become more second nature but take your time at first as it’s your money and the game typically doesn’t have a time limit with the exception of some multiplayer online games.