Double Flop Hold'em Poker

Double Flop Hold'em Overview

Double Flop Hold’em is an interesting variant on Texas Hold’em and it is played with several variations depending upon the players. The thing that remains the same throughout all the variants of Double Flop Hold’em is that there are two sets of community cards dealt at the same time.

Double Flop Hold’em poker, like regular Texas Hold’em is a game suitable for 2-8 players, and uses a single deck.

Double Flop Hold'em Rules

Play for Double Flop Hold’em begins just like play for regular Texas Hold’em. The player left of the dealer places the small blind. The player left of the small blind places the large blind, and then each player receives two hole cards. There is round of betting, beginning with the player left of the big blind. During each round of betting, players can choose to call the current bet to stay in, raise the bet higher, or fold. When a player folds, they stop adding money to the pot, and quit the round, losing all money they have wagered so far.

The difference is at this point. Instead of the flop, where three community cards are dealt, two sets of three community cards are dealt to the center of the table. The two cannot be combined in any way. After a round of betting, beginning from the small blind, each set of community cards receives the fourth, the turn. After the turn, there is another round of betting, and then the fifth card, the river is dealt to each of the two sets of community cards. After the river, there is a final round of betting, and then a showdown, where each player shows his or her cards.

At this point, different places have different variations on Double-Flop Hold’em.

• Some places allow players to build a hand with one of the two sets of community cards, and the winner is the player who has the best hand overall.
• Other places allow players to build a hand using each of the two sets of community cards, and then the better hand for each set of community cards wins half of the pot.
• A third variant allows players to build a hand using each of the two sets of community cards, but the winner is the best hand overall, and the pot is not split.