A Winning Strategy For Online Tequila Poker

All Australian online casinos offer poker based table games like Caribbean Stud Poker and Pai Gow Poker. But if you want to try something different head to a Playtech powered online casino and play Tequila Poker. This article describes the game play and a simple strategy of this innovative card game.

The game begins by wagering the ante bet. Four cards will then be dealt face up. You now have three options. You can fold, in which case the ante bet is lost and the game is over. Or you can choose to play one of the two games Tequila Poker or High Tequila. If you continue playing, a second bet equal to the ante bet is automatically placed and two more cards are dealt. In Tequila Poker the highest ranking five-card poker hand from the six cards is automatically arranged. If the best is below an ace pair you lose both bets. For hands of ace pair or higher the ante bet is paid at even money and the second bet is paid according to the Tequila Poker payout table. Pair of aces is paid even money and royal flush is paid 200 to 1.

In High Tequila cards are valued as per blackjack with the ace always at 11 points. The hand value of the highest five cards is automatically computed. If this hand value is less than 46, you lose both bets. For hand values of 46 or more the ante bet is again paid at even money and the second bet is paid according to the High Tequila payout table. In this table a hand value of 46 to 48 pays even money and a hand value of 54 pays 200 to 1. Since the game is played with a single standard deck you cannot get a hand value of more than 54.

A simple easy to remember strategy for this online card game is explained below. If your first four cards include any pair or four to any flush or straight then you should opt to play Tequila Poker. If the highest three cards of your first four cards total 28 points or more then you should play High Tequila. If none of these conditions is met then you should fold. The strategy gets complex if both the conditions are met. So in the simple strategy you choose either based on your gut feeling. The average return for Tequila Poker is 95.8%, somewhat better than American Roulette.