Hart Race Hold 'Em

Hart Race Hold 'em is one of the more interesting casino games I've seen in a long time. For a bet, the player engages in a Texas Hold 'em tournament with a video representation of Kevin Hart. The good news is Kevin goes all in every hand. The bad news is he starts with twice as many chips.

The bottom line is a RTP of 98.23%.

For all the details, please see my page at WoO, linked to above.

Here is a video of me playing.



Demo game at Draft Kings.

The question for the poll is would you play Hart Race Hold 'em? (multiple votes allowed)

if I understand it right, the advice to bet or fold says if the smaller of the two stacks is that number, or lower, bet ... so it doesn't matter who's chips fit the bill, it's time to bet ... interesting

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if I understand it right, the advice to bet or fold says if the smaller of the two stacks is that number, or lower, bet ... so it doesn't matter who's chips fit the bill, it's time to bet ... interesting
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Yes. Let's look at ace-2 offsuit, for example. The table says 37/42 (with the 37 on top). That means if you're the small blind, bet if the smaller stick is 37 or less. If you're the big blind, then bet if the small stack is 42 or less.

Interesting also that you bet even 3,2 offsuit if you get him on his last legs, or, remarkably enough, you yourself are about gone

I enjoyed playing this and might play more. I wasn't a good candidate for enjoying the 'chatter', but did ... up until the point it's clear it will just repeat

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Interesting also that you bet even 3,2 offsuit if you get him on his last legs, or, remarkably enough, you yourself are about gone

I enjoyed playing this and might play more. I wasn't a good candidate for enjoying the 'chatter', but did ... up until the point it's clear it will just repeat
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It's proper tournament strategy (correct me if I'm wrong) to go all-in with anything if your stack is really small. Otherwise, the blinds eat you up.

I agree that the list of jokes is too short.

I consider my page on this game more or less done. As always, I welcome all comments and corrections.

Hart Race Hold 'em .

looks like 1.73% HE, but you state 1.77%

1.77 is what the game claims [0.9823 return upthread] I believe this means you are in slight disagreement?

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Quote: odiousgambit

if I understand it right, the advice to bet or fold says if the smaller of the two stacks is that number, or lower, bet ... so it doesn't matter who's chips fit the bill, it's time to bet ... interesting
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Yes. Let's look at ace-2 offsuit, for example. The table says 37/42 (with the 37 on top). That means if you're the small blind, bet if the smaller stick is 37 or less. If you're the big blind, then bet if the small stack is 42 or less.
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I played the game on a promotion, and it plays really slow for my taste. I won a tournament for $1280 and I hope no W-2G was issued.

There are a lot of moving parts to getting this EV correct. One nuance is that you cannot assume the player plays every Ax, so the probability of Kevin cracking your Aces full is not the same as the probability of you being dealt a boat that would end up getting beat. The same is true for quad deuces, too.

The Markov chain has a very small number of transitions, so I am going to assume a high probability that the strategy table is correct.

Played this non-sense game, it's not very profitable. In fact I lost 6 hands in a row with some questionable beats.

Get about 3 shit hands right away. 1st hand is 7-2 off, then 8-4 off, and 7-3 off, all were mucked.

Then I get a few playable hands. Lose with some Jack High and Queen High hands, fine it happens, then the real shady shit starts!

1) K-4 vs 'Kevin' with Q-6. I catch a 4 on the flop, no flush draws, river comes up a Queen! Sure fine...

2) K-8 vs 'Kevin with J-9. Flop comes up 6-6-4, another 4 on the turn... Ace on the river... Push... Riiiight.

3) A-K offsuit vs 'Kevin' with 3-4 off, Flop comes up 5 -6 7... Yea, definitely NOT rigged... Lol!


Only lost $30 or so, not a big deal. It's just the miracle Rivers and Amazing "luck" of the Kev Bot seems to be in full Kill mode.