Texas Hold’em Bonus Poker At Online Casinos

Added: December 11, 2014

Australians love to play poker, whether at land casinos or privately at homes. The most popular variant is Texas Hold’em. Most Australian online casinos offer a game based on this poker variant titled Texas Hold’em Bonus. In this game you play individually against a dealer and bet on you hand being higher ranked. There are no other players involved.

The exact rules and payouts may differ slightly at different Australian online casino, but the basics are the same. You begin by placing the ante wager. Then you will be dealt two cards face up and the dealer will be dealt two cards face down. Based on your hole cards you can then either fold or place the flop bet, which is two times the ante bet. If you fold, you lose the ante bet and the game ends. The three-card flop is dealt in the community area. You can then place the turn bet, which equal to the ante bet, or check. If you check, the game proceeds without any additional wager. The turn card is dealt in the community area. Again, you can place the river bet equal to the ante bet or check.

Then the following steps are carried out automatically. The river card is dealt in the community area. The dealer’s hole cards are exposed. The highest ranked poker hands for the dealer and for you are automatically made using the hole cards and three cards from the community cards. The hands are compared. If the dealer has the higher ranked hand then you will lose all bets. If you have the higher ranked hand the flop, turn, and river bets pay even money. If you have a straight or higher, then the ante bet also pays even money, otherwise it pushes.

You can also place a bonus bet up front that is independent of the main game and pays based solely on your hole cards. This pays from 3 to 1 to 1000 to 1 depending on the hole cards dealt. If you get up to a tens pair the payout is 3 to 1. If both you and the dealer get an ace pair the payout is 1000 to 1.

The optimum strategy for Texas Hold’em Bonus should be learnt before playing this game with real money at Australian online casinos. Some tips are offered. The bonus bet has a high house edge and should be avoided despite the attractive payouts. If the lower of your hole cards is a three or higher, then always place the flop bet. If the lower card is a two then place the flop bet only if the higher card is from the same suit, the higher card is eight or higher or both hole cards are twos.