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hey guys i found this and thought il share it with you
PartyPoker has just released a brand new poker variant called Double Hold'em. This game is available exclusively on PartyPoker and plays just like Hold'em, except players get dealt three hole cards instead of two.
Not only does PartyPoker's Double Hold'em keep the game fresh and interesting for seasoned players, but it may also have the potential to attract a brand new pool of players to the tables, who will be eager to try out the new game.
Double Hold'em is already live and you can play it once you download the software update and login. The game is available in both Limit and No Limit and starts from the $0.02/$0.04 stakes all the way up to $2/$4 and $1/$2 respectively. The basic rules of Hold'em still apply, but with some adjustments.
Read on to find out how this game is played. Playing Hold'em with three hole cards At the start of a Double Hold'em hand, every player on the table is dealt three hole cards instead of two. Other than the extra hole card, nothing else has changed with regards to preflop play.
Once the preflop round of betting is concluded, the flop is dealt and here is when the key difference in Double Hold'em occurs. With the flop dealt, players now have to select one of their three hole cards to be made as the "point card" (you cannot change this card later on). Once this point card is selected, the player's hand will essentially be divided into two hands:
Hand 1: The point card and the card to its left Hand 2: The point card and the card to its right The hand is then played out on the turn and river once the point cards for each player have been chosen, just like Texas Hold'em.
Players select one point card after the flop is dealt
Only the best hand goes to the showdown After betting on the river is concluded, the system will automatically select the best five card hand from each player involved, for the showdown. The best five card hand is chosen from one of these combinations:
All five cards on the board Any one of the hole cards and any four cards from the board Two hole cards (one must be the point card) and any three cards from the board The hand strengths of both your hands (Hand 1 and Hand 2 as determined by your selected point card) will also be displayed in the bottom right-hand corner of the table during showdown.
Your best five card hand on the showndown
To learn more about Double Hold'em, check out PartyPoker's guide here.
Shootout Satellites and STT updates Besides the new Double Hold'em game, brand new satellite tournaments with a shootout format will also be making an appearance on PartyPoker. There will be two types of shootouts, the Double Shootout and the Triple Shootout, and they will be available as six, nine or ten handed tournaments.
Improvements have also been made to the Single Table Tournaments (STT) on PartyPoker with the introduction of the "tourney info" section on every STT table. Players can obtain all the key statistics of the tournament at a glance. This section displays information about chips in play, the largest and smallest stacks, average stacks and your position.
Tourney info (bottom center) for STTs
Finally, PartyPoker will also be introducing more blind levels for the STTs in the near future. This means that the STTs will no longer be capped at level 10 as they now are. More details of this change will be made available at a later date.
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maybe i am retard but i didnt catch the thing point card and how it is important for the strenghten of my hand. I will have to read it again and more concentrated... Thanks for info
It didnt last so long and i thing i got it Will check it out in game, but it seems not so interesting to me
Are there pls SnG's in DHoldem?
Why isnt it called Half Omaha?
Edited by AbuDhabi (16 September 2010 @ 19:51 GMT)
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Sounds like a ridiculous idea to me. Just a cross between hold em and omaha to form a new poker variant that isn't really needed. It's not like there was a gap in the market, people crying out for a new game to occupy their time. It's just something new for the bored gamblers who don't want to perfect their game, they just want to burn their money.
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Posted by Kristan: LOL - double hold em The name itself sounds so stupid, cant imagine who would be interested of such bs
Well actually, if you played on PP it'd be worth it for one reason.. You work out the odds of certain situations (is it better to keep your point card that hit top pair, or one that you need for your FD/SD for example) and you could probably make a bit of profit playing the maths for a while, until everyone started to realise optimal strategy.. IMO be the (one of the) first to play this game at a mathametical advantage (everyone in Holdem knows pot-odds, etc).
Case point
AbuDhabi: "maybe i am retard but i didnt catch the thing point card and how it is important for the strenghten of my hand."
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Hmmm yer ill give i ago, but this played on PP is going to be mayhem, having an edge is going to be quite hard. holdum + 1 card or omaha - a card? Think omaha plyers have an advantage here will giv eit a go tomoz.
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Tried it and it was kinda fun!.. I actually made some bucks out of someone who seemed not to have quite understand the rules and was going all-in donkishly... But in the meantime as I was playing I was wondering what's the real purpose of such a game... a kinda twisty mix of Omaha & Hold'em...
Maybe it's a flashy move by Party Gaming and Bwin after the merge, who knows... I'm sure Omaha guys will find it closer to what they play in comparison to the ones that play strictly Hold'em. hmm, if they put some Double Hold'em SnG maybe I'll give it some more tries... let's wait and see if people will love it
Posted by Kristan: LOL - double hold em The name itself sounds so stupid, cant imagine who would be interested of such bs
Well actually, if you played on PP it'd be worth it for one reason.. You work out the odds of certain situations (is it better to keep your point card that hit top pair, or one that you need for your FD/SD for example) and you could probably make a bit of profit playing the maths for a while, until everyone started to realise optimal strategy.. IMO be the (one of the) first to play this game at a mathametical advantage (everyone in Holdem knows pot-odds, etc).
Case point
AbuDhabi: "maybe i am retard but i didnt catch the thing point card and how it is important for the strenghten of my hand."
Yes, i didnt understand it from what was written above. It was after hard day, now i am trying it and I hope there will be more people like me before 5 hours - and of course I hope they will stay in my starting retardish stadium. And I think where will be some of them
Btw: I still think it is more similar to Omaha than to Holdem
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so ? whats the best hand ? A |A |K ? but ... for those who tried it . isnt a nightmare with all that draws ? someone will always have the flush draw or/and str8 draw ... at low stakes you can't do anything about it
Edited by duck_1991 (16 September 2010 @ 23:45 GMT)
I think that someone who thinks a bit can really earn some cash in Double Holdem. At least for next few days, weeks, maybe months. There will be a lot of Party Poker Holdem fishy players and Omaha players will have a huge advantage against them...
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Posted by duck_1991: so ? whats the best hand ? A |A |K ? but ... for those who tried it . isnt a nightmare with all that draws ? someone will always have the flush draw or/and str8 draw ... at low stakes you can't do anything about it
Use iz for your afvantage Lot of players will play for their draws even when you have a nuts I would like to see some Party Poker Double Holdem promotions
Edited by AbuDhabi (17 September 2010 @ 00:15 GMT)
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It is something like Crazy Pineapple, but more complicated. For good players could be good news, because donks have more cards and "more chances to win". It also means lots of more bad beats, so more profit and more eating nervs. And its lot harder to multitable, i mean lot.
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oh its really nice i ll try it its like an omaha but u didnt have 1 card really good this week mustvisit that site and try it hope it will be really interesting
Posted by pokkerimees: It is something like Crazy Pineapple, but more complicated. For good players could be good news, because donks have more cards and "more chances to win". It also means lots of more bad beats, so more profit and more eating nervs. And its lot harder to multitable, i mean lot.
yes, i played four tables yesterday and sometimes in hurry i clicked on bad point card what means a broke the whole strength of my hand But it is only in time spent there to be sure in decisions
The name itself sounds so stupid, cant imagine who would be interested of such bs 
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