Poker Bet

How to play.

A quick guide to Poker Bet.

1. You can wager on any of the six different players at the table at the start of the game.
2. You can wager on any of these players again after their starting hands have been dealt.
3. You can wager on any of these players for one last time after the flop has been dealt.
4. Sit back and hope that the hands you have backed end up winning after the turn and river cards have been dealt.

Poker Bet is essentially a very simple game of Texas Hold’em (hence why some games sites call it "fixed odds poker"). Six hands are dealt and you have 3 opportunities to place your bets on which hand (or hands) you think will win the game.

Poker Bet rules.

There are 3 opportunities to place bets on hands in Poker Bet.

1. Before any of the hands have been dealt.
2. After each player has been dealt their starting hand.
3. After the flop has been dealt.

1) Betting before any of the cards have been dealt.

Betting on this round is total guesswork. It’s just like rolling a dice and wagering on which number you think is going to be rolled. The payouts for each player at this stage are fixed at 5.5x.

Note: If you’re in to wagering on simple, completely luck-based games, you may enjoy playing games like Miami Dice and Dice Wars.

2) Betting after each player has been dealt their starting hand.

This is where the skill starts to come in. A good knowledge of the best starting hands in Texas Hold’em is also going to be very useful here.

The payouts for most hands at this stage are still generally quite high, as a lot can change by the end of the game. Nonetheless, this is your first opportunity to make an educated decision on which players at the table you think have the best chance of winning.

Fact: Pocket Aces is the strongest starting hand in Texas Hold'em.

3) Betting after the flop has been dealt.

This is your last opportunity to pace bets. It’s also going to be the most informed and (hopefully) accurate decision you make as there are only two cards left to come.

As a result, the better hands have much reduced payouts whereas the hands that haven’t made a pair or better tend to have longer odds than ever. Furthermore, hands that have absolutely no chance of winning are removed from the game (well, not removed, but you are not able to bet on them).

Other betting options.

In addition to betting on each individual hand, there are three other additional betting options to choose from:

1. Betting on the suit of the river card.
2. Betting on the colour of the turn card.
3. Betting on the kind of hand that will win the game.

The first two bets are self explanatory. For the third option, you wager on what you think the value of the winning hand will be.

For example, if you think the best hand will end up being a flush, you can wager on that. The rarer the hand (e.g. a Royal Flush), the bigger the payout.

The payouts.

Payouts for specific players and hands.

Payouts in Poker Bet are constantly changing. There are rarely any set odds and payouts for different hands (except for on the first betting round before any players are dealt their cards). However, here are two general rules to remember:

• The better the hand, the smaller the payout.
• The worse the hand, the bigger the payout.

The more chance a hand has of being the best after all 5 board cards have been dealt, the lower the payout will be.

It’s also worth noting that hands that haven’t made a pair, like flush or straight draws, can still have low payouts. For example, a hand like K Q on a flop of T J 3 will actually have a lower payout than a hand like 4 3, even though 4 3 has made a "better" hand at that point.

The important thing to remember here is that over the long run, K Q has a greater chance of winning the hand by the river, hence the lower payout when wagering on it.

Payouts for side bets.

The payouts for betting on the turn card colour, the river card suit and kind of winning hand also vary. The payouts can increase and decrease depending on the cards that have already been dealt to the players or on the board.

However, as you can guess the payouts before any cards are dealt will always be the same. Here’s a screenshot of the side bets payouts at the start of every game of Poker Bet:

Helpful links.

If you’re not familiar with the basics of poker or Texas Hold’em (this is actually the most popular variant of the game), here are a few helpful links:

• Texas Hold’em Basics
• Poker Hand Rankings
• Quick Texas Hold’em Probabilities

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