From Poker Profs:
Say the name, “Double Down Texas Holdem™” and most casino table game players will quickly correct you, explaining due to your lack of gaming knowledge you have confused two entirely different card games, sort of like saying the baseball player scored a touchdown. The news here is the Double Down Texas Hold’em table game recently introduced by Las Vegas game developer, JKR Gaming, does indeed combine the two card games into one new, exciting pit table game.
Similar to Texas Hold’em poker the game offers players an opportunity to make various prop bets and receive odds on the bets according to a table. Based on your first two ‘hole cards’ you can receive odds on side bets for ‘Big Slick’, ‘Blackjack’, ‘Twenty’, even a ‘Pair’. The ‘Double Down’ part enters the game when players are offered an optional “Double Down” bet after seeing the first five cards.
The combination of the two card games into one is such a ‘natural’ allowing players to quickly master the various betting options and strategies. Finally a pit table game that combines the excitement of fast paced blackjack with the decision making of live hold’em poker. After just a few hands you’ll be wondering what took so long for this poker/blackjack hybrid mashup game to appear.
You can only play the game at Palace Station Casino in Las Vegas. The first and currently ‘only’ Double Down Hold’em Poker™ game is undergoing 90 days of field testing at Palace Station. Look for the longhorn steer symbol in the middle of the Palace Station casino pit, take a seat and prepare to be entertained.
Photos courtesy of flipchip at lasvegasvegas.com.
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