Ultimate Texas Hold'Em

As documented on wizardofodds.com this game has one of the lower house edges for carnival games and I was wondering if at all or how would the house edge be effected if the dealer was required to place fictitious bets commensurate with optimal play strategy.

For example if the dealer was dealt a pocket pair then she would place a fictitious bet for 4x her ante. Now the player would be able to decide to either fold or bet depending upon his own evaluation of his hand.

Thanks in advance for the comments.

Would be quite easy to evaluate the dealer's hand since they would have to have strict rules to decide when to raise or fold. It would make it much more like regular poker.

Would be tough to implement. Dealer plays either totally blind or totally double expoure. Can't imaging dealer peeking on a poker-based carnival game.

Quote: teddys

Would be quite easy to evaluate the dealer's hand since they would have to have strict rules to decide when to raise or fold. It would make it much more like regular poker.

No it wouldn't.


The only way to implement it would be if a computer scanned the dealer's cards and community cards, and had an indicator telling the dealer to raise or not, etc.

That way, the computer can be programmed make occasional bluffs, and the dealer would not be able to have any tells.

THEN it would be more like real poker.


Of course, then the proverbial "computer cheating" can of worms would open.....

Wasnt the game Dealer Bluff kind of like this?

Quote: NicksGamingStuff

Wasnt the game Dealer Bluff kind of like this?

Yes, it is kind of like this: Dealer Bluff

Dealer Bluff is a new poker-based variant I noticed at the Wynn on September 25, 2009. It has since been removed. What sets Dealer Bluff apart from all other poker variants to date is that the dealer makes the first move and the player reacts to what the dealer does. To prevent cheating or reading the dealer's face, this is done with the aid of an electronic card reader, which determines how much the dealer bets.

I'm told there is another version of this game played in California. The outstanding site Discount Gambling has a very good page on the California version, as found at the Pala casino. This page applies to the Nevada rules.

Rules

Player makes equal Ante and Blind bets. The player may also make an optional Aces Up side wager.
The dealer gives six cards each to the player and dealer. The dealer's cards are dealt face down.
Using a card reader, and the random number-based strategy indicated below, game signage will indicate whether the dealer wishes to raise. The raise will either be equal to the ante, double the ante, or triple the ante.
The player may either fold, call or raise. If the player folds, then he loses his Ante and Blind wagers. If the player calls, then he should make an additional Play wager equal to the dealer's raise. If the player raises, then he should make an additional Play wager equal to two times the dealer's raise.
If the player calls or raises, then the player and dealer hands will be turned over. Both will make the best five-card poker hand out of his six cards.
If the dealer has less than a pair, then the Ante wager is a push.
If the player beats the dealer, then the Ante and Play bets pay even money and the Blind bet pays according to the pay table below.
If the dealer beats the player, then the Ante, Play, and Blind bets lose.
In the unlikely event of a tie, the Ante, Play, and Blind bets push.
The Aces Up bet shall pay according the player's hand only. The Aces Up pay table is below.