holdem as a pit game

[bernie]

i just read about this...evidently it's in quite a few casinos up here...kind of a combo between BJ and holdem

not sure how many players per table...but here's the gist of it...

6 deck shoe. bets are place prior to hands being dealt

youre dealt 4 cards face down....so is the dealer.

you get to choose 2 cards. if you have 2 pairs, you can split into 2 different hands, otherwise you have to discard 2 cards...the dealer has preset rules for his discard

after the discard, both flip their cards and 5 cards are dealt, the highest hand wins....

i may have to check with wong's site. there's gotta be a count to use along with knowledge of holdem starting hands that may garner an advantage. maybe not.

any thoughts? anyone seen this game?

b

[Wingnut]

This sounds like the "Hold'em Challenge" that David Sklansky invented/developed a couple of years ago. I remember reading about it in one of his essays posted on the main 2+2 website.

Here's the link: Playing Pairs in Hold 'em Challenge (http://www.twoplustwo.com/dsessay8.html)