by Mary Ashton
Sunday ,11 Oct 2009
Get into poker with the great game of Casino Hold'em. All the most basic rules and paytables are featured here for you to learn quickly and easily
Casino Hold'em Poker, also called Caribbean Hold'em Poker, is a unique yet relatively simple variation of standard Texas Hold'em Poker. The game differs from other variants by requiring that players compete only against the house (the casino) and not each other. The rules are easy to learn and beginner players can even print out or save these instructions for when they actually start to play their first game.
1. Casino Hold'em requires that players place antes, which are small mandatory bets which contribute to building up the initial pot on offer.
2. Each player is dealt 2 face down cards (including the dealer). Players are allowed to look at their own cards only.
3. The dealer will place 3 face up community cards in the center of the table (the "flop") for all players to use as they wish.
4. Players must now bet on their hands, with the options of folding or calling twice the amount of the ante bets. A player who folds must surrender his/her hand as well as the ante bet placed.
5. 2 more community cards will be dealt face up by the dealer onto the center of the table, now totaling 5. The dealer will also reveal the two cards that he/she received.
6. All the remaining players must now each make up their final hands according to what will be most highly ranked. The final hand of a player must include the two initial cards dealt to them face down, as well as three of the community cards dealt to all players by the dealer in the center of the table. The same rules apply for the dealer's final hand; only that he/she must hold at least a pair of fours in order to qualify.
7. If the dealer does not qualify for the hand, then the remaining players' call bets will be pushed and they will receive pay according to the ante pay-table. If the dealer does qualify for the hand, yet is beaten by the player(s), then those players with winning hands will receive 1:1 on their call bet and a payout on their ante according to the pay-table. If, however, the player(s) loses to the dealer, then both the player's ante and call bet will be lost. If there is a tie then both bets push.