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Comment on Ultimate Texas Hold’em by stephenhow

stephenhow — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:38:30 +0000

I’d have to code up his strategy and run simulations to see how suboptimal it is. It’s probably not much, since these cases are relatively infrequent in the scheme of things, and the differences between checking and betting here is small. But, people should be aware when they’re using approximations, and not propagate them as the gospel truth

Comment on Ultimate Texas Hold’em by Profbac

Profbac — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:36:59 +0000

re: Abbreviated strategy for flop bet (2x)

A respected advantage play author has recommended the following flop bet strategy: (preflop strategy is the same as you recommend) also, this assumes that the preflop strategy is followed exactly.

1. Trips on the board ; bet if you hold a king or ace

2. You pair up, including pocket twos

3. The board is paired and you hold a Jack or better, and there is a flush draw
(4 to a flush) or four to an open ended straight.

4. No pairs; bet if you have four to a flush and a hole card that is a ten or higher.

What is the effect on the house edge using this for the flop bet as opposed to your more detailed flop strategy?

Comment on No-Bust BJ (California) by Tryan

Tryan — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:28:49 +0000

Hey, Steve, It has been awhile.
In the no bust chart , why would we hit 10 vs 10 and double 10 vs A ?

PS I like the new Barona BJ with the side bet on whether you will win or not.

Comment on About by Howard

Howard — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:27:40 +0000

Steve,

You really have too much time on your hands. BTW very informative blog about gambling.

-Howard

Comment on Practical Collusion for Ultimate Texas Hold’em by Louie

Louie — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:35:33 +0000

Thanks again for sharing your work!

Comment on Practical Collusion for Ultimate Texas Hold’em by stephenhow

stephenhow — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:01:10 +0000

I haven’t yet fully quantified the collusion edge to this game, but my rough guess right now is that it reduces the house edge by half. There’s just not enough opportunities to make counter- basic strategy decisions. But I will have to total it all up in the near future. I’m working on a practice game for the site right now.

Thanks for reading!
Steve

Comment on Practical Collusion for Ultimate Texas Hold’em by Louie

Louie — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:05:18 +0000

Great site and great analysis. I was wondering if you had done the calculations to see what the overall gain to basic strategy there is with perfect information. Two players through six. This probably could be done algebraically. Would be very good info. I know a game that allows players to play two hands, so a friend and I could play two hands each for a total of four quite easily.

Thanks for the hard work,
BigLou

Comment on Ultimate Texas Hold’em by marco

marco — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:48:18 +0000

thanks!

Comment on Practical Collusion for Ultimate Texas Hold’em by calwatch

calwatch — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:51:10 +0000

There are two Ultimate apps for the iPhone, but nothing that I’ve seen at an online casino or free version.

Comment on Ultimate Texas Hold’em by stephenhow

stephenhow — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:13:07 +0000

I’ll probably write a UTH applet sometime soon. I’ll keep you posted on it’s progress. Other than an iPhone app, I haven’t seen any places to practice the game yet.

Steve