Why Is It Called WideDeck?
The pack is shorter with less number ranks and wider with the addition of two suits. WideDeck encourages more action than Texas Hold’em as every additional card is more likely to improve a hand.
Learning WideDeck:
How To Play
Dive into our video guides to WideDeck Poker below:
To assess how strong your hand is, please refer to the visual below!
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What Is A Good
Starting Hand?
Pairs A pair of Aces, Kings, Queens or Jacks are strong. Having a Ruby in your pocket pair makes them even stronger. Note, the suits within your hand are often more important than the rank.
Drawback : You can not hit a straight when you hold a pocket pair
Suited Connectors: Two hole cards of the same suit can pay dividends in WideDeck due to the introduction of a 4-Flush. Everyone loves suited cards which 'connect' as you get the added benefit of hitting straights.
Detail : Flush strength is based on the suit, not the high card.
High cards Ace-King and other combinations of high cards can be played aggressively pre-flop, especially with high-ranking suits.
Problem : Running into AA or KK is far more common in WideDeck
Strategic Tips
In Poker you want to win big pots.
Either do this by getting more into the pot when you currently have the best hand or get your opponents to believe they have the better hand.
Knowing the suit rankings and hand rankings is extremely important.
Hand Ranking
WideDeck follows traditional poker hand rankings with the addition of '4-Flush' and '5 of a Kind'
These rankings are based on how likely it is to achieve those hands.
No Split Pots
Suit acts as the tie breaker for all hand rankings.
Having to play both of your two hole cards means you can never play the same 5 cards as your opponent.
In WideDeck, one pair will rarely be enough to win the hand at showdown.
Two pairs, three-of-a-kind and straights are common
Example: How Do Suits Work?
Player 1
Player 2
Flop
Turn
River
Player 1 is holding Ace-Jack of Sapphires, Player 2 holds Silver Ace-Ruby King.
Ace-Jack is leading because the Ace of Sapphires is higher than the Ace of Silver.
The Kicker does not matter
Both players pay to see the flop which reveals an Ace- Seven- Six.
Both players hit a Pair of Aces, but Player 1 has the higher Pair of Aces.
On the turn, the Gold King gives Player 2 Two Pairs: Aces & Kings.
Player 1 has one pair, and only has five outs
The 8 of sapphires on the River is one of those outs, giving player 1 a 4-flush.
On this board, he holds the best hand possible, also known as the nuts.