![]() In 2018, at the Triton Poker Series at the Maestral Resort & Casino in Montenegro, Paul and Richard hosted a HKD 250,000 (USD 32,000) and a HKD 1,000,000 (USD 127,000) buy-in Short-Deck, Ante-Only event, put the word out, and hoped they would come. Taking place in some of the most salubrious destinations around the world, the Triton Poker Series is a high stakes series that pits some of the wealthiest amateurs against the very best professionals in the game. Triton Poker Series Spearheads Short-Deck Poker TrendĪfter playing Short-Deck in their local home game, and seeing the improvements in sociability and joy firsthand, both Paul and Richard decided to test the new variant at a professional level. As in No-Limit Hold’em the ace plays both low and high when creating straights, meaning it becomes a five when 6,7,8,9 is on the board. The other change to be aware of is the role of the ace. The odds of flopping a set are 18%, and not 12%. Straight draws arrive on the flop 48% of the time, not 31%. Pocket aces come along 1 in 105 hands, not one in 220, but they are cracked way more often. One of the features of Short-Deck, is unlike Pot-Limit Omaha (PLO) where players have to learn to use four hole cards, Short-Deck is more suitable for people who have grown up playing the more familiar No-Limit Hold’em. That’s the only hand ranking difference when compared to No-Limit Hold’em. It’s important to remember that a flush beats a full house. Short-Deck Poker Hand Ranking (Best to Worst) It’s perfect for local home games where you can experiment with the rules and formats, while keeping an eye on the Triton Livestream to see how the Godfathers of the game continue to evolve. ![]() But once the game gets deep, you need to switch gears, and this is why the game suits both skilled and weaker players alike.Īnd the best thing about Short-Deck is it’s a new game. All-in and calls are common, the action is crazy fast, and there is a lot of laughing and joking around the tables. Recognise the difference between shallow and deep-stacked play.”ĭuring the early action, you can be forgiven for thinking you have walked into a game of deuces wild. There are more passive ways to play the game, like limping, but this an action game. Here’s Ben Lamb again to give you a few tips. The action continues in sequence as per No-Limit Hold’em rules. Like No-Limit Hold’em, the player to the left of the button begins the action by calling the size of the double ante, raising or folding. That’s why they give you three bullets, that’s smart.” “You have to put your stack in more often than the other games. And loading these three bullets into the chamber is important, as Ben Lamb explains. ![]() Stack sizes can vary, but in the early events at Montenegro and Jeju in South Korea, each bullet was worth 100,000 in chips. The player on the button posts a double ante. ![]() There is no small or big blind, and instead everyone has to post an ante that increases each level in the same way blinds do in a standard game of No-Limit Hold’em. The variant featured in Triton Poker Series events is called Short-Deck, Ante-Only. At a time when poker’s ecosystem is under pressure from advancements in technology and available poker resources, with players getting improving at a rate never before witnessed, Short-Deck is fixing a leak that is in danger of drowning the game. “The first thing you notice when you sit down to play Short-Deck is the equities run much closer than No-Limit Hold’em.”Īnd the closer you get, the more often a weaker player wins, and the more likely he or she is to remain in the game. Paul and Richard found that by removing the lower half of the cards, they increased the likelihood that an amateur would receive two very playable starting hands.Īs the former World Series of Poker (WSOP), Player of the Year, Ben Lamb, mentions during his first experience of Short-Deck during a 2018 Triton Poker Series in Jeju, South Korea.īen Lamb at Triton Poker Series Jeju, South Korea (July 2018) The better player begins with a narrower range of hands, and this disparity means the amateur ends up with the worst of it more often than the pro. One of the problems that amateurs have when playing superior players, especially professionals, is they play with a broad range of starting hands because their primary focus in the game is to enjoy themselves, and you can’t do that if you fold. The net result, was a 36-card deck – a Short-Deck – and the outcome was incredible. Also known as, Triton Hold’em, Short-Deck has its roots in Asia, where successful businessmen, and poker lovers, Paul Phua and Richard Yong, experimented by removing a few cards from the standard 52-card deck, increasing the likelihood of strong pre-flop hands.
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