Texas Hold'em Bonus Poker is a casino table game, owned and licensed by Mikohn Gaming/Progressive Gaming International Corporation. The game 🧬 is based on traditional multi-player Texas Hold'em poker, but differs in that there is no bet after the river card.[1][2][3]
Rules 🧬 [ edit ]
The game is played with a standard 52 card deck.
Each player makes an ante bet and may make 🧬 an optional separate bonus bet.
The player and dealer are both dealt two cards (face down).
After checking his/her cards, the player 🧬 may fold and forfeit the ante bet or play by betting double the ante.
Three community cards are then dealt face 🧬 up to the board (the flop).
The player may decide to check or bet the amount of the ante.
Another card is 🧬 dealt to the board (the turn).
The player may decide to check or make a final bet of the amount of 🧬 the ante.
One last card is dealt to the board (the river).
The player and dealer make their best five card poker 🧬 hand from their own two cards and the five board cards.
If the dealer's hand beats the player's, the player loses 🧬 all bets (except the bonus bet, which is explained below).
If the dealer's hand ties the player's, dealer wins.
If the player's 🧬 hand beats the dealer's, the player wins even money on the flop, turn and river bets. The player wins even 🧬 money on the ante bet only if his hand is a straight or better, otherwise the ante bet pushes.
The bonus 🧬 bet is based solely on the player's starting hand, regardless of whether the player beats or loses to the dealer. 🧬 If the player has a pair, A-K, A-Q, or A-J, the player wins according to the pay table, otherwise the 🧬 bonus bet is lost.
In Atlantic City, New Jersey, there is a variation on the rules above. The player only wins 🧬 even money on the ante bet if his best hand is a flush or better. This rule also applies in 🧬 the Star City Casino, Sydney, Australia, and the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tampa, FL.
Strategy [ edit ]
The 🧬 optimal strategy for the flop bet, assuming optimal play thereafter, is to call all hands except for 2-3 offsuit, 2-4 🧬 offsuit, 2-5 offsuit, 2-6 offsuit and 2-7 offsuit. However, said optimal strategy is extremely complicated because of the large number 🧬 and variety of possible card combinations. No concise optimal strategy, or even a simplified version thereof, has been published.
