Royal Holdem

[eddo31]

Has anyone else seen the holdem variation royal holdem on UB right now?

apparently it is played the same way as holdem is, except that it is only with a 20 card deck. AKQJT are the only ranks in the deck.

this means that the worst possible hand will be a broadway straight, and the pot will be chopped. more often than not, the board will pair, and full houses and four of a kind will be in play. interestingly, there will be few flushes (although all will be royals), because there are only five of each suit in the deck.

i'm not sure what the strategy for this game seems to be, but if you can get a good basic strategy right away, i would think that there is a huge potential for profit. i doubt that most players will be making the adjustments necessary to win in this game, as starting hand requirements will have to be completely re-evaluated.

the pot sizes in the game are pretty big right now, and i would expect them to stay that way. i dont think that i will be playing this at all, as i dont really have a good grip on exactly what the right strategy would be, but it coul dbe a pretty amusing way to play.