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Mar 16, 2015 Casino Hold 'Em is a poker variation, similar to Texas Hold 'Em, that is played in Egypt, Russia, South Africa, Holland, Latvia, Estonia, Ireland, Morocco, Malta, Ukraine, Panama, and Romania. It is also available to play online at casinos using Net Gaming, Real Time Gaming, Playtech, Gamesys,. This casino did not draw in many high profile players so the game did not receive much publicity until 1969 when Texas Holdem poker was made available at the Dunes Casino. In 1971, the directors of the World Series of Poker decided to feature no limit Texas Holdem as the Main Event tournament and Holdem has been played in the Main Event ever since.

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Introduction

Casino Hold 'Em is a poker variation, similar to Texas Hold 'Em, that is played in Egypt, Russia, South Africa, Holland, Latvia, Estonia, Ireland, Morocco, Malta, Ukraine, Panama, and Romania. It is also available to play online at casinos using Net Gaming, Real Time Gaming, Playtech, Gamesys, and Galewind Software.

The game also goes by the name Casino Hold 'Em Open. Under this name, the rules are the same except the player hole cards are dealt face up. In normal Casino Hold 'Em they are dealt face down.

Rules

The rules are as follows.

Play begins with each player making an Ante wager. There is also an optional Progressive Jackpot side bet.
The dealer gives the player and himself two hole cards and three community cards face up on the table.
Each player must decide to either fold or call. If the player folds, then he gives up his cards and his Ante bet. If the player calls, then the Call bet must be equal to two times the Ante bet.
The dealer will then deal two more community cards, for a total of five. The dealer will then turn over his own two cards.
Both hands shall be scored according the highest poker value of the two hole cards and five community cards.
The dealer must have a pair of fours or better to qualify. If the dealer does not qualify then the Ante will pay according to the Ante pay table below and the Call bet will push.
If the dealer qualifies and beats the player, then the player will lose both the Ante and Call.
If the dealer qualifies and the player beats the dealer then the Ante will pay according to the Ante pay table below and the Call bet will pay 1 to 1.
If the dealer qualifies and the player ties the dealer then both Ante and Call bets will push.
The Progressive Jackpot side bet pays based on the player's final seven card hand only, even if the player folded or loses to the dealer. More on this bet at the bottom of the page.

Ante Pay Table

Hand	Table 1	Table 2	Table 3	Table 4
Royal flush	20	25	100	100
Straight flush	20	25	20	49
4 of a kind	10	12	10	17
Full house	3	3	3	3
Flush	2	2	2	2
All other	1	1	1	1

Caribbean Hold 'Em Warning

Be warned that Realtime Gaming has an imitation of this game called Caribbean Hold 'Em. However, they pay 1 to 1 on the Ante if the dealer doesn't qualify, as opposed to the full Ante Bonus pay table. Nowhere is this rule change disclosed in their game rules, I might add.

Analysis

The following table shows the number of combination, probability, and contribution to the return of all possible outcomes under ante pay table 3, which I'm told is the most frequently used. The lower right cell shows a house edge of 2.16%.

Return Table — Pay Table 3Expand

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Hand	Pays	Combinations	Probability	Return
Player wins with royal flush	102	736259040	0.000026	0.002700
Player has royal flush, dealer doesn't qualify	100	119892960	0.000004	0.000431
Player wins with straight flush	22	6001122284	0.000216	0.004747
Player has straight flush, dealer doesn't qualify	20	1089672828	0.000039	0.000784
Player wins with four of a kind	12	41419896552	0.001489	0.01787
Player has four of a kind, dealer doesn't qualify	10	909499320	0.000033	0.000327
Player wins with full house	5	589505037660	0.021195	0.105973
Player wins with flush	4	505131419580	0.018161	0.072645
Player wins with straight or less	3	6426670016572	0.23106	0.693181
Player has full house, dealer doesn't qualify	3	24601676832	0.000885	0.002654
Player has flush, dealer doesn't qualify	2	168883536432	0.006072	0.012144
Player has straight or less, dealer doesn't qualify	1	5521376219148	0.198512	0.198512
Tie	0	678596916580	0.024398	0
Player folds	-1	5009067102600	0.180093	-0.180093
Player loses	-3	8839701755612	0.317817	-0.953451
Total	27813810024000	1	-0.021576

The following return table is four pay table 4. The lower right cell shows a house edge of 0.35%. This pay table can be found at Internet casinos using Gamesys N.V. software titled 'Casino Hold 'Em with Zero House Edge.' As you can see, the 'Zero House Edge' part is a misnomer. The player must pay a 10% commission on any net gambling win per session. A 'session' ends after a period of one hour with no bet or 24 hours, whichever happens first.

The owner of Casino Hold 'Em wishes for me to state that Gamesys N.V. is using his game without permission.

Return Table — Pay Table 4Expand

Hand	Pays	Combinations	Probability	Return
Player wins with royal flush	102	736,259,040	0.000026	0.002700
Player has royal flush, dealer doesn't qualify	100	119,892,960	0.000004	0.000431
Player wins with straight flush	51	6,031,161,932	0.000217	0.011059
Player has straight flush, dealer doesn't qualify	49	1,096,758,936	0.000039	0.001932
Player wins with four of a kind	19	41,421,337,056	0.001489	0.028295
Player has four of a kind, dealer doesn't qualify	17	909,634,104	0.000033	0.000556
Player wins with full house	5	589,638,417,816	0.021199	0.105997
Player wins with flush	4	505,727,272,920	0.018183	0.072730
Player wins with straight or less	3	6,429,871,396,516	0.231175	0.693526
Player has full house, dealer doesn't qualify	3	24,601,738,176	0.000885	0.002654
Player has flush, dealer doesn't qualify	2	169,051,416,912	0.006078	0.012156
Player has straight or less, dealer doesn't qualify	1

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