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Popular examples include Super Times Pay, Double Super Times Pay, Hot Roll, Dice Fever, and Atomic Fever, where the player has a chance of receiving a factor which multiplies all winnings in a hand, [6] Ultimate X, where for double the bet the player gets a factor based on the strength of the final hand which is applied to the next hand, [7 ...
IGT was founded as an A-1 Supply by William "Si" Redd in 1975. [3] It changed its name to Sircoma in 1978, and then to International Game Technology (IGT) in 1981. [3] The company went public in 1981, [4] following its success in the video poker machine industry.
Some video poker games, such as full pay Deuces Wild, could be beaten if played with perfect strategy [3] devised by computer analysis of the game. However, as of 2023, full pay Deuces Wild video poker is no longer known to exist at any casino since Sam's Town Hotel and Casino near Las Vegas, Nevada became the last casino to remove the game. [4]
Players in a poker game act in turn, in clockwise rotation (acting out of turn can negatively affect other players). When it is a player's turn to act, the first verbal declaration or action they take binds them to their choice of action; this rule prevents a player from changing their action after seeing how other players react to their initial action.
The number of distinct 5-card poker hands that are possible from 7 cards is 4,824. Perhaps surprisingly, this is fewer than the number of 5-card poker hands from 5 cards, as some 5-card hands are impossible with 7 cards (e.g. 7-high and 8-high).
The Triton Poker Super High Roller Series is a series of poker tournaments that is held between three to four times a year at various prestigious locations around the world. With buy-ins of at least USD 15,000, the Triton Poker Series are among the most exclusive poker tournaments in the world.
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In poker, a double or nothing tournament is a sit'n'go tournament where half of the surviving players get double the buy-in and the eliminated half does not receive any prizes. Double or nothing tournaments are mostly played by ten players (five players win) or six players (three-win), although multi-table versions, such as for 20 players, exist.