Wild Hold ’em Fold ’em Poker

Last Update: Feb 14, 2001

This is the same game as Deuces Wild. Wild Hold 'em Fold 'em Poker was purchased and renamed by Galaxy Gaming. I did not remember analyzing this game at the time I analyzed Deuces Wild, so I did the same work twice. My page on Deuces Wild I think is a little better, so I would recommend referring to that page instead of this one.

Wild Hold 'Em Fold 'Em Poker is yet another new poker variation table game. This is evidently the first wild card table game to achieve any degree of success. As of February, 2001, it is at about half the Las Vegas casinos. Casinos that I know have it are Fitzgeralds, the Sahara, the Fiesta, and the Texas Station. The closest game to compare this to is Let it Ride. However in this game the player must keep raising to stay in or fold, and the deuces are wild. The house edge and element of risk are rather high, so play at your own risk.

1. The game is played with a single deck of cards, which is shuffled after every hand.
2. The player begins by placing an ante bet in the "ante" square.
3. Player receives three cards face down.
4. After looking at cards player must decide to either bet or fold. If the player folds he forfeits his ante. If player bets he must put an amount equal to the ante in the "bet" square.
5. All players who bet receive a fourth card.
6. After examining the four-card hand all players still in must decide to raise or fold. If player folds he forfeits both the ante and bet. If player raises he must place an amount equal to double the ante in the "raise" square.
7. All players still in the game receive a fifth and final card, which pays according to the pay table below.

Pay Table for Wild Hold 'em Fold 'em Poker

Hand	Payoff
Natural royal flush	1000 to 1
Four deuces	200 to 1
Wild royal flush	30 to 1
Five of a kind	20 to 1
Straight flush	10 to 1
Four of a kind	4 to 1
Full house	4 to 1
Flush	4 to 1
Straight	3 to 1
Three of a kind	1 to 1
Two pair	1 to 1
Pair of aces	1 to 4