Without seeing a flop, you have a 27.7-27.8% chance of hitting a straight or flush by the river. This hand will have outs against almost any hand(Quads with straight flush blocker, higher flush with straight flush blocker, and full house with 0% flush chance are the only time you will be TOO far behind on the flop). The only straight draw you don't block is the low A6789. JTs is one of the BEST hands to bluff with, and you should always TRY to see a flop with the hand as the flop will quickly put your hand into perspective. makes JTs the best hand in this variant of poker? What are the differences in this game compared to Texas Hold'em and how do they affect how the game is played? The differences: All cards 2-5 are removed from the deck making it a 36 card deck -Outs are now worth 51.6% more when calculating equity -Flush draws now only have 5 outs -The new low straight is A6789 Flushes beat full houses Preflop Top Tier hands -JTs -TT, T9s, QJs, QTs -JJ -QJo, QTo, KTs, QQ, KJs, 99, T9s, J9s -KQs, KK -KTo, JTo, KJo, AA, T8s, T9o -J9o, KQo, Q9s, ATs+ Bottom Tier hands -66 is the WORST hand(myth busted that J6o is the worst hand.) -圆o With the increased variance in Short Deck Hold'em, I'd increase that to 58.5-60 max buy-ins(585-600 BBs or 58.5-60 tournament entries) due to the 17% increase in variance(if you thought Texas Hold'em's variance was bad, bless your soul if you play this game).

When playing Texas Hold'em, the ideal bank roll is 50 max buy-ins (Usually 500BBs or 50 tournament entries).

First off, I can't stress how important bank roll management is when playing this game, without proper bank roll management you will more likely than not find yourself on the wrong side of variance before you know it.

Several well known players on the Poker scene have been promoting Short Deck Hold'em with Phil Ivey claiming the game 'suits a more gambling style of player', which I would agree with as the variance in this game is much, much higher, but with proper bank roll management and use of the strategies I will discuss, the game is beatable just like Texas Hold'em and Omaha.

Short deck hands