Playing Live Ultimate Texas Hold’em
The game follows the same basic structure as the original, but it is between 2 hands only. A single 52-card deck is used and the first thing you need to do is place a Blind and an Ante wager. After this, you and the dealer each get 2 cards.
There are 5 community cards that are dealt in 2 stages, and these are ultimately added to your hole cards to determine the best Poker hand combination using any 5 of the 7 cards. The first 3 community cards are dealt after you’ve gotten your hole cards, in a stage called the Flop.
You can make a Play bet after you’ve seen your cards but before the Flop, after the Flop but before the remaining 2 community cards are dealt, or after you’ve seen the last 2 community cards. There are more risks and higher stakes the earlier you do it, but higher corresponding payouts.
If you don’t place a Play bet at your final opportunity, you’ll have to Fold and lose everything you put down. At the end of the round, your best hole-and-community-card combination is compared with that of the dealer.