Oasis Poker

 

Introduction

Oasis Poker is a variation of Caribbean Stud Poker that permits discards for a fee. I've only seen the game with Net Entertainment, VueTec, and Gale Wind softwares. The game's low house edge makes it a useful option when blackjack and multi-hand video poker are not available.

Oasis Poker is a game, played against the Dealer. You have an option to exchange cards before deciding whether to raise or hold.

Objectives

The Oasis Poker goal is to beat the Dealer’s hand. Both player and Dealer receive five cards at the first deal. All player’s cards are faced-up. One Dealer’s card is also faced-up and can be seen by players. There are no community cards. Before raising a bet, you are able to exchange cards. You might change one or few cards (exchange of all five cards is also optional). Exchange costs money. The person with the highest hand wins the game. The poker hand is standard and consists of player’s own cards. The hands comparison between player and Dealer, for determining winner, is made at the end of the game.

How to Play Oasis Poker

Oasis Poker is played with a progressive jackpot, which means the jackpot increases as the game is played and no winner is determined. At the start of each hand, players must place their ante on the specified spot on the playing surface. All bets must be placed before the dealer announces ‘no more bets’ and players will also have the option to place a bonus side bet, which is contributed to the progressive jackpot.

The player and dealer are both dealt five cards each. All cards are dealt face down, except one card that the dealer will turn over. The dealer then pushes the cards towards the player, at which point the player is able to examine his or her own cards. Multiple players can be at one table playing against the house and players are not allowed to share information regarding what cards they have, to prevent them from gaining an unfair advantage.

This is the point at which Oasis Poker differs from Caribbean Poker. Players can now choose to switch one card of his or her choice from their hand for the next card in the 52-card deck. In order to do this players must pay a fee that is equal to the ante wager. The fee is non-refundable. Players can swap more cards but the price for switching increases with the number of cards switched. The cost of swapping cards is as follows: One card is 1x the Ante; Two cards is 2x the Ante; Three cards 3x the Ante; Four cards: 2x the Ante; and Five cards is 1x the Ante. If the player chooses to switch all five cards, then they must raise.

From there players have the option to either play or fold. In the event that a player does fold, they forfeit their cards, ante bet, and side bet. If a player chooses to play then her or she must raise by placing a wager twice the amount of the ante. At this point the dealer will turn over their remaining four cards. 바카라사이트 In order for the dealer to play their hand must contain both an ace and a king or form a pair or any higher-ranked poker hand.

The dealer will compare his five-card hand to the players at the table, starting with the player farthest to his right. In the event the dealer does not qualify then the player will win even money on their ante wager and the raise will push. Any player who beats the dealer’s qualified hand, wins the raise wager and the ante. If they lose, then they lose both of these bets. If the player and dealer tie then the ante and raise will push. The bonus bet is won based on the poker value of the player’s original hand.

Rules

1. The player makes an ante wager plus optional side bonus side bet.
2. Player and the dealer get five cards each. All cards are dealt face down, except one dealer card is exposed. The player may examine his own cards but sharing of information is not allowed.
3. The player has the option to switch one card of his choice for the next card in the deck. There is a fee to do this, equal to the ante wager. This fee is non-refundable.
4. The player may switch one of more cards. The price for switching depends on the number of cards switched, as follows:
   • One card: 1x the Ante.
   • Two cards: 2x the Ante.
   • Three cards: 3x the Ante.
   • Four cards: 2x the Ante.
   • Five cards: 1x the Ante.
   
   
5. If the player switches all five cards, then he must raise.
6. The player may either fold or raise.
7. If player folds, then he forfeits his cards, ante bet, and side bet (if made).
8. If player raises, then he must make a raise wager exactly equal to twice the ante.
9. The dealer will turn over his other four cards.
10. The dealer must have an ace/king or higher to qualify. In other words, the lowest qualifying hand would be ace,king,4,3,2.
11. If the dealer does not qualify then the player will win even money on his ante wager and the raise will push.
12. If the dealer qualifies and beats the player both ante and raise will lose.
13. If the dealer qualifies and loses to the player then the ante will pay even money and the raise according to the Raise Pay Table below. Other pay tables have been known to exist.
14. If the player and dealer tie then both the ante and raise will push.
15. The bonus bet win will be entirely based on the poker value of the player's original hand.

Strategy

The written guidelines below should give the correct decision for all but close call hands. For optimal strategy on close call hands, you can use the Oasis Poker Strategy Calculator.

Unlike video poker, the player should rarely discard due the high cost of a replacement card. The key situations in which the player should discard are:

1. Four to a straight flush & royal flush, without pat straight or flush

2. Four to a flush, without pair*

3. Four to an outside straight (2 ways to form straight, such as 4567), without pair*

*The discard strategy can be improved slightly by also discarding on...
-Four to a flush with a 22 to 66 pair when the dealer's up card is a greater rank than the pair

-Four to an outside straight with a 22 to 33 pair when the dealer's up card is a greater rank than all cards in the straight

-Four to an inside straight without pair when the high card of the straight is 10 or greater, and the dealer's up card is lesser rank than all cards in the straight

After the discards, strategy for raise and fold decisions is approximately the same as Caribbean Stud Poker. The simple strategy of raising with a Ace/King/Jack/8/3 or better results in a house edge ~0.1% from optimal. Wizard of Odds offers the following strategy to further improve results to ~0.001% from optimal.

Always raise with a pair or higher, fold with less than ace/king, and raise on ace/king if any of the following three rules apply:

1. Raise if the dealer's card is a 2 through queen and matches one of yours.

2. Raise if the dealer's card is an ace or king and you have a queen or jack in your hand.

3. Raise if the dealer's rank does not match any of yours and you have a queen in your hand and the dealer's card is less than your fourth highest card.

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