how to play pacific hold'em poker

Pacific Hold'em Poker is fun and easy to play - even for poker novices! If your best five-card hand beats your opponent's hand on screen, you win!

Ask your retailer for a ticket or fill out a selection slip. Mark how many $2 plays you want. You can play up to five draws with the option of playing up to five hands per draw. Each draw and hand will be printed on a separate ticket featuring a unique pair of cards.

Pacific Hold'em Poker can be played daily with the first draw starting at 11:06 a.m. and ending with the last draw at 2:06 a.m.

Find out more in the demo below.

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What Can I Win?

Beat the Table and you win!

If your best five-card hand Beats the Table (beats all four opponents' hands on the screen), you win a share of the prize pot for every $2 you bet.
If no ticket holder Beats the Table, all the ticket holders with the next best hand win or share the prize pot for every $2 they bet.
The number of players participating in a particular draw will determine the amount of that prize pot.
A tie is considered a loss.

Win the Bad Beat!

You could win the Bad Beat Jackpot if:

You have a Straight Flush or 4-of-a-Kind and you also did not beat the top opponent’s hand.
You must use your best possible five-card hand and it must be stronger than just the five community cards alone (your pocket card cannot be used to create your best five-card hand in place of the equivalent card from the community cards).
Your hand must contain at least one of your pocket cards (from your ticket) and the top opponent’s best five-card hand must also contain at least one of the opponent’s “pocket” cards (for a situation where a player would qualify to exist).
Also, if multiple players’ hands qualify, only the best Bad Beat hand will be awarded the jackpot. In the event of a tie, the jackpot is shared.
The Bad Beat Jackpot, if won, is split equally by the number of winning shares of the total jackpot.

Prize Structure

Bet Share of Prize Pot or Jackpot
$2 bet 1 share
$4 bet 2 share
$6 bet 3 share
$8 bet 4 share
$10 bet 5 share

Odds (approximate)

Prize Category Odds
Beat the Table 1:5.33
Best Hand in Province* 1:763.40
Bad Beat Jackpot 1:31,719.44
Any Prize 1:5.29

*When no ticket holder can Beat the Table, the prize is won or shared by the ticket holders with the best hand.

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