What Is 6+ Hold’em?
6+ Hold’em is a popular ‘short deck‘ poker format that plays much like Texas Hold’em, but with a few exciting differences:
- Use a 36-card deck
- All cards lower than a six are removed from the deck
- Everyone posts an ante and only the button posts a blind. Meaning there is only one blind per hand, rather than traditional small/big blind format.+
- Hand rank will be different from hand rank in traditional Texas Hold’em. We will clarify this ranking in the lower part of this article.
The Rules of 6+ Hold’em
Overall, the rules of Short Deck are not too different from the rules of traditional Texas Hold’em. Bet options and betting rounds remain unchanged.
The rules of Short Deck, in addition to the difference in posting Ante as mentioned above, are also different in hand rank. As follows:
| 6+ Hold’em (Short Deck) | Texas Hold’em |
| Royal Flush | Royal Flush |
| Straight Flush | Straight Flush |
| Four of a kind (Quads) | Four of a kind (Quads) |
| Flush | Full House |
| Full House | Flush |
| Three of a kind | Straight |
| Straight | Three of a kind |
| Two pairs | Two pairs |
| One pair | One pair |
| High cards | High cards |
Beside that, a five-card hand consisting of Ace, 6, 7, 8, 9 (any suit) is also deemed a straight.
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