How To Play Texas Hold’em Bonus Poker
Texas Hold’em Bonus Poker is a popular casino table game offered at a wide variety of online casinos and land-based casinos around the world. It’s owned and licensed by a company called Mikohn Gaming — also known as Progressive Gaming International Corporation — and it’s based quite strongly around Texas Hold ’em poker.
However, there’s a key difference in that there’s no river card deal.
In this guide, we will be taking an in-depth look at how the game works and the best strategy to play it. We’ll also be looking at the history of the game and how it came to be such a popular choice among players. We’ll also be looking at some side bet options and variations of the game.
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Ante Bet Payouts
Thankfully, it’s relatively easy to work out what payouts you’ll get when you’re playing this exciting casino table game, and if your hand beats the dealer’s hand, your ante bet will be paid out at 1/1. However, your ante bet is only paid out as a winner if the winning hand you manage to form is a straight or better; if it’s lower than this, the bet is simply returned to you as a push.
If you and the dealer both share the same hand (i.e. you both use the same five cards), then the game is considered a push, and again, the ante bet will be returned to you. Naturally, if the dealer wins, you’ll lose your ante bet, but this doesn’t affect the optional bonus bet if the player wins or if the dealer wins.
Bonus Bet
In almost all Texas Hold’em Bonus Poker game variations, you’ll find a bonus bet option available, and the bonus bet pays based on your cards, so the dealer’s holdings don’t matter at all. What this means is that you’re betting on your two hole cards matching one of the premium combinations, and if they do, your bonus bet is a winner, and the player wins.
As with most casino table games, the bonus bet house edge is higher than the main game — especially when playing Atlantic City or Las Vegas rules. Still, it can be a fun way to increase the slot’s volatility, and if you’re looking for those big wins, it’s the bonus bet where you’ll find them. Below, you’ll see the payouts for most Texas Hold’em Bonus variations:
- Ace-Ace (player and dealer) 1000:1
- Ace-Ace 30:1
- Ace-King 25:1
- Ace-Queen or Ace-Jack (suited) 20:1
- Ace-King (unsuited) 15:1
- King-King, Queen-Queen, or Jack 10:1
- Ace-Queen or Ace-Jack (unsuited) 5:1
- 10-10 through 2-2 (pairs) 3:1
History of the Game
While little is known about the game’s origins, it appears as though the first variation of the game was found at the Flamingo Hilton in Las Vegas; according to the Wizard of Odds, it was first seen back in September 2005. Since then, it’s also been seen in Atlantic City, although the Las Vegas rules and Atlantic City rules differ slightly, with a different house edge in both variations of the game.
As we mentioned earlier, the game is owned and licensed by a company called Mikohn Gaming, also known as Progressive Gaming International Corporation. They appear to have all licensing rights on the game.
Since the game’s popularity has continued to increase over time, it’s become available at even more online casinos, and Evolution Gaming, the world’s leading developer of live dealer games, now has its own variation of the game.
Today, it can be found at virtually all online casinos, both in virtual and live form. While it’s not as common at land-based casinos in the UK, it can be found at many land-based casinos in the USA, proving its popularity.
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