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Triton Short Deck
Date Country City Event Buy-in Entries Winner Winning Hand Prize (In $): Czech Republic: Rozvadov: Short Deck Ante-Only: € 25,000: 27: Antanas Guoga: 264,308.
In this post, we take a look at some of the action played by the Triton Highrollers in the recent London Short Deck Cash game.
We take an in-depth look at the strategy behind the plays of these top tier Pros in the attempt of learning the best lines to use in our own Short Deck cash game action.
Slow Playing Big Pairs with Aggressive Players Still to Act
- Short Deck Poker comes in two versions: Six plus Holdem and a Triton variant, popularized by the ultra-high stakes Triton Series, which hosts live events several times a year around the world.
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In this pot we see Timofey “Trueteller” Kuznetsov limping behind with Q♠ Q♣ this play has a few good points to it, we are not ever getting trapped by Aces or Kings when they limp in early position as we can just play the flop and look to hit a monster with our hand.
Another solid reason to limping behind is that our hand strength will be undervalued, so we have the potential to win bigger pots from weaker holdings that may fold to a large raise.
We also give our aggressive opponents behind the chance to steal with weaker holdings and may even overplay smaller pairs or hands we dominate like JJ or KQ.
The latter plan ends up coming true here, with Tan Xuan choosing to turn his T♦ 9♥ into a steal, raising the action to €33,000 and then Paul Phua choosing to flat call this with 7♥ 7♣ the action is then back to Trueteller again and with the loosest player to his left putting in action and around €100,000 out there to take down with a hand that doesn’t play too well after the flop, he chooses to move all-in for €413,000.
Huge Equity Hand Jack Ten Suited
This is one of the best hands in the game, it plays so well post-flop, you can take this holding against almost any hand in the game and look to win a huge pot with it after the flop…
Here we see that against two solid hands like AQo and A8s, JTs has 44% equity even in a three-way pot.
This is the type of holding the best Pros will take to a flop even when short stacked to try and outplay their opponents on good boards for this holding.
Here Mikita Badziakouski calls the UTG large raise of Flink with his suited connector and flops 41% equity even with 2 blockers in the hands of his opponents with them both having an Ace in their hands.
Typically without blockers in place, an open-ender in short deck hold-em will give you around 50% equity in the pot, which is perfect for applying the pressure and looking to check-raise or just open jam if you have a short stack and then if you even get called you can run it twice or if playing on PokerStars cash out your equity.
The Monster 87 suited
This is a great hand for smacking boards in the face like Dan “Jungleman” Cates does with this pair and open-ender. Quite often everyone will be in the pot with AQ, KQ, QJ etc so if we mix up our play with hands like 87s we will have great equity.
The other good part of playing hands like this is that if we miss a flop we can just fold, we will either hit a very good board for our hand or miss completely.
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| Alternative names | Short-deck hold 'em |
|---|---|
| Type | Community card poker |
| Players | 2-10 |
| Skills required | Probability, psychology |
| Cards | 36 |
| Deck | French |
| Play | Clockwise |
| Card rank (highest first) | A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 |
| Random chance | High |
Six-plus hold 'em (also known as short-deck hold 'em) is a community card poker game variant of Texas hold 'em, where the 2 through 5 cards are removed from the deck. Each player is dealt two cards face down and seeks to make the best five card poker hand from any combination of the seven cards (five community cards and their own two hole cards).[1]
Rules[edit]
The rules in terms of betting structures, play of the hand, and showdown are the same as in Texas hold 'em. However before play begins all cards 2 through 5 are removed (16 cards), thus the total number of cards in the deck is 36. Aces are high, but same as in Texas hold 'em, can make both low and high end of straights. For example the lowest straight would be (9x-8x-7x-6x-Ax) and the highest (Ax-Kx-Qx-Jx-10x). This changes the probability of hands and alters hand rankings.[2]
Modified hand rankings[edit]
| Rank | Name | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal flush | |
| 2 | Straight flush | |
| 3 | Four of a kind | |
| 4 | Flush† | |
| 5 | Full house† | |
| 6 | Straight† | |
| 7 | Three of a kind† | |
| 8 | Two pair | |
| 9 | One pair | |
| 10 | High card |
†Flush ranks higher than full house. In theory, three-of-a-kind ranks higher than a straight as the probability of achieving three-of-a-kind is lower than a straight in short-deck, however recent games have been ranking straight higher than three-of-a-kind which has become standard.[3] Some variations of six-plus hold 'em plays with standard Texas hold 'em hand rankings. When calculating for 5 card six-plus hold 'em where each player gets only 5 cards, straights rank higher than three-of-a-kind.
The 2018 Triton Poker tournament series hosted the first televised six-plus hold 'em tournaments. The first Triton Super High Roller HK$250,000 short deck ante-only event was won by Phil Ivey, earning him US$617,396.[4] The 2018 Triton tournaments ranked straights higher than three-of-a-kind.[5]
History[edit]
The game originated in 2014 and is popular among high stakes gamblers in Asia due to its high variance.[clarification needed] In 2015, Phil Ivey and Tom Dwan promoted the game in an online video showing this variant of Texas hold 'em which is frequently played in Macau, Hong Kong and Manila.[6][7]
Notes[edit]
- ^'Six Plus Hold'em'. PokerVIP. 13 June 2015. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
- ^Gheorghe, Florain (14 March 2016). 'The New Six Plus Holdem'. PokerTube. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
- ^DellaFave, Robert (2016-02-25). 'Six Plus Holdem Launches - How Will It Impact iPoker Liquidity?'. Online Poker Report. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
- ^Fast, Erik (2018-05-14). 'Phil Ivey Wins Triton Poker Montenegro $250,000 HKD Short Deck Event'. cardplayer.com. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
- ^CardsChat Tournament News (2018-05-14). 'Phil Ivey Wins 'Short Deck' Poker Tournament in Montenegro for $605K'. Cardschat. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
- ^Rettmuller, Charles (10 June 2015). ''Six Plus Hold'em' Promoted by Tom Dwan and Phil Ivey'. PokerTube. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
- ^Weldon, Alex (2015-06-11). 'What the Heck is Six-Plus Hold'em?'. Part Time Poker. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
External links[edit]
Triton Short Deck Poker
- Six Plus Hold'em on PokerNews
- Beginners Tips on Sixplusholdem.com
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