The ultimate objective is to make the best five-card poker hand, using any of your two starting cards and any of the five community cards. See the hierarchy of poker hands.
Begin the game by making an ante bet. You can also choose to make a Bonus bet and/or a Progressive Jackpot bet. Both optional bets are evaluated separately at the end of each game and provide a different opportunity to win.
Once your ante is placed, you are then dealt two cards face-up, and the dealer is dealt two cards face-down. These first two cards are called the hole cards.
You can either fold (and lose your ante bet) or bet (2 x ante). Then three community (shared) cards are dealt face-up. This is the flop.
You then have the chance to either check (do nothing) or bet (1 x ante). A fourth card (the turn) is then dealt face-up. You can either check or bet, before the last card (the river) is dealt face-up. Unlike the poker version, there is no more betting once the river is dealt.
Just like its poker cousin, the aim is to make the best five-card hand using a combination of your two hole cards and the five community cards.
Both you and the dealer place an ante bet to get started, and there are three further chances to bet before the showdown. If you beat the dealer, you win. If it’s a tie, then stakes are returned. And if the dealer bests your hand, you lose your ante and any other bets (excluding bonus bets which are treated separately, see below for more).
Bet Type | Payout |
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Ante bet | 1:1 on hands that are a Straight or better. Pushes on all other hands |
Flop, turn and river bet | 1:1 |
In every scenario, any Bonus bets or Progressive Jackpot bets pay on qualifying hands no matter what the dealer achieves.
The Bonus bet is based on your starting hand of two cards. In the case of the top payout, it’s also based on the dealer’s first two cards.
Various combinations of the starting cards will trigger a Bonus payout of 3:1 up to 1,000:1.
Hand combinations listed refer to your two starting cards only.
Bet type | Payout |
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Player AA & dealer AA (Player’s first two cards are aces and dealer’s first two cards are aces) | 1,000:1 |
A-A (player only) (First two cards are aces) | 30:1 |
A-K (Suited) (First two cards are A + K in same suit) | 25:1 |
A-Q or A-J (Suited) (First two cards are A + Q or A + J in same suit) | 20:1 |
A-K (Different suits) (First two cards are A + K of different suits) | 15:1 |
K-K or Q-Q or J-J (First two cards are K + K or Q + Q or J + J) | 10:1 |
A-Q or A-J (different suits) (First two cards are A + Q or A + J of different suits) | 5:1 |
10-10 through 2-2 (pocket pairs) (First two cards are 10 + 10 down to 2 + 2) | 3:1 |
The ante bet is required before a player can place the Bonus bet.
The Progressive Jackpot keeps growing until it’s won with a Royal Flush. All seated players who placed a Jackpot bet in that winning round share the total amount on the Progressive Jackpot meter. There are also lower fixed prizes on offer. Find further information inside your game window.
Royal Flush | The Progressive Jackpot |
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Straight Flush | 2,500:1 |
Four of a Kind | 250:1 |
Full House | 50:1 |
Flush | 25:1 |
Straight | 10:1 |
Three of a Kind | 3:1 |
The original bet is not paid out to the player as part of the winning payout.
The theoretical percentage return to player (RTP) is as follows:
Game Type | RTP |
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Ante bet | 97.96% |
Total bet | 99.47% |
Bonus bet | 91.46% |
Progressive Jackpot bet | 81.84% |