Casino Hold'em Game Rules

Game Overview

• Casino Hold'em is a poker game played with a standard deck of 52 cards (excluding Jokers).
• The game is played with one deck of cards shuffled before each round.
• The individual cards are ranked in the following falling order: Ace (high or low), King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2.
• The Min/Max sign indicates the minimum and maximum bet that can be placed on ANTE.
• Payouts are made according to the Paytable. To view the Paytable, see the Payout section below.
Note: To zoom in the paytable, move the pointer over the Paytable image on the table.
• Some features may not be available in PLAYING FOR FUN mode.

How to Play

• To place a bet, select a chip and then click in the bet area.
• If there are active arrows to the left and right of the chips, click these to see additional chip values. Every click in a bet area adds one chip of the selected value to the bet.
• A player places bets on ANTE and optionally on AA BONUS and clicks DEAL.
• The dealer deals out 2 cards (face up) to the player and 2 cards (face down) to himself.
• In addition, three community cards are dealt face up in the center of the table, called Flop. Two more community cards, called Turn and River, are added once player clicks CALL.
• The aim of the game is to build the best 5-card poker hand using five community cards and dealt cards to beat the dealer's hand.
• Player can continue to play the game by either betting on CALL or folding the cards.
Note: The bet placed on CALL is always double the ANTE amount.
• If a bet exceeds the bet limit, the Auto Adjust Bet function automatically adjusts the bet to the highest possible amount.
• If a player clicks FOLD, the game round ends. The player loses all the bets and any possible AA Bonus winnings.
• If the player continues to bet, any possible AA Bonus winnings will be paid out.
• If the player doesn't have an AA Bonus winning hand, all AA Bonus bets will be lost. The dealer deals two additional community cards and shows his own hand.
• AA Bonus winnings are paid when a hand contains a pair of aces or higher, after the first three community cards are dealt. For more information, refer to the AA Bonus Winnings Payout Table below.
• A player must complete the game round in order to receive any AA Bonus winnings.
• To find a winner, the dealer now compares his hand against the players.
• The dealer must have a pair of 4s or higher to qualify.
• If the dealer doesn’t qualify:
• The player keeps his ANTE and CALL bets and wins with his ANTE according to the Ante Winnings Payout Table.
• If the dealer qualifies:
• If the dealer and the player have the same hand, it is a push and the ANTE and CALL bets are returned.
• If the dealer has a better hand, the player loses all his bets.
• In case of a better hand, a player keeps the ANTE and CALL bets. ANTE bets pay according to the Ante Winnings Payout Table and CALL bets pay 1 to 1.

Winning Hands

• The table below lists all the different winning hands in the game. Hands are counted in the following falling order:

Hand	Description	Example
Royal flush	A, K, Q, J, 10 of the same suit.
Straight flush	Five cards of the same suit in a sequence.
Four of a kind	Four cards of the same rank.
Full house	Three matching cards of the same rank and two matching cards of another rank.
Flush	Five cards of the same suit.
Straight	Five consecutive cards of mixed suits.
Three of a kind	Three matching cards of the same rank.
Two pair	Two matching cards of the same rank and another two matching cards in a different rank.
Pair	Two cards of the same rank.
High card	A hand with no other winning combination is valued by the highest ranked card.

Results

Dealer qualifies?	Hand	ANTE bet	CALL bet
No	Doesn’t apply	According to Ante Winnings Payout Table	Returned to player
Yes	Dealer and player have same hand	Returned to player	Returned to player
Yes	Player beats dealer	According to Ante Winnings Payout Table	Pays: 1 to 1
Yes	Dealer beats player	Lost	Lost

Ante Winnings Payout Table

Hand	Pays
Royal flush	100 to 1
Straight flush	20 to 1
Four of a kind	10 to 1
Full house	3 to 1
Flush	2 to 1
Straight or less	1 to 1

AA Bonus Winnings Payout Table

Hand	Pays
Flush or higher	25 to 1
Pair of Aces to Straight	7 to 1

Game Functions

The table below lists the different buttons found in the game and describes their functions.

Button	Function
	Click to start a game round.
	Click to place a new bet.
	Click to fold your cards and end the game.
	Click to play the hand.
	Click to repeat the same bet as the previous game round.
	Click to select the delete chip and then click on ANTE or AA Bonus bets to remove it from the table.
	Click to view the game settings menu and select game options. Refer to Game Settings section below.
	Click to mute the game sounds or use the slider to adjust the sound volume.
	Click to view the game rules.

Game Setting Options

• To access game settings, click the spanner icon in the game panel.
• Sound effects. Turns the game sound effects on or off.
• Fast play. Turns on or off fast play.
• Game history. Click to view your latest game history. (not available when PLAYING FOR FUN).
Note: Some casinos may operate without all of the listed game settings.

Return to Player

Casino Hold’em is a skill-based game. The strategy used to play this game affects the Return to Player (RTP) of the main game and the optional AA Bonus side bet as mentioned below:

Player Strategy	Main Game RTP	Side Bet RTP
Basic strategy (This strategy is difficult, but achievable.)	98.7%	89.6%
Optimal strategy (This is an ideal strategy and not possible for human players to achieve.)	99.18%	90.9%
Side bet optimal strategy (Call on every side bet win and use basic strategy if there is no side bet win.)	98.7%	93.60%

Additional Information

• The following game features and settings may be subject to the terms and conditions of the Casino Operator’s website. For more information, refer to the Casino Operator’s website:
• The procedures used to manage unfinished game rounds.
• The time after which inactive game sessions automatically end.
• In the event of malfunction of the gaming hardware/software, all affected game bets are rendered void and all affected bets are refunded.

Translations of Game Terminology

Note: The following table is only applicable if you are playing in a language other than English.

English Term	Translated Term
Paytable	Paytable
Max	Max
Min	Min
Player	Player
Dealer	Dealer
Tie	Tie
Push	Push
ANTE	ANTE
CALL	CALL
AA BONUS	AA BONUS
PAIR ACES OR BETTER	PAIR ACES OR BETTER
Ante Winning	Ante Winning
Flush	Flush
Straight flush	Straight flush
Royal flush	Royal flush
Straight	Straight
Three of a kind	Three of a kind
Two pair	Two pair
Four of a kind	Four of a kind
Full house	Full house
Pair	Pair
High card	High card
Straight or less	Straight or less
Flush or higher	Flush or higher
Pair of Aces to Straight	Pair of Aces to Straight
AA Bonus bet max	AA Bonus bet max
DEALER QUALIFIES ON A PAIR OF 4S OR BETTER	DEALER QUALIFIES ON A PAIR OF 4S OR BETTER

Game rules generated: