Poker Rules River Flop
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Introduction
Flop Poker is a poker variant I have seen in many of the casinos in Biloxi. I've had reports of the game in other parts of the country too, like Atlantic City and Indiana. The game is easy to learn, community cards cause players to often win or lose in unison, and there is a possibility of a large win. A unique feature is the 'pot' bet, which carries a zero house edge.
Poker Rules River Flop Shoes
Rules
- Game uses a single deck of cards and all hands are scored according to traditional poker rules.
- Play starts with the player making an Ante wager and a Pot wager. The ante wager may be any amount subject to table limits. The Pot wager is always the table minimum, which in my experience is usually $5.
- Each player gets three cards dealt face down. The player may look at his own cards but sharing of information is not allowed.
- Player has two options, raise or fold. If the player folds he forfeits his Ante but but retains his cards for purposes of the Pot bet. If player raises it is in the form of a Flop bet equal to his Ante bet.
- The dealer then deals a three card flop face up. These are community cards and may be used by all players.
- The dealer will determine the best poker hand using the player's three cards and any two of the flop cards. If the player has at least a pair of jacks the Ante wager will pay even money and the Flop bet according to the pay table below.
- Finally, the player with the highest poker hand, again using his own three cards and any two flop cards, shall win all Pot bets. If two or more players have the exact same valued hand then the Pot bets will be chopped by the players with the high hand.
Liberal Pay Table
Flop, turn and river In Texas hold'em, the cards placed by the dealer on the board is called community cards. The community cards are dealt in three phases, which namely is the flop, the turn and the river. This is not the case in all poker variations, but you will face this order in the most popular games, such as Texas hold'em and Omaha.
- Omaha Poker Rules. Omaha poker is an action game often played as a pot-limit or fixed-limit game. 7-Card Stud Rules. An old-but-gold poker classic that does not involve a flop and is often played.
- 'One credible theory is that the term came from the Mississippi riverboats on which poker was played in the 1800's. Sometimes, cheaters would purposely deal a final community card that would improve their own hand. If caught, they would often be thrown overboard, into the river, thus giving the 'river' card its name.'
- One of the most popular forms of poker today is Texas Hold’em. In Texas Hold’em each player receives two hole-cards and five subsequent cards are dealt face-up in the middle of the table, also known as the “flop”, “turn”, and “river”.
| Hand | Pays |
|---|---|
| Royal flush | 1000 to 1 |
| Straight flush | 500 to 1 |
| Four of a kind | 100 to 1 |
| Full house | 30 to 1 |
| Flush | 20 to 1 |
| Straight | 11 to 1 |
| Three of a kind | 4 to 1 |
| Two pair | 2 to 1 |
| Jacks or better | 1 to 1 |
| All other | Loss |
There is also a stingy pay table, that pays 10 to 1 on a straight, instead of 11.
Strategy
The player should raise with any of the following hands.
- At least one card jack or higher.
- A pair
- 3 to a flush
- 3 to any straight
The player will have one of these hands 86.4% of the time.
House Edge
The following table shows all the possible events in Flop Poker, the probability, win/loss, and the contribution to the total return, based on the liberal pay table. The lower right cell shows a player return of -0.054237. This means the house edge, which is defined as the ratio of expected player loss to initial wager, is 5.42%. The element of risk, which is defined as the ratio of expected loss to the total amount wagered, is 2.91%.
Return Table in Flop Poker
| Event | Combinations | Probability | Pays | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal flush | 1880 | 0.000005 | 1001 | 0.004622 |
| Straight flush | 16776 | 0.000041 | 501 | 0.020642 |
| Four of a kind | 234624 | 0.000576 | 101 | 0.058199 |
| Full house | 1676064 | 0.004116 | 31 | 0.127607 |
| Flush | 2126344 | 0.005222 | 21 | 0.109667 |
| Straight | 4321584 | 0.010614 | 12 | 0.127364 |
| Three of a kind | 14197576 | 0.034869 | 5 | 0.174344 |
| Two pair | 37615896 | 0.092384 | 3 | 0.277151 |
| Jacks or better | 62578504 | 0.153691 | 2 | 0.307382 |
| Tens or less | 229129152 | 0.562735 | -2 | -1.125471 |
| Fold | 55272000 | 0.135747 | -1 | -0.135747 |
| Total | 407170400 | 1 | -0.054237 |
The house edge on the pot bet is obviously 0%.
The house edge under the stingy pay table is 6.49%.
