During the game round, you will be offered decisions, but these decisions will not affect the outcome of your BEST FIVE bet. Once betting time has expired, the dealer will begin to deal.

All bets must be placed before betting time expires.

You win on your BEST FIVE bet when your best hand is three-of-a-kind or better.

The BEST FIVE bet is placed in the blinking BEST FIVE betting spot, after your ANTE has been accepted.

You win on your BEST FIVE bet when your final five-card hand is three-of-a-kind or better.

The BEST FIVE bet is an optional side bet that you can place before the round begins.

To find a winner, the best paying hands are formed and compared for you and for the dealer, using five out of seven available cards.

During the pauses in the game, you can decide to CALL or CHECK.

You and the dealer can use the cards in your hand and the community cards to comprise the best five-card hand.

After a pause, the dealer deals two final community cards (called the 'Turn' and the 'River'). After a short pause, the dealer deals three community cards face up in the middle of the table (called the 'Flop').

The dealer deals two cards face up to you and two cards face down to the dealer.

When your ANTE bet has been placed, a matching ANTE PLUS bet is automatically placed by the system.

At the beginning of the round, you place a bet in the ANTE spot.

Extreme Texas Hold'em is played with one standard 52-card deck (jokers excluded).

Each player can take only one seat at the table.

An unlimited number of players can play simultaneously at one Extreme Texas Hold'em table.

The aim of Extreme Texas Hold'em is to beat the dealer's hand by getting the best possible five-card hand, made out of the two cards dealt to the player and five community cards.

Extreme Texas Hold'em differs from Texas Hold'em in that it is played against the house rather than against other players.

Extreme Texas Hold'em is a variant of the popular Texas Hold'em poker.

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