Ultimate Texas Holdem Casino Edge
House edge for Ultimate Texas Hold’em This game is much harder to play ‘perfectly’ compared to other casino table games. While the headline house edge is around 2.2% for your Ante and Blind bets, that assumes a perfect decision every time. You also need to consider the variable amounts you are betting. Ultimate Texas Hold ‘em is the table games version of the super popular and extremely well known Texas Hold ‘em. Instead of playing against nine opponents, each Player plays against the Dealer and has the option of making a wager on the value of their hand. In Ultimate Texas Hold ‘em, the earlier the Player bets the more they can wager. Watch More Content Here!!Twitch: (Require to Play Blackjack with us on Twit.
Ultimate Texas Holdem Strategy Guide: Rules for Winning
Don’t let the above title fool you – there’s no way to guarantee a profit in any casino game. But if you play your cards right, a good Ultimate Texas Holdem strategy can drop the house edge to 0.526%. Play it wrong, and the house edge will start at 2.85%, increasing with every bad decision made.
The first thing you need to know is that there’s a big difference between Texas Holdem Poker and Ultimate Texas Holdem. The former is a player-vs-player game that often involves bluffing and outwitting your opponents through mental aptitude.
Despite its similar appearance, Ultimate Texas Holdem is completely differently. This is a house-banked game that offers to such psychological advantage. It’s player-vs-dealer, and only the best hand wins. Therefore you’ll need a completely different Ultimate Texas Holdem strategy to win more often.
Ultimate Texas Holdem Rules
The rules of the game are simple, especially if you already know how to play Texas Holdem poker. Here’s a quick rundown of game play.
– 1 standard 52-card deck I used, reshuffled after every hand.
– Player makes equal Ante and Blind bet to start.
– Player and dealer each dealt 2 hole cards (face down); player may look at own cards.
– Player will either Check or Raise, with Raise equal to 3x or 4x the Ante.
– Three community cards are dealt (face up).
– If Player checked before, he may Check again or Raise 2x the Ante. If a Raise was already placed, no further bets can be placed.
– Final two community cards are dealt.
– Player must Raise equal to Ante if he’s checked on both previous rounds, or Fold. If a Raise was already placed, no further bets can be placed.
– Player and Dealer set highest ranking hands from their own hole cards and community cards.
– Highest ranking hand wins. Dealer must have Any Pair or better to “qualify”.
Ultimate Texas Holdem Payouts
Remember, there are three bets that may (or may not) win here; the Blind, the Ante and the Raise. The relative payouts and dealer hand qualifications are as follows.
– If the Player wins and the Dealer qualifies, Blind, Ante and Raise bets win.
– If the Player wins and the Dealer does not qualify, Blind and Raise bets win; Ante is a push.
– If the Dealer wins and qualifies, Blind, Ante and Raise bet are lost.
– If the Dealer wins and does not qualify, Blind and Raise bets are lost; Ante is a push.
– In the case of Tie, all bets push regardless of dealer qualification.
Blind Bet Pays: Ante and Raise bets are always paid even money. Blind bets pay according to the following pay table, based on the player’s progressive hand ranks.
– Royal Flush Pays 500 to 1
– Straight Flush Pays 50 to 1
– Four of a Kind Pays 10 to 1
– Full House Pays 3 to 1
– Flush Pays 3 to 2
– Straight Pays 1 to 1
– All Others are a Push
Ultimate Texas Holdem Strategy
The biggest takeaway from the rules section is that the amount a player is allowed to Raise will decrease with each passing round of play. Either way, a Raise (aka Play Bet) must be made at some point, or the player must fold.
There’s a very basic chart players can use to ensure they are always making the right move. Note that this is an Ultimate Texas Holdem strategy for beginners, and that more advanced tactics can be applied later.
Note: If you’re dealt a pair in the hole, always Raise pre-flop unless they’re 2s (Raise after flop if 2s). For all other hands, follow this Ultimate Texas Holdem strategy chart. If your hand still falls into the “N” column after all community cards are dealt, fold.
Low Card | |||||||||||
2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | Q | ||||||
A | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||
S | S | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||
N | N | S | Y | Y | |||||||
J | N | N | N | S | |||||||
10 | N | N | N | N | |||||||
N | N | N | N | ||||||||
N | N | N | |||||||||
7 | N | N | |||||||||
6 | N | N | |||||||||
N | N | Yes, Raise | |||||||||
N | N = | ||||||||||
3 | S = | ||||||||||
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What is the House Advantage (Edge) when the player chooses the option of playing a 'Blind Hand' (obliged 4x Play Bet, no option to look at the cards, i.e. a forced play) on Ultimate Texas Hold'em?
The published HA for the game is 2.185%.
I assume the HA remains the same, however the best strategy is not employed hence Bet Element of Risk is higher.
All suggestions, calcualtions welcome...
The casino only allows the play of a Blind Hand when there are no waiting players and boxes are unoccupied.
I can spend some time and pull up some numbers, but many may chine in here before that.
It is huge; one can look atMike Shackleford's analysis of UTH, which has a detailed spreadsheet that breaks down the return to player from all raise type actions vis-à-vis all win/push/loss results.
I can spend some time and pull up some numbers, but many may chine in here before that.
It is huge; one can look atMike Shackleford's analysis of UTH, which has a detailed spreadsheet that breaks down the return to player from all raise type actions vis-à-vis all win/push/loss results.
Using the data in that page its about 14%. There are 5,335,144,079,760 hands that should be folded. The player will only win 388,398,630,980 of them, push 236,209,548,412, and lose 4,710,535,900,368. I'm not going to calculate how many of the hands are from the dealer not qualifying, bit if they always did for both the winning and losing hands, the house edge would be 15.34%
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This is huge, especially when we consider that with expert play, the ANTE bet house edge is 2.185%, and with element of risk (which considers all main bets in action via proper raise, check, and fold actions), it is 0.526%.As the player does not have the option to fold... how do you formulate the totals for hands won/pushed/lost over these folded hands?
Let alone the HA !
I can see from the Wizard Table:
Total Hands that win on a 4 x raise = 6'168'509'417'080
Total Hands that push on a 4 x raise = 285'142'270'600
Total Hands that lose on a 4 x raise = 4'034'210'312'320
NEED HELP. Please explain!
The house edge is way higher then what other are reporting for playing a hand in the blind. Here are the numbers my C++ code gives me:
1X Play: -0.445212
3X Play: -0.476456
4X Play: -0.492079
(Based on a simulation of 10M rounds)
Anyways, believe it or not the difference isn't too severe. Now, obviously the 1X play will have significantly less variance. The casino in question will allow a blind 1X play to a blind 4X play (I have personally witnessed 1X, 2X, 3X, and 4X in one night by multiple players). I didn't do the 2X play because it would be sub-optimal for the play I was considering...
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That means that a player who plays every hand against the casino (does not fold, regardless of their cards) at a 1 x Play Bet has the HA stacked against them at 44%?
LOL, I think I have actually played at this 'casino' before. I think I have actually even done the play you are thinking about doing (you need a lot of practice to do it, but man is it fun!!!). I will not tell others why you are interested in this but let me just say this, those cards are 'sticky'.
The house edge is way higher then what other are reporting for playing a hand in the blind. Here are the numbers my C++ code gives me:
1X Play: -0.445212
3X Play: -0.476456
4X Play: -0.492079
(Based on a simulation of 10M rounds)
Anyways, believe it or not the difference isn't too severe. Now, obviously the 1X play will have significantly less variance. The casino in question will allow a blind 1X play to a blind 4X play (I have personally witnessed 1X, 2X, 3X, and 4X in one night by multiple players). I didn't do the 2X play because it would be sub-optimal for the play I was considering...
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