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Texas Hold’em is probably the most popular variation of poker played in the Europe and the United States. Texas Hold’em is a community card game where, at the beginning of each hand both the dealer and the player are dealt two cards. There will be five more cards on the table which both the dealer and the player may use to come up with the best poker hand.
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How to play Texas Hold’em Bonus Poker
Part of Texas Hold’em popularity all over the world is due to the fact that it is very easy to learn and at the same time it is a game of strategy and tactics.
The goal of Texas Hold’em is to come up with the best poker hand by using the two cards dealt and the community cards.
To start a game of Texas Hold’em Bonus Poker a bet has to be placed in the Ante Box and an additional bet may be placed to play the bonus round. Once the bet or bets have been placed press the Deal button.
At the beginning of each hand the player is dealt two cards face up while the dealer gets two cards face down. To reveal the Flop cards press the Bet button, to reveal the Turn card you may bet the same Ante amount or you simply continue without doubling your bet. The same step applies to reveal the River card.
Once the Flop cards are revealed and you do not wish to continue playing, you may Fold. By folding you automatically lose the ante bet.
The Bonus side bet is won if your first two cards dealt match the pay table.
Texas Hold’em Bonus Poker Strategy
Texas Hold’em Bonus Poker is a thinking person’s game. The more you play it the more you’ll be able to decrease the odds against you.
When enjoying a new game of Texas Hold’em Bonus Poker you have to analyze your cards. Consider folding before the Flop if you have non-pair cards, both less than 10. It is important to keep an 8 and a 9 of the same suit because it gives you a chance at getting a straight or flush.
Don’t let yourself advance much into the game with a weak hand. It is best to lose the Ante bet at the beginning than to advance with limited possibilities and lose all your bets.
Start playing for fun at first, once you feel confident with the game switch to real money play but make sure you have set aside a bankroll you do without in case of a loss.
Tips
When playing Texas Hold’em Bonus Poker it is always important to remember two basic elements:
- The first two cards you are dealt will be the only two cards that will set you apart from the dealer’s cards and give a chance to win.
- The Flop, Turn and River cards are all community cards. Those are the cards that both the player and the dealer will use to come up with the best poker hand. It is very important to analyze how those cards could actually help the dealer come up with a better hand in order to make the right decisions. Be aware of the dealer’s chance at coming up with a straight and/or a flush.
Once the Flop cards are revealed it is ok to cut your losses. It is best to Fold then and only lose the Ante bet than to continue and lose all bets.
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Texas Hold’em Bonus Poker is derived from the popular casino table game of Texas Hold ’em. Not much is know about the origins of Texas Hold’em but urban legend tells that it was originated in Texas in the early 1900’s.
It wasn’t up until 1967 that Texas Hold’em was introduced to Las Vegas. Once it was introduced to Las Vegas, Texas Hold’em began its course towards its impressive popularity.
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Glossary
Ante: the ante is the first bet that is placed to start the game of Texas Hold’em Bonus Poker.
Flop: three cards are placed in the Flop box as part of the community cards.
Turn: the Turn is the fourth community card dealt.
River: the River is the fifth community card dealt.
Check: press check to reveal the Turn and River cards without raising your bet.
Fold: press Fold if you don’t wish to continue playing you hand. By folding you automatically lose all bets except the Bonus bet if it was won.
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Introduction
Texas Hold 'Em Bonus is a poker based table game I noticed at the Flamingo Hilton in Las Vegas in September 2005. I also hear that it can be found in Atlantic City. Like real Texas Hold 'em the player may bet his hole card, after the flop, and after the turn (but not after the river). As in one on one poker all bets pay one to one, except the ante requires a straight or flush (depending on the location) or higher to pay.
Texas Hold 'Em Bonus goes by the name of Easy Poker at the Casino Bregenz in Austria.
Las Vegas Rules
- The game is played with a single 52-card deck.
- The player makes an Ante wager, plus an optional Bonus bet.
- Two hole cards are dealt face down to the player and dealer. The player may look at his own cards.
- The player must either fold or make a Flop bet. The Flop bet must be two times the amount of the ante.
- Three community cards (the Flop) are dealt.
- The player may do nothing or make a Turn bet. The Turn bet must be exactly equal to the ante bet.
- A fourth community card is dealt (the Turn).
- The player may do nothing or make a River bet. The River bet must be exactly equal to the ante bet.
- A fifth community card is dealt (the River).
- The player and dealer each make the best five-card hand using any combination of the five community cards and his own two initial hole cards. The higher hand wins.
- If the dealer has the higher hand the player will lose all wagers, except possibly the Bonus bet.
- If the player has the higher hand the Flop, Turn, and River bets will pay even money. If the player has a straight or higher the Ante bet will also pay even money, otherwise it will push.
- If the player and dealer have hands of equal value the the Ante, Flop, Turn, and River bets will all push.
- The Bonus bet will pay based only the player's and dealer's initial cards, according to the pay table posted.
Texas Hold Em Bonus Game - Video Results
The Horseshoe casino in Hammond, Indiana, follows the Las Vegas rules. Despite what the rule booklet says, the Casino Bregenz in Austria follows the Atlantic City rules.
Atlantic City Rules
There are only two rule differences under the Las Vegas rules. The player needs a flush or higher to win even money on the ante. The bonus bet does not have a line item for both player and dealer having a pair of aces.
House Edge
The following table shows all the possible outcomes assuming optimal player strategy and the Las Vegas rules. An explanation of each column follows the table. The lower right cell shows a house edge of 2.04%. The standard deviation is 3.51.
Texas Hold 'em Bonus Return Table — Las Vegas RulesExpand
| Turn Bet | River Bet | Outcome | Win | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | No | Dealer wins | -3 | 16191937969988 | 0.291077 | -0.873232 |
| No | No | Tie | 0 | 1259275163176 | 0.022638 | 0 |
| No | No | Player wins with less than straight | 2 | 5303424537200 | 0.095338 | 0.190676 |
| No | No | Player wins with straight or higher | 3 | 1084471210036 | 0.019495 | 0.058486 |
| No | Yes | Dealer wins | -4 | 1396173000700 | 0.025099 | -0.100394 |
| No | Yes | Tie | 0 | 167704605536 | 0.003015 | 0 |
| No | Yes | Player wins with less than straight | 3 | 2296867062000 | 0.04129 | 0.12387 |
| No | Yes | Player wins with straight or higher | 4 | 605730184164 | 0.010889 | 0.043556 |
| Yes | No | Dealer wins | -4 | 1896639509356 | 0.034095 | -0.136381 |
| Yes | No | Tie | 0 | 135581445288 | 0.002437 | 0 |
| Yes | No | Player wins with less than straight | 3 | 1247381880480 | 0.022424 | 0.067271 |
| Yes | No | Player wins with straight or higher | 4 | 252140929436 | 0.004533 | 0.018131 |
| Yes | Yes | Dealer wins | -5 | 5604708827316 | 0.100754 | -0.50377 |
| Yes | Yes | Tie | 0 | 547943447680 | 0.00985 | 0 |
| Yes | Yes | Player wins with less than straight | 4 | 12372657154480 | 0.222419 | 0.889677 |
| Yes | Yes | Player wins with straight or higher | 5 | 2747896241164 | 0.049398 | 0.24699 |
| Player folds | -1 | 2517086880000 | 0.045249 | -0.045249 | ||
| Total | 55627620048000 | 1 | -0.020369 | |||
Explanation of table
- Column 1:Yes if player makes turn bet, no otherwise
- Column 2:Yes if player makes river bet, no otherwise
- Column 3:Outcome
- Column 4: Net win
- Column 5:Total combinations
- Column 6:Probability
- Column 7:Contribution to return (win*probability)
The lower right cell shows a house edge of 2.037%. However I think this makes the game look like a worse bet than it really is. What this means is that for every dollar bet on the ante the player can expect to lose 2.037 cents. However by the end of the hand the average wager will be 3.8181 times the ante. So the element of risk, or ratio of loss to total amount bet is a much lower 2.037%/3.8181=0.5335%. The standard deviation is 3.500839.
According to Scott McIntosh the house edge is 5.5935% under the Atlantic City rules. I trust this figure because we agree exactly on the Las Vegas rules.
Strategy
The following is when the player should fold the initial two-card hand, according to the rules.
- Las Vegas: unsuited 2/3 to 2/7.
- Atlantic City: unsuited 2/3 to 2/7, and unsuited 3/4.
I have not quantified the strategy past the first decision point. I can say that under the Las Vegas rules the player who made the Flop bet will make the Turn bet 43.13% of the time, and the River bet 48.46% of the time. If the player made the turn bet, then he will also make the river bet 85.76% of the time. If the player made the flop bet, but not the turn bet, he will make the river bet 15.78% of the time.
In Beyond Counting Exhibit CAA (pages 367-371), James Grosjean presents a rather complicated and still incomplete strategy after the flop.
The following table shows the expected value of all 169 possible initial hands under both the Las Vegas and Atlantic City rules.
Two-Card Expected Values
| Initial Hand | Las Vegas Rules | Atlantic City Rules |
|---|---|---|
| 2,3 unsuited | -1.155927 | -1.195592 |
| 2,4 unsuited | -1.091604 | -1.13521 |
| 2,5 unsuited | -1.019987 | -1.067022 |
| 2,6 unsuited | -1.046723 | -1.077817 |
| 2,7 unsuited | -1.031301 | -1.050057 |
| 2,8 unsuited | -0.896002 | -0.917393 |
| 2,9 unsuited | -0.763132 | -0.784523 |
| 2,T unsuited | -0.613979 | -0.636507 |
| 2,J unsuited | -0.459414 | -0.478676 |
| 2,Q unsuited | -0.28969 | -0.305687 |
| 2,K unsuited | -0.102668 | -0.1154 |
| 2,A unsuited | 0.184373 | 0.160096 |
| 3,4 unsuited | -0.950034 | -1.009069 |
| 3,5 unsuited | -0.874456 | -0.937452 |
| 3,6 unsuited | -0.899632 | -0.946711 |
| 3,7 unsuited | -0.8854 | -0.919748 |
| 3,8 unsuited | -0.850607 | -0.872617 |
| 3,9 unsuited | -0.699497 | -0.724139 |
| 3,T unsuited | -0.549947 | -0.575726 |
| 3,J unsuited | -0.395206 | -0.417719 |
| 3,Q unsuited | -0.225563 | -0.24481 |
| 3,K unsuited | -0.038499 | -0.054482 |
| 3,A unsuited | 0.254437 | 0.226376 |
| 4,5 unsuited | -0.735126 | -0.813569 |
| 4,6 unsuited | -0.756096 | -0.819136 |
| 4,7 unsuited | -0.740561 | -0.790904 |
| 4,8 unsuited | -0.7068 | -0.744413 |
| 4,9 unsuited | -0.654394 | -0.679669 |
| 4,T unsuited | -0.487036 | -0.516079 |
| 4,J unsuited | -0.332233 | -0.358011 |
| 4,Q unsuited | -0.162612 | -0.185124 |
| 4,K unsuited | 0.024799 | 0.005551 |
| 4,A unsuited | 0.321642 | 0.290174 |
| 5,6 unsuited | -0.614318 | -0.692805 |
| 5,7 unsuited | -0.595481 | -0.661787 |
| 5,8 unsuited | -0.560487 | -0.614096 |
| 5,9 unsuited | -0.508593 | -0.549471 |
| 5,T unsuited | -0.437507 | -0.467184 |
| 5,J unsuited | -0.265364 | -0.294408 |
| 5,Q unsuited | -0.095642 | -0.12142 |
| 5,K unsuited | 0.092367 | 0.069855 |
| 5,A unsuited | 0.392893 | 0.358138 |
| 6,7 unsuited | -0.457726 | -0.536213 |
| 6,8 unsuited | -0.421014 | -0.48732 |
| 6,9 unsuited | -0.36839 | -0.421999 |
| 6,T unsuited | -0.297258 | -0.339273 |
| 6,J unsuited | -0.217975 | -0.244386 |
| 6,Q unsuited | -0.031216 | -0.056994 |
| 6,K unsuited | 0.156819 | 0.134306 |
| 6,A unsuited | 0.370719 | 0.351472 |
| 7,8 unsuited | -0.284039 | -0.362526 |
| 7,9 unsuited | -0.229986 | -0.296292 |
| 7,T unsuited | -0.157768 | -0.212535 |
| 7,J unsuited | -0.078216 | -0.116966 |
| 7,Q unsuited | 0.019887 | -0.003259 |
| 7,K unsuited | 0.224911 | 0.202399 |
| 7,A unsuited | 0.456798 | 0.434885 |
| 8,9 unsuited | -0.092377 | -0.170864 |
| 8,T unsuited | -0.016383 | -0.08401 |
| 8,J unsuited | 0.062709 | 0.011207 |
| 8,Q unsuited | 0.16144 | 0.125955 |
| 8,K unsuited | 0.282809 | 0.262927 |
| 8,A unsuited | 0.533716 | 0.511803 |
| 9,T unsuited | 0.127027 | 0.046521 |
| 9,J unsuited | 0.20434 | 0.139978 |
| 9,Q unsuited | 0.304465 | 0.256228 |
| 9,K unsuited | 0.428187 | 0.395968 |
| 9,A unsuited | 0.602407 | 0.583126 |
| T,J unsuited | 0.370279 | 0.288219 |
| T,Q unsuited | 0.471694 | 0.405776 |
| T,K unsuited | 0.600228 | 0.550453 |
| T,A unsuited | 0.78194 | 0.745643 |
| J,Q unsuited | 0.535555 | 0.472903 |
| J,K unsuited | 0.665761 | 0.619251 |
| J,A unsuited | 0.852493 | 0.819462 |
| Q,K unsuited | 0.735444 | 0.6922 |
| Q,A unsuited | 0.925311 | 0.895545 |
| K,A unsuited | 0.999317 | 0.972816 |
| 2,3 suited | -0.886985 | -0.923987 |
| 2,4 suited | -0.826008 | -0.866658 |
| 2,5 suited | -0.75798 | -0.801803 |
| 2,6 suited | -0.782881 | -0.811796 |
| 2,7 suited | -0.768076 | -0.785429 |
| 2,8 suited | -0.639021 | -0.658814 |
| 2,9 suited | -0.51015 | -0.529944 |
| 2,T suited | -0.364595 | -0.385438 |
| 2,J suited | -0.212709 | -0.23053 |
| 2,Q suited | -0.044946 | -0.059747 |
| 2,K suited | 0.141142 | 0.129363 |
| 2,A suited | 0.425022 | 0.402419 |
| 3,4 suited | -0.693044 | -0.74813 |
| 3,5 suited | -0.62123 | -0.679983 |
| 3,6 suited | -0.644776 | -0.688639 |
| 3,7 suited | -0.631082 | -0.663007 |
| 3,8 suited | -0.597478 | -0.617842 |
| 3,9 suited | -0.450882 | -0.473684 |
| 3,T suited | -0.304918 | -0.328768 |
| 3,J suited | -0.152868 | -0.173698 |
| 3,Q suited | 0.014889 | -0.002919 |
| 3,K suited | 0.201376 | 0.186589 |
| 3,A suited | 0.490618 | 0.464512 |
| 4,5 suited | -0.490199 | -0.563403 |
| 4,6 suited | -0.509707 | -0.5685 |
| 4,7 suited | -0.494853 | -0.541737 |
| 4,8 suited | -0.461634 | -0.496581 |
| 4,9 suited | -0.40913 | -0.432516 |
| 4,T suited | -0.246108 | -0.272979 |
| 4,J suited | -0.094025 | -0.117875 |
| 4,Q suited | 0.073849 | 0.053019 |
| 4,K suited | 0.260929 | 0.243121 |
| 4,A suited | 0.553554 | 0.524295 |
| 5,6 suited | -0.376191 | -0.449435 |
| 5,7 suited | -0.357989 | -0.419804 |
| 5,8 suited | -0.323018 | -0.372923 |
| 5,9 suited | -0.270833 | -0.308801 |
| 5,T suited | -0.199974 | -0.227429 |
| 5,J suited | -0.031373 | -0.058245 |
| 5,Q suited | 0.136745 | 0.112895 |
| 5,K suited | 0.324793 | 0.303963 |
| 5,A suited | 0.620767 | 0.588467 |
| 6,7 suited | -0.227072 | -0.300316 |
| 6,8 suited | -0.190276 | -0.252091 |
| 6,9 suited | -0.137464 | -0.187369 |
| 6,T suited | -0.066542 | -0.105559 |
| 6,J suited | 0.013273 | -0.011162 |
| 6,Q suited | 0.197628 | 0.173777 |
| 6,K suited | 0.385858 | 0.365029 |
| 6,A suited | 0.59982 | 0.582012 |
| 7,8 suited | -0.05986 | -0.133104 |
| 7,9 suited | -0.005551 | -0.067365 |
| 7,T suited | 0.066287 | 0.015313 |
| 7,J suited | 0.146267 | 0.110272 |
| 7,Q suited | 0.246024 | 0.22461 |
| 7,K suited | 0.451106 | 0.430277 |
| 7,A suited | 0.682911 | 0.662637 |
| 8,9 suited | 0.125648 | 0.052404 |
| 8,T suited | 0.200955 | 0.13792 |
| 8,J suited | 0.280795 | 0.232842 |
| 8,Q suited | 0.381333 | 0.348359 |
| 8,K suited | 0.50656 | 0.488168 |
| 8,A suited | 0.757219 | 0.736945 |
| 9,T suited | 0.33757 | 0.262459 |
| 9,J suited | 0.416267 | 0.356253 |
| 9,Q suited | 0.518407 | 0.473476 |
| 9,K suited | 0.646145 | 0.616192 |
| 9,A suited | 0.822276 | 0.80444 |
| T,J suited | 0.574533 | 0.497955 |
| T,Q suited | 0.677017 | 0.615537 |
| T,K suited | 0.808521 | 0.762138 |
| T,A suited | 0.990289 | 0.956538 |
| J,Q suited | 0.737666 | 0.679207 |
| J,K suited | 0.870492 | 0.82713 |
| J,A suited | 1.056211 | 1.02548 |
| Q,K suited | 0.936506 | 0.896165 |
| Q,A suited | 1.124432 | 1.096723 |
| K,A suited | 1.194024 | 1.169336 |
| 2,2 pair | -0.134137 | -0.140431 |
| 3,3 pair | 0.078584 | 0.068777 |
| 4,4 pair | 0.322289 | 0.308953 |
| 5,5 pair | 0.589457 | 0.572593 |
| 6,6 pair | 0.837465 | 0.820601 |
| 7,7 pair | 1.093669 | 1.076805 |
| 8,8 pair | 1.353048 | 1.336184 |
| 9,9 pair | 1.612114 | 1.59525 |
| T,T pair | 1.87899 | 1.860933 |
| J,J pair | 2.097415 | 2.082887 |
| Q,Q pair | 2.315838 | 2.304838 |
| K,K pair | 2.535691 | 2.528219 |
| A,A pair | 2.788899 | 2.78206 |
Bonus Bet
The bonus bet pays based only on the players hole cards, and in some cases the dealer's two hole cards. Who wins the hand does not matter. There seem to be two pay tables available for the bonus bet as follows. From what I hear the Atlantic City pay table is also used in Missouri and Indiana.
Bonus Bet — Las Vegas Rules
| Event | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player has AA, dealer has AA | 1000 | 6 | 0.000004 | 0.003694 |
| Player has AA | 30 | 7344 | 0.004521 | 0.135636 |
| Player has AK suited | 25 | 4900 | 0.003017 | 0.075415 |
| Player has AQ or AJ suited | 20 | 9800 | 0.006033 | 0.120664 |
| Player has AK unsuited | 15 | 14700 | 0.00905 | 0.135747 |
| Player has KK, QQ, or JJ | 10 | 22050 | 0.013575 | 0.135747 |
| Player has AQ or AJ unsuited | 5 | 29400 | 0.0181 | 0.090498 |
| Player has Pair 22 to 10,10 | 3 | 66150 | 0.040724 | 0.122172 |
| All other | -1 | 1470000 | 0.904977 | -0.904977 |
| Total | 1624350 | 1 | -0.085406 |
Bonus Bet — Atlantic City Rules
| Event | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA | 30 | 7350 | 0.004525 | 0.135747 |
| AK suited | 25 | 4900 | 0.003017 | 0.075415 |
| AQ or AJ suited | 20 | 9800 | 0.006033 | 0.120664 |
| AK unsuited | 15 | 14700 | 0.00905 | 0.135747 |
| KK, QQ, or JJ | 10 | 22050 | 0.013575 | 0.135747 |
| AQ or AJ unsuited | 5 | 29400 | 0.0181 | 0.090498 |
| Pair 22 to 10,10 | 3 | 66150 | 0.040724 | 0.122172 |
| All other | -1 | 1470000 | 0.904977 | -0.904977 |
| Total | 1624350 | 1 | -0.088989 |
The lower right cells show a house edge on the bonus bet of 8.5406% under the Las Vegas rules and 8.8989% under the Atlantic City rules.
6-Card Bonus
Some casinos add on a side bet known as the 6-Card Bonus. This side bet is found on multiple poker-derivative games, so I created a special page for it. For more information, please see my page on the 6-Card Bonus.
C5
At the Casino Bregenz in Austria, where the game goes by the title Easy Poker, they add a side bet called the C5, which is based on the poker-value of the player's seven-card hand. The following return table shows a house edge of 8.95%.
C5
| Event | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal flush | 100 | 4,324 | 0.000032 | 0.003232 |
| Straight flush | 60 | 37,260 | 0.000279 | 0.016710 |
| Four of a kind | 40 | 224,848 | 0.001681 | 0.067227 |
| Full house | 8 | 3,473,184 | 0.025961 | 0.207688 |
| Flush | 6 | 4,047,644 | 0.030255 | 0.181530 |
| Straight | 4 | 6,180,020 | 0.046194 | 0.184775 |
| Three of a kind | 2 | 6,461,620 | 0.048299 | 0.096597 |
| All other | -1 | 113,355,660 | 0.847300 | -0.847300 |
| Total | 133,784,560 | 1.000000 | -0.089540 |
Internet casinos using software by OneTouch feature a side bet called simply the 'side bet,' that also pays on the poker-value of the player's hand. It follows a 2-4-6-10-20-50-250 pay table, for a house edge of 6.92%.
Methodology
A brute force approach was used to cycle through all possible cominations of cards. In total 7,089,794,712,000 hands were played out, requiring 72 days of computer time to loop through them all.
Acknowledgements
I would like to thank Scott McIntosh of Online Poker Room Reviews for his contributions to this page. He confirmed my Las Vegas results and provided the Atlantic City house edge and expected values. His program runs in six hours compared to the 72 days mine takes, so I was happy to use his numbers. For reviews and advice on playing poker online I encourage you to visit his web site.
Links
There is a good Texas Hold 'Em Bonus calculator at beatingbonuses.com.
Texas Holdem Bonus Free
Analysis at ReviewPokerRooms.com.
Written by:Michael Shackleford