Six Plus Hold'em
Played with a 36-card deck (6s to aces). With fewer cards, a flush is harder to make than a full house, so in most rule sets a flush beats a full house, and many rooms rank three of a kind above a straight. Hands run closer, and drawing hands gain value.
Fast-fold poker
After you fold, you go straight to a new table and a new hand. You play many more hands per hour, so play tighter, especially out of position, and set a hand or time limit.
Casino poker against the house
Casino Hold'em, Three Card Poker and Caribbean Stud are not played against other players. The paytable decides the return; see the poker page for the figures.
Adapting to any variant
- Read the hand rankings for that variant.
- Start at the lowest stakes.
- Use play-money tables or demos.
- Keep a separate poker bankroll of at least 20 to 30 buy-ins for cash games.