Texas Holdem Bonus Poker

The ultimate objective is to make the best five-card poker hand, using any of your two starting cards and any of the five community cards.

Begin the game by making an ante bet. You can also choose to make a Bonus bet(Optional bet) .Optional bets are evaluated separately at the end of each game .

Once your ante is placed, you are then dealt two cards face-up, and the dealer is dealt two cards face-down. These first two cards are called the hole cards.

Placing Wagers

Ante Box
Before cards are dealt, Players at the table must place a wager on the Ante box.

This wager must be equal to or higher than the table’s required minimum, and lower than the table’s maximum. Each table will have signage nearby indicating these minimums and maximums.

Bonus Box
Once Players have placed an appropriate Ante, but before cards have been dealt, Players have the option to place a wager on the Bonus Box.

This wager should also conform to the betting minimum and maximum, and is separate from the Ante. As such, Players can bet whatever they’d like on the Bonus, so long as it is within the min-max.

Dealing the Initial Cards
Once the Antes have been paid up, each Player will be dealt two face-down cards.

Betting Options
After looking at their two hole or personal cards, Players then decide between two betting options: Fold or Bet.
Betting Players place a wager into their Flop box that is exactly 2x the value of their initial Ante wager. Player proceeds into the next phase of the game( Flop) the first dealing of community cards.
Folding Players surrender the wagers made on their Ante and Bonus boxes. Players that folds also forfeit any right to winnings they might have received, even if their cards would have beaten the Dealer.

The Flop
Once all Players have gone in order, taking turns deciding whether they will Play or Fold, the Flop will be dealt. Three cards dealt face up in the center of the table, for all Players to see. Once these cards have been dealt, the Turn phase begins.
The Turn
In the Turn, Players take ordered turns following the same betting positions as the Flop, only Players will place their money into the Turn Box and must wager the exact value of the Ante if they wish to Play.
After this Turn phase, the Dealer will deal one more community card, next to the Flop, known as the Turn.
The River
Following the dealing of the Turn, Players once more take turns choosing their betting positions: This time for the River. The River phase is exactly the same as the Turn phase, with the exception Players must place their wagers into the Turn box.
Once this final bet has been made, the Dealer will turn over the final community card, known as the River. With all seven cards of a Player’s hand visible to them, Players attempt to form the best possible 5-card Poker hand for the Showdown.
The Showdown
In the Showdown, Players each take turns in the same order as the other phases, presenting their best five-card Poker hand to the Dealer. They compare their hand to the Dealer’s in order to determine victory or loss.
Players with a stronger meld than the Dealer are paid 1:1 for their wagers on the Flop, Turn, and River boxes. If a Player wins the hand with a straight or better, then they also are paid 1:1 for their Ante wager. Otherwise, they are not paid for the Ante, but do not lose it either. This is called a push.
Players that lose against the Dealer surrender all of their wagers except for the Bonus, as the Bonus pays out regardless of a Player’s victory against the Dealer. The conditions in order to be paid out for the Bonus, as well as a payout table for the Bonus can be found in the “Payouts and Odds” section below.

Ending and New Game
Once each Player has had their Showdown with the Dealer, and paid up or received payment where appropriate, the Dealer will collect every Player’s cards and shuffle the deck. Players put up a new Ante, and Bonus wager if they so choose, and new cards are dealt as a new game begins.