Adrenaline junkies and Phil Hellmuth fans must be rejoicing, as the wildest variant of Texas Hold’em will be available on the Cereus network’s sites Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker. The Seven-Deuce tables should start operating at 5:00pm ET on Sunday, August 2nd.
Seven-Deuce is essentially a prop-bet that took hold of the Hold’em psyche – trying to win a hand with 7-2 as hole cards, the worst hand in the book. The innovative tables at sister sites Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet will have every player contribute a side bet between 1.5 and 2x the big blind (depending on the size of the table;) this side bet will be paid out to the player who wins a hand holding the infamous 7-2.
Ultimate Bet spokesman and pro Phil Hellmuth is a fan of this Hold’em variant, and he enthused about the effects it may have on online play: “The 7-2 side pot adds an adrenaline-pumping element to Hold’em that you need to experience to believe. I once bluffed Mike Matusow off of two kings with 7-2 as my hole cards. Everyone at the table was floored, but I was on top of the world after collecting $500 a man for pulling it off with the worst hand in poker. Now this awesome side pot game is available online at Ultimate Bet, and Hold’em will never be the same again.”