Ultimate Texas Hold'em poker | Salon de jeux de Trois-Rivières

Ultimate Texas Hold’em tables can be easily identified by their blue playing surface.

First, find a spot that isn’t already occupied. A special marker is used to indicate spots reserved for players who have temporarily left the table. These spots may be used until the absent player returns.

Place your money on the table. Never hand it to the gaming table attendant. The gaming table attendant will exchange your money for value chips and you may place your bet in the betting spot indicated on the table before the first card is dealt. Initial bets and blinds cannot be made, changed or withdrawn after that point.

You must respect the minimum and maximum limits indicated at the table when placing your bets.

Ultimate Texas Hold’em poker is played with a 52-card deck. In decreasing order, the value of the cards is Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3 and 2. Aces may be used for a Royal Flush or an Ace-2-3-4-5 Straight.

You must place identical ante and blind bets.

Once the 5 face-down community cards have been dealt, the gaming table attendant deals 2 cards face down to each player, in turn, and two to himself. Players can check or raise by adding a bet that is either three (3) or four (4) times their ante. Players are prohibited from showing or discussing their cards.

Once all players have made their choice, the gaming table attendant reveals the first 3 community cards.

Players that checked can check again or raise by adding a bet equal to twice their ante. Players that previously raised cannot bet again.

Once all players have made their choice, the gaming table attendant reveals the last 2 community cards.

Players that checked in the two preceding rounds may raise by adding a bet that is equal to their ante, failing which they are required to fold and thus lose both their ante and blind bets. Players that previously raised cannot bet again.

Once all players have made their choice and placed their hole cards face down on the table, the gaming table attendant reveals his two cards. Players that have not already folded their hands, as well as the gaming table attendant, now make their best 5-card combination poker hand, using their 2 hole cards and the 5 community cards.

To qualify, the gaming table attendant’s 5-card hand must contain a pair or a combination that is of higher rank.

The gaming table attendant then turns over each player’s two cards and compares, if necessary, the rank of the hands of players that raised to the rank of his own hand.

Royal flush: Ace, King, Queen, Jack and 10 of the same suit

Straight flush: Five consecutive cards of the same suit

Four of a kind: Four cards of the same rank, independent of suit

Full house: Three of a kind and one pair

Flush: Five cards of the same suit

Straight: Five consecutive cards, regardless of suit

Three of a kind: Three cards of the same rank

Double pair: Two pairs

Pair: Two cards of the same rank

High card: Highest ranked card

When the gaming table attendant’s 5-card hand and the player’s hand consist of identical combinations, the hand that contains the highest ranked card outside the combination is deemed the winner. However, if all of the cards outside the combination are equal in rank, the hands are deemed identical.

When the gaming table attendant’s hand qualifies (a pair or better):

• If the player’s hand is ranked higher than the gaming table attendant’s hand, the player’s ante and raise bets win and are paid even money, and his blind wins and is paid, if the case should be, in accordance with the blind payout table; otherwise it is a push.

• If the player’s hand is ranked lower than the gaming table attendant’s hand, the player loses his ante, raise and blind bets.

• If the player’s hand is equal in rank to the gaming table attendant’s hand, the player’s ante, raise and blind bets are a push.

When the gaming table attendant’s hand does not qualify:

• Players that raised collect their antes.

• If the player’s hand is ranked higher than the gaming table attendant’s hand, the player’s raise wins and is paid even money. The player’s blind bet also wins and is paid in accordance with the blind bet payout table.

• If the player’s hand is ranked lower than the gaming table attendant’s hand, the player’s raise and blind bets lose.

• If the player’s hand is equal in rank to the gaming table attendant’s hand, the player’s raise and blind bets are a push.

Some games enable you to place additional bets. Ask the gaming table attendant about your options.