Casino Holdem

The game is a variation of 5 card poker. You are dealt two cards, and you must use them along with the top "flop" cards dealt to make the best possible poker hand, which will be formed for you automatically.
Multiple hands are available and cards will be dealt to hands where an "Ante" has been placed.
Place your initial bet known as the "Ante" by selecting any of the available "chip" denominations and click the Ante circle to add the selected chips, right click the Ante circle to remove chips from the Ante.
When you have finished placing your ante, click the "Deal" button to get your cards.
Your cards will be dealt to you face up and the dealer's face down, and three cards will be dealt to the flop.
If your cards make up a Poker hand with the flop cards dealt, the type of the hand is displayed to you.
Click "Call" to continue playing against the dealer or "Fold" and lose your bets.
At this point the last two cards are dealt to the flop and the dealer's cards are turned face up and your hands will be compared.
To play another hand click the "Rebet" button to restore all your bets from your previous hand.
If you wish to change the ante you may increase or decrease the bets as explained above. Use the "Clear" button to remove all bets from the table.

You win if you get a traditional poker hand. The amount you win per hand depends on the Pay Table.
Click the "bonus" bet next to the Ante to increase your winnings.

The dealer has to have at least a pair of 4s to qualify.
If your hand is equal to the dealer's, the highest card out of the remaining ones available to each of you determines the winner.
If you and the dealer have hands of the same type, the one that includes the highest-value card wins (i.e. Three Kings beats Three Queens; a flush of A, 6, 5, 4, 3 beats a flush of K, J, 10, 8, 7).
The Ace is a semi-wildcard; it can be the highest-value card in a straight of A, K, Q, J, 10, or the lowest-value card in a straight of 5, 4, 3, 2, A.

Poker Table Features

Chips

Playing chip denominations are available at the bottom of the table.
Click on a chip to select it to be placed as a bet.
You may only select one chip at a time, but place any chips you like as bets on the table.

Ante

The Ante box displays your current ante which is automatically deducted from your credit balance.
The Ante game has regular and bonus payouts.
Regular payouts depend on the Dealer’s hand qualifying with a pair of 4’s or higher, and the value of your hand.
Ante bonus payouts are paid if you have bonus hand combinations. The bonus payouts are not dependant on the value of the Dealer's hand.
Once you have placed an ante you can place a Play bet. The Play bet is equal to the ante.

Deal

Once you have chosen the chip value and placed your bets; click the Deal button to see your cards. The dealer's full hand will only be dealt once you have finished playing all your hands.

Bet/Call

This places a Play bet on the table in the Bet/Call circle of double the Ante.
Your hands will be compared to the dealers hand at this point.
If the Dealer's hand qualifies and your hand is stronger, you are paid out at odds of 1:1.
If the Dealer qualifies and you are tied with the dealer, both the ante and call bets will push.
If the Dealer's hand does not qualify, you are paid your Play bet and double your ante, regardless of the value of your hand.

Fold

If your current hand contains no winning combinations or high cards and you feel that the dealer's hand is going to beat yours, you may end the hand by clicking this button.
Folding a hand will lose the Ante for that hand and no Play bet will be placed.

Clear

Clicking this button will remove all bets from the table.
The button can only be used between hands before the cards are dealt.

Pay Table

The Pay Table shows the payout rate for all the winning hands. The combinations are arranged in descending order from the highest to the lowest paying.
The dealer must have a pair of 4s or higher to qualify.

If the dealer doesn’t qualify:
The player keeps his ”Ante” and ”Call” bet and wins with his ”Ante” according to the “Ante Winnings Payout Table”.

If the dealer qualifies:
If the dealer and the player have the same hand it is a ”Push” and the player gets back his ”Ante” and “Call” bet.
If the dealer has a better hand, the player loses all of his bets.
If the player has a better hand, the player keeps his ”Ante" and ”Call” bet and wins the "Ante" according to the "Ante Winnings Pay Table" and the "Call" which pays 1 to 1.

Ante Winning Pay Table

Hand	Pays
Royal Flush	100 to 1
Straight Flush	20 to 1
Four of a Kind	10 to 1
Full House	3 to 1
Flush	2 to 1
Straight or lower	1 to 1

The table below shows the payouts for the Jackpot bet.
Note that the dealer does not have to qualify.
Jackpot payouts are made in addition to regular payouts.

Hand	Pays
Royal Flush	100 to 1
Straight Flush	50 to 1
Four of a Kind	40 to 1
Full House	30 to 1
Flush	20 to 1
Straight or lower	7 to 1

Bonus side bet

The Bonus side bet is optional. Here, you bet on whether the first five cards dealt (your two cards plus the first three flop cards) will include a pair of Aces or better.

Credits

The credits box displays your current Casino RedKings account balance which is updated in real time as you play.

Winning Poker Hands

1. Royal Flush

This is the highest poker hand. It consists of ace, king, queen, jack, and ten, all in the same suit. As all suits are equal, all royal flushes are equal.

2. Straight Flush

Five cards of the same suit in sequence - such as J-10-9-8-7.
Between two straight flushes, the one containing the higher top card is higher.
An ace can be counted as low, so 5-4-3-2-A is a straight flush, but its top card is the five, not the ace, so it is the lowest type of straight flush.
The cards cannot "turn the corner": 4-3-2-A-K is not valid.

3. Four of a kind

Four cards of the same rank - such as four queens. The fifth card can be anything.
This combination is sometimes known as "quads", and in some parts of Europe it is called a "poker", though this term for it is unknown in English.
Between two fours of a kind, the one with the higher set of four cards is higher - so 3-3-3-3-A is beaten by 4-4-4-4-2.

4. Full House

This consists of three cards of one rank and two cards of another rank - for example three sevens and two tens (colloquially known as "sevens full" or more specifically "sevens on tens").
When comparing full houses, the rank of the three cards determines which is higher.
For example 9-9-9-4-4 beats 8-8-8-A-A.
If the threes of a kind were equal, the rank of the pairs would decide.

5. Flush

Five cards of the same suit. When comparing two flushes, the highest card determines which is higher. If the highest cards are equal then the second highest card is compared; if those are equal too, then the third highest card, and so on.
For example K-J-9-3-2 beats K-J-7-6-5 because the nine beats the seven.

6. Straight

Five cards of mixed suits in sequence - for example Q-J-10-s9-8.
When comparing two sequences, the one with the higher ranking top card is better. Ace can count high or low in a straight, but not both at once, so A-K-Q-J-10 and 5-4-3-2-A are valid straights, but 2-A-K-Q-J is not. 5-4-3-2-A is the lowest kind of straight, the top card being the five.

7. Three of a Kind

Three cards of the same rank plus two other cards. This combination is also known as Triplets or Trips.
When comparing two threes of a kind the hand in which the three equal cards are of higher rank is better.
So for example 5-5-5-3-2 beats 4-4-4-K-Q. If you have to compare two threes of a kind where the sets of three are of equal rank, then the higher of the two remaining cards in each hand are compared, and if those are equal, the lower odd card is compared.

8. Two Pairs

A pair is two cards of equal rank. In a hand with two pairs, the two pairs are of different ranks (otherwise you would have four of a kind), and there is an odd card to make the hand up to five cards. When comparing hands with two pairs, the hand with the highest pair wins, irrespective of the rank of the other cards - so J-J-2-2-4 beats 10-10-9-9-8 because the jacks beat the tens. If the higher pairs are equal, the lower pairs are compared, so that for example 8-8-6-6-3 beats 8-8-5-5-K.
Finally, if both pairs are the same, the odd cards are compared, so Q-Q-5-5-8 beats Q-Q-5-5-4.

9. Pair

A hand with two cards of equal rank and three other cards which do not match these or each other. When comparing two such hands, the hand with the higher pair is better - so for example 6-6-4-3-2 beats 5-5-A-K-Q. If the pairs are equal, compare the highest ranking odd cards from each hand; if these are equal compare the second highest odd card, and if these are equal too compare the lowest odd cards. So J-J-A-9-3 beats J-J-A-8-7 because the 9 beats the 8.

10. High Card

Five cards which do not form any of the combinations listed above. When comparing two such hands, the one with the better highest card wins. If the highest cards are equal the second cards are compared; if they are equal too the third cards are compared, and so on. So A-J-9-5-3 beats A-10-9-6-4 because the jack beats the ten.