Caribbean Stud Poker
Raise with a pair or higher, fold with less
than Ace/King. Raise on Ace/King if any
of the following 3 rules apply:
1. Raise if the dealer's card is a 2 through
Queen and matches one of yours.
2. Raise if the dealer's card is an Ace or
King and you have a Queen or Jack in your hand.
3. Raise if the dealer's rank does not match
any of yours; you have a Queen in your hand; the dealer's card is less than
your 4th highest card.
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Texas Hold'em Bonus Poker
Fold: Unsuited 2/3 thru 2/7, & Unsuited
3/4.
You can expect to win a Bonus; 9.5 % of the
time.
169 possible initial hands (your 2 hole cards)
(13 x 13).
The house edge on the Bonus Bet is about 8.9
percent.
A pair happens about 6 times in a hundred
hands.
In a thousand hands:
AA happens 4.5 times
AK Suited happens 3 times
AQ or AJ Suited happens 6 times
AK Unsuited happens 9 times
KK, QQ, or JJ happens 13.5 times
AQ or AJ Unsuited happens 18 times
Pair 2,2 thru 10,10 happens 40.7 times
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Three Card Poker
Raise only if you have a Queen-6-4 or
better. Queen-6-4 is the borderline
hand because when you raise on Queen/6/3 you can expect to lose 1.00255
>units, (more than the 1.0 unit by folding).
Raising on Queen-6-4 expect to lose
0.993378. "Mimicking the
Dealer" (strategy of raising on any Queen or better) is not a bad strategy
but you will lose more with it than the optimal strategy above. The house edge
is 3.45%.
"Playing Blind" (raising on all
hands) yields a house edge of 7.65%.
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Let-it-Ride Poker
Before seeing first Community card Let-it-Ride
only if you have:
Any paying hand (10’s or better, 3 of a kind).
Any 3 to a royal flush.
3 suited cards in a row except 2-3-4, and
Ace-2-3.
3 to a straight flush, spread 4, with 1 high
card (10+).
3 to a straight flush, spread 5, with 2 high
cards.
Spread 4: the cards span 4 ranks in a row;
(5,6,8).
Spread 5: the cards span 5 ranks; (5,7,9).
After seeing first Community card Let-it-Ride
only if you have:
Any paying hand (10’s or better, 2 pair, 3 of
a kind).
Any 4 to a flush, a straight flush, or a royal
flush.
Any 4 to an outside straight.
Any 4 to an inside straight, with 4 high
cards.
Inside straight: inside card missing;
(4,5,7,8).
Outside straight: outside card missing;
(4,5,6,7).
Outside straights are better because 8 cards
help
as opposed to 4 for an inside straight.
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Let It
Ride Poker by Rob Roy
I deal this game quite often. I like to deal this game because the players
are not playing against the dealer. I
will give you good basic strategy, and tell you about some common pitfalls to
avoid. I see far too many players
making bad bets.
You are going to pull back bets 1
and 2 most of the time. You want to
make the mathematically correct plays.
You want to minimize your loses so you get to play at the table long
enough to win a big bonus hand like a full house or better.
High Pairs and Three-of-a-Kind
hands will not make you rich, but they just enable you to extend your playing
time at the table. Then you continue to
play with the casino’s money and hope to hit it again before the casino’s money
you won runs out.
The most common error I see
players make is going for the flush and playing “Let-it-Ride” on the first
bet. I just dealt the player three
cards of the same suit (but no possibilities for a straight flush, lets use Q 8
6 of hearts as an example), and the player gets excited and elects to
“Let-it-Ride” on the first bet, instead of pulling it back (the correct
play). Bad bet.
Break it down and you will see
why: You have 10 hearts left in the
remaining 49 cards. The odds that both of them will appear in the community hand for you to
make your flush is 1/25. (10/49 * 9/48).
Therefore any payout less than 24 to 1 is a bad bet. The casino pays only 8-1 for a flush. If it happens, great. But I would not leave the first $ 10 bet up
there. That $ 10 will win $80 once in
25 tries. That bet is worth only $3.20.
Now I flip over the first
Community card and reveal a heart: Hey ! Now we are
talking a horse of a different color ! Lets analyze it: You see four hearts, so there are nine left in the remaining 48
cards. So 9/48 * $80 is
$15 That $10
sitting on bet #2 is worth $15, so “Let-It-Ride” for bet #2 is the correct
play.
Let me emphasize this is the way to
think when playing this game. Of
course you are going to leave your bet up if your hand is already a paying hand
(i.e. “no-brainer”). You never leave a
bet up if you are trying to get something less than a straight, its just not worth it.
The criteria for
leaving the first bet up is a “No-Brainer”
(i.e. Pair of 10’s or better, or 3-of-a-kind).
Or 3 cards to a ROYAL FLUSH, or three suited cards in a row except
2-3-4, and ace-2-3. If you cards are
not “in-a-row”, then you must factor in high cards to make it worthwhile.
Leaving the second bet up, you
must be thinking straights or better.
Unless you already have a no-brainer, or possibilities
for a straight or better. i.e. you do
not leave your 2nd bet up looking to make three of a kind or two
pair, i.e. you have a low pair (9’s or less). It’s not worth the risk. I see people playing this way. If it happens, that’s great, but don’t risk
your $10 on a bet that’s only worth $ 2.55 in equity. (3/47 * $20 + 2/47 * $ 30). There are three cards in 47 that will get
win you $20, plus two cards in 47 that will match your pair to get you 3 or a
kind to win $30).
Even if your 3rd
card is a high card, it not worth it. 3/47 * $10,
yields only another 64 cents in equity.
Even when you factor in the chance of pairing up with your high card (3/49 +
3/48). The community hand will be a
high pair once every 38 hands. What are
the odds of this happening after the first community card is a high card ? (3/47) or
1/16. Do not “Let-it-Ride” for
Three-of-a-kinds, or Two-Pair. If they
happen, they happen, good, but do not “Let-it Ride”
bet 1 and 2.
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