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Hold 'em High Poker: When You Just Want Real Money
There are times when you want to gather a few friends around a table and play a nice social game of Texas Hold 'em Poker. But then there are other times when you just want to use your poker skills to see if you can win some real money by playing online. That is what Hold 'em High Poker is all about. In Hold 'em High Poker, there are no other players of dealers to play against or to bluff out. It's just you and the cards. If you end up with a winning hand, you win. If you placed wise bets, you can win real money.
How Hold 'em High Poker is Similar to the Texas Game
Hold 'em High Poker is closely related to the famous Texas Hold 'em style of play. Unlike stud or draw poker, in Hold 'em games, your hand is a combination of a certain number of community cards and your own private "hole" cards. It becomes interesting because everyone uses the same community cards, but only the individual player can combine them with hole cards to form a hand. So if the community cards have a pair of Aces, it doesn't really help anyone - unless you also have an Ace. In Hold 'em High Poker, the only difference is that you are playing against the odds. There are no other players or dealers to get in the way. How you use the community cards is up to you.
Hold 'em High Real Money Basics
Everyone starts the same way. You choose your coin size and then ante up. This is the only mandatory bet you need to place. After you place the ante bet, hit deal. Two cards will be dealt face up, and five community cards will be dealt face down. Now is when you need to use a bit of strategy if you want to win real money in Hold 'em High Poker. Look at the cards and decide whether to fold, call, or raise. If you fold, you lose your bet and the round is over. Place a new ante bet and you can start another round. If you don't think you will have a winning hand, choose this option to minimize losses.
Calling or Raising in Hold 'em High Real Money Poker
If you think you have a shot at a winning hand in Hold 'em High Poker, hit call. When you do, another bet equal to your ante bet is placed in the bet circle. If you really think you have a great hand, hit raise. If you raise, another bet equal to double your Ante bet is placed in the Bet circle.
Winning in Hold 'em High Poker
If you call or raise, the five community cards are turned over. You can use your two cards plus any three of the five community cards to form your final hand. (Don't worry if you are unsure, the computer will select the three community cards that are to your best advantage.) If your five-card final hand is a winning hand, you are paid our real money depending on how much you bet. To win online Hold' em High Poker, you need at least two pairs, of which at least one is a pair of jacks or better. Two pairs pays out 1 to 1. Better winning poker hands pay our even more. You maximize your real money winnings if you had raised your bet during play.
The Hold 'em High Side Bet
Besides the hand that you get by combining community cards and your hold cards, in Hold 'em High Poker you can also make an optional side bet on your two hole cards alone. Your side bet can be higher, lower, or the same as your initial bet. You don't even can even skip the regular Hold' em High Poker game entirely and make only a side bet. The side bet is determined just by your two face-up poker cards. Two cards of the same suit pays out 5 to 2 on your side bet. A king and ace of the same suit pays out 25 to 1. And a king and ace of spades pays out 50 to 1. That's how you can win some real money.
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