Texas Hold-em Bonus Poker ( LIVE Online from our club at www.dublinbet.com )

Poker Rules

Texas Hold’Em Poker is one of the most popular poker games in the world. The DublinBet.com live version is played as a “heads up” game, with your hand playing against the dealers hand only.

Live Casino Version:

The table in the casino can seat up to 5 players with one position reserved for online players. This position is immediately to the dealer's right and as such is the last to be dealt to. As an online player you will be playing as though you were holding this hand.
From a single standard deck of 52 cards, the cards are dealt in the following order; in turn the dealer will deal two cards to all live boxes, the internet hand and the dealer’s hand. The player’s cards are dealt face up, the internet and dealer’s cards will be face down. The deal will start with the player to the dealer's left and continuing clockwise, as in any poker deal. The internet hand will be scanned in turn and shown online as it is dealt.

Live Studio Version:

If you are playing from our ‘Live Studio’ there are no other players, so it will be a straight deal to the Players hand and the dealers hand in turn, as above.

In order to play a hand, an 'Ante' bet must be placed prior to the first card being drawn, at this time players can also place a bet on the “Bonus Box”. Once the initial draw described above is completed the “Bonus Bet” will be paid or taken. Now you may choose to 'bet' or 'fold'. To fold, just click the “Fold” button. If you wish to continue playing you must make a “Flop” bet which is twice the amount of the ante bet. You will have a set amount of time to decide (approx 10 seconds). At this point any players who have not placed a “Flop” bet have will be assumed as folded and will forfeit their “Ante” bet. Once all players have made their decisions the dealer will scan and turn over the three flop cards. All players may now decide to “Bet” or “Check” on the next card which we call the Turn Card. Again you will have approx 5 seconds to decide, if no decision is made the game server will assume that you have checked on that card. The “Turn” bet will cost the same amount as the initial “Ante” bet. The “Turn” card will now be revealed. There will now be a final round of betting in the same manner as above but this time this will be for the River Card. The dealer will now scan and reveal the Dealers Hand. Once all cards are revealed winning hands are paid and losing bets taken.

For players to win, the players hand must be better than the dealer’s hand, it’s a straight heads up decision. This is the best five card hand that can be made from the players first two cards, the Flop, Turn and River cards, 7 cards in total. All bets are paid at even money 1 to 1. If the player does not have a Flush or better the “Ante” bet will be a stand off. Basically hands with a higher value than the dealer's win, hands with a lower value lose. If the player's and the dealer's hands highest card have the same value, the next highest card in the hand will be the deciding card If the hands are still the same it’s a stand-off.

If a hand draws all bets are returned except the Bonus bet
If a hand loses all bets are taken.

Hand Ranking

The following table shows the various hand ranking in order from lowest to highest.

Hand Rank Description
High Card Highest card or cards in either hand. (2)low, through to Ace(high)
One Pair A hand containing two cards with the same picture or value.
Two Pairs A hand containing Two Pairs of cards..
Three of a Kind A hand contianing three cards with the same picture or value.
Straight A hand containing 5 cards of any suit in numerical order
Flush A hand containing 5 cards all of the same suit
Full House A hand containing a Two of a Kind and a Three of a Kind
Four of a Kind All four cards of the same face value
Straight Flush All cards are of the same suit and in numerical order
Royal Flush 5 cards of the same suit in the order 10, Jack, Queen, King, Ace


With the ante bet you also have the option to place a bonus bet. This can be a bet of any amount according to the set Minimum and Maximum’s. This entitles the first two cards dealt to a 'bonus payout' depending on the cards drawn. The bonus bet is paid or taken straight after the initial deal of your first two cards.

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Bonus Payout
The following table lists the bonus payouts for each hand:

Bonus Bet Payouts
Ace - Ace 30-1
Ace - King (suited) 25-1
A-Q or A-J (suited) 20-1
Ace - King (un-suited) 15-1
K-K Q-Q or J-J 10-1
A-Q or A-J (un-suited) 5-1
Any Pair 2 to 10 3-1

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Loading the Game
You may select the Texas Hold’Em game, from the “Live Casino Games” menu.
Once you have clicked on the link to load Texas Hold’em Poker, a window will "pop-up".
You will be then shown a progress bar displaying the amount the game has loaded. When it is 100% loaded the Poker game will be displayed.
 

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Understanding the Poker Game
In order to play on a hand you must place an ante bet. To do this, simply click on the chip at the bottom of the table which represents the value you wish to place. You will notice a small chip of the same value will now follow the mouse pointer. To place the chip, click over the “Ante” position, you can place a bonus bet as well if you wish in the same manner. To inform the server of these bets click the 'lock' button which will be flashing and is located to the right of the ante bet area. If a game is in progress your bets will be placed on the next game after the current game has finished. If you've made a mistake placing these bets click the 'unlock' button to cancel them.

Once the initial cards are dealt the 'Bet' and 'Fold' buttons will appear. If you wish to make a Bet, click the 'Bet' button. This will now take double the amount of your stake and place it on the ‘Flop’ betting area. If you don’t like your hand and wish to fold just click the ‘Fold’ button. If you have not made a decision, in the set time your hand will be automatically folded and your stake will be forfeited. After making you decision the, ‘Flop’ cards will be scanned and revealed by the dealer. Now you have a choice of making a ‘Turn’ bet, which is the same amount as the ‘Ante’ bet, or you can ‘Check, this means you do not want to wager more money on the next card. The same procedure will now happen with the ‘River’ card, either ‘BET’ or ‘Check’ If you do not make a ‘Bet’ in the time given the game will automatically make the decision to ‘Check’ for you.
 

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Turning Live Video and Sound On & Off
Both the live video and the sound are by default ‘on’.

If you would like to turn either the live video or the sound ‘off’, then click “Options” towards the lower left corner of gaming screen. In the ‘Options’ screen you can adjust the volume, turn sound ‘on/off’, or turn the live video ‘on/off’. Once you are finished selecting your options, press ‘Ok’ and you will return to the game.

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Placing Bets
To place bets on the table move your mouse over the chip on the edge of the table which represents the value of the chip you wish to place. Press and release the left mouse button. This chip will now follow the mouse pointer. Move the chip to the position on the table where you wish to place it. If the position is a valid position a small rectangle will pop-up and display the name of the position. Press and release the left mouse button to place the chip. There will now be a chip on the table in the position you placed it. There will also still be that chip following the mouse so you can continue to place more chips. Also notice that the small rectangle which used to display the name of the position now displays the name of the position and the value placed on that position.

If you wish to select a different chip, move the mouse to the edge of the table, place it over the chip you wish to pickup and press and release the left mouse button. The old chip you were holding will disappear and be replaced by the new chip you just selected

If you place more that one chip on a particular position the chips may change value or reorder themselves. These chips still represent the same value they have just changed to the minimum amount of chips to represent the value or they have changed to maintain the order of "largest chip on the bottom, smallest on the top".

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Removing Bets
If you wish to remove just a couple of chips from the table first make sure there is no chip following the mouse. To do this click anywhere off the table, i.e. Somewhere which doesn't display the name of a position. Or press and release the right mouse button. If you have no right mouse button you may also hold the shift key and the left mouse button at the same time. The chip will now disappear. To remove a chip, place the mouse over the chip you wish to remove and press and release the right mouse button The chip will disappear.

To remove a stack of chips press and release the mouse over the stack of chips you wish to remove. This stack of chips will now follow the mouse. Press and release the right mouse button and all the chips will disappear. You could also press and release the right mouse button when the chip stack is off the table.

Another way to remove a chip stack is to press and hold the left mouse button on the stack you wish to remove. While still pressing the left mouse button drag the chip stack off the table and release the left mouse button. The chip stack will now disappear.

To remove all your bets from the table click the "Clear" button.

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Locking Bets on the Game
You must lock your ante and bonus bets before the cards are dealt to bet on the game. To do this select a chip from the bottom edge of the table which represents the value you wish to place as your ante bet. Then click the ante position underneath the hand you wish to bet on. If you wish to place a bonus bet click on the bonus bet position as well. Now to lock the bet click the "LOCK" button. Your bets are now placed on the next valid game.

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Unlocking Bets
Once you have locked your bets the "LOCK", "CLEAR" buttons will fade away. Then a button labeled "UNLOCK" will be displayed. If the bet is not what you wish to place click the "UNLOCK" button. Your bets are now no longer placed on the next game.

If the "Unlock" button is not visible then the game your bets were locked for is now in progress and the cards are being dealt.

After a game has finished you may chose to bet in exactly the same way again on that hand. Click the "REBET" button underneath the hand. The same ante and bonus bet you placed in the last game will be placed again and automatically locked.