Participation guide

Ultimate Texas Hold’em is a poker-based casino game featuring head-to-head play against the dealer, and an optional Trips bonus bet.

Ultimate Texas Hold’em is played on a standard half-moon style gaming table by a maximum of 7 players.
The hands are dealt from a shoe using one deck of fifty-two playing cards, or from an automatic shuffle machine using two alternating decks of fifty-two playing cards.

Ranking of Hands:

Ultimate Texas Hold’em uses standard poker rankings for hands:

All suits have the same rank.

Cards rank from high to low as follows:
Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2

Hands rank from high to low as follows:
Royal Flush Ace, King, Queen, Jack and 10 of the same suit
Straight Flush 5 consecutive cards of the same suit
4 of a Kind 4 cards of the same rank
Full House 3 cards of the same rank and 2 cards of the same (other) rank
Flush 5 non-consecutive cards of the same suit
Straight 5 consecutive cards of different suits (Ace may be high or low)
3 of a Kind 3 cards of the same rank
2 Pairs 2 cards of the same rank and 2 cards of the same (other) rank
1 Pair 2 cards of the same rank
High card Hand with none of the above combinations

Game Operation:

The player must make an equal wager on the Ante and Blind bets, and may also make an optional Trips bet.

The maximum wager on each of the Ante, Blind and Trips bets is €100.

Each player and the dealer receive two cards face down and five community cards are dealt face down.

Each player will look at their own cards.

Each player may check (make no additional bet) or may make a Play bet equal to three or four times their Ante bet.

The dealer will reveal the first three of the five community cards.

Each player who previously checked may either check again or make a Play bet equal to two times their Ante bet. (Players who previously made a Play bet must check).

The dealer will reveal the two remaining community cards.
Each player who previously checked twice must either make a Play bet equal to their Ante bet, or fold and lose their Ante and Blind bets. (Players who previously made a Play bet may make no further bets).

The dealer’s hand is then compared against each player’s hand in turn, using in each case the best poker hand combination of their own two cards and the five community cards.

The dealer needs at least one pair to open.

The players bets are settled according to the following:

Player wins and dealer opens Blind bet pays according to pay table
Ante and Play bets pay 1 to 1

Player wins but dealer does not open Blind bet pays according to pay table
Ante bet pushes
Play bet pays 1 to 1

Dealer wins and opens Blind, Ante and Play bets lose

Dealer wins but does not open Blind and Play bets lose
Ante bet pushes

Hands are tied Blind, Ante and Play bets push

Blind bets of winning player hands pay according to the following pay table:
Royal Flush 500 to 1
Straight Flush 50 to 1
Four of a Kind 10 to 1
Full House 3 to 1
Flush 3 to 2
Straight 1 to 1
All other hands Push

Trips bets pay according to the following pay table regardless of the dealer hand:
Royal Flush 50 to 1
Straight Flush 40 to 1
Four of a Kind 30 to 1
Full House 8 to 1
Flush 7 to 1
Straight 4 to 1
Three of a Kind 3 to 1
All other hands Lose