Texas Hold'em Bonus

Evolution Gaming have just launched Texas Hold'em Bonus poker.



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Currently available at Leo Vegas & Unibet.


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(& like the new American Roulette table, you have to be using the latest version of Chrome, Firefox or Safari browser, NOT Internet Explorer to open the table.)

the new table joins the other poker tables at Evolution in the dedicated area,


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Fundamentally Texas Hold'em Bonus poker is played in a similar manner to Ultimate Texas Holdem also from Evolution,


But with a progressive jackpot side bet already in place

& the ability to increase your bet more than once during the game as the cards are dealt.

(more pics/details coming LD)

Look forward to giving it a go in a few weeks time

Ok here goes, a (typical) game round on the new Texas Hold'em Bonus table,

First you start off by choosing your Ante bet & there's also the option for the Bonus & First 5 Jackpot side bets.

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After the player cards are dealt, you then get the option to FOLD or PLAY (see the Flop cards) which cost 2x your initial Ante bet,


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Once the 3 Flop cards are dealt you then get the option to BET (1x Ante) or CHECK(see Turn card)

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After the Turn card you then get the same options again BET (1xAnte) or CHECK before seeing the River card.

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So if you bet at each stage of the game you've raised your Ante bet by 4x

After the River card, the Dealer cards are revealed and the better poker hand wins :)


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Those little yellow corners on the Player digital cards indicate the first cards dealt, which is where the optional Bonus side bet comes into play,

The Bonus bet is based on the player's and dealer's initial cards, according to the pay table...


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You win on a Bonus bet for a pair or better, no matter what hand the dealer finally has.

The First 5 side bet is another poker Progressive Jackpot from Evolution. This time, as the name says it all, based on the first 5 cards dealt (the 2 player & 3 Flop).


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The Jackpot prize is shared among players placing a First 5 side bet for a Royal Flush (the first 5 cards).

There are fixed prizes for lesser hands as indicated in the pay table.


You can collect on the side bet even if you choose to FOLD.

Table limits, payout and the all important Return to Player (RTP),

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Wow....pretty good RTP of 97.96% based on the Ante bet & 99.47%:cool: based on Total bet for perfect/optimal play.


ps. the Ante pays on winning hands with straight or better.

Great review Fester.

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99.47%:cool: based on Total bet for perfect/optimal play.

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Right up there among the best returning live blackjack tables (assuming optimal play).

Texas Hold'em Bonus Poker has been officially launched by Evolution.


Billed as,

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the world’s first and only online Live Texas Hold’em Bonus Poker

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if it's the first & just launched today (yeah we know ;))... isn't it a given that it's the only :confused:



The table is available to licensees that sign up. So far as yet I've not come across the table at any of the big name casinos other than the aforementioned Unibet & Leo Vegas.

Seems today (17th) was the official launch date of Texas Hold'em Bonus, despite it being available for some time now.

Official release here

Must say, this game feels a lot more like real Texas Hold'em than Evolution's Ultimate Texas Holdem game, simply because of the multiple check-raise opportunities. For that I prefer it (not to mention the 99.47% RTP, as pointed out by Fester)

However, it would feel even MORE like real Texas Hold'em if there was another check/raise opportunity after the river.

So instead of the current:
ANTE, FLOP (pre-Flop play bet), TURN (pre-Turn check/raise), RIVER (pre-River check/raise)

Something like:
ANTE, POCKETS (pre-Flop play bet), FLOP (post-Flop check/raise), TURN (post-Turn check/raise), RIVER (post-River check/raise)

Anyway, here's a vid of a couple of rounds...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXe-4uUwgao

Fester pretty much covered all the bases in this thread, but for just for consistency I've added a blog review of Evolution's Texas Hold'em Bonus Poker

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