{"id":6905,"date":"2018-05-23T14:53:30","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T14:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/?p=6905"},"modified":"2018-05-23T15:53:52","modified_gmt":"2018-05-23T15:53:52","slug":"short-deck-poker-a-new-high-stakes-fad-or-here-to-stay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/short-deck-poker-a-new-high-stakes-fad-or-here-to-stay\/","title":{"rendered":"Short Deck Poker: A New High-Stakes Fad Or Here To Stay?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Phil Ivey\u2019s<\/strong> return to the winner\u2019s circle last week in Montenegro in the <strong>Triton Super High Roller Series<\/strong> came in a new form of poker for most viewers. <strong>Short Deck poker<\/strong> first entered the vernacular in 2017 when cash games in Macau introduced the format at the behest of businessmen looking for more action.<\/p>\n<p>All 16 cards from deuces through fives are removed, thus creating more playable hands. The Triton series offered two events with the format that were live streamed on <strong>Twitch<\/strong> as a global audience soaked in the game, most for the first time.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"aside_from_the_cards_what_makes_short_deck_different\">Aside from the cards, what makes Short Deck different?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The increased activity in Short Deck is based on the amount of playable hands dealt to each player on a per round basis. The math in Short Deck changes the hand rankings which creates a new dynamic for all involved.<\/p>\n<p>As <strong>Tom Dwan<\/strong> stated on the Twitch live stream, flushes are worth more than full houses in Short Deck. This is an alteration that Dwan said was inputted only a few months ago.<\/p>\n<p>Similar to Pot-Limit Omaha, hand strengths are closer together in Short Deck than in standard No-Limit Hold\u2019em.<\/p>\n<p>In a release written last year for <em>paulphaupoker.com<\/em>, Ivey said, \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of gambling involved. The equities run pretty close, so it\u2019s pretty easy to get your money in the middle and be 50\/50 or somewhere near that. It suits a more gambling style of player.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"usp-table cta\">\n<div class=\"sr-header\">\n<p>New Players Get A Free Bonus At WSOP.com NJ<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"usp-list\">\n<li>\n<ul class=\"usp-item\">\n<li class=\"usp-logo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uspoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/wsop648-169-300x78.png\" alt=\"wsop648-169\" width=\"130\" height=\"34\" \/>Visit WSOP NJ\n<p>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li class=\"usp-bonus\">$10 No Deposit100% to $400 With Deposit<\/li>\n<li class=\"usp-details\">WSOP NJ ReviewOverall Grade A-\n<ul class=\"usp-item-checklist-alt\">\n<li><i class=\"fa fa-check\"><\/i>Games B+<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"fa fa-check\"><\/i>Support B<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"fa fa-check\"><\/i>Banking A-<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"fa fa-check\"><\/i>Player Value A<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"usp-button\">PLAY NOW<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span id=\"triton_customers_prefer_short_deck\">Triton customers prefer Short Deck<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Triton Super High Roller Series included cash games with blinds as high as \u20ac2,000\/\u20ac4,000 and four tournaments. Two of the four tournaments were Short Deck.<\/p>\n<p>Ivey won the HKD$250,000 ($31,848) preliminary event that brought in 61 entrants for $604,992, defeating <strong>Daniel Cates<\/strong> heads up.<\/p>\n<p>The second Short Deck event accumulated more entrants than the Triton Main Event. Both tournaments were an HKD$1 million ($127,391) buy-in and there was a discrepancy between the two.<\/p>\n<p>The standard No-Limit Hold\u2019em Main Event drew 63 runners with <strong>Super High Roller Bowl<\/strong> entrant <strong>Mikita Bodyakovskiy<\/strong> coming out on top. Starting the same day as the conclusion of the Main Event, the Short Deck post-lim\u00a0amassed 103 players and put a whopping $12.3 million in the prize pool.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jason Koon<\/strong> started his summer off with a bang, as he took home the $3.6 million first-place prize. Other players to make the final table included a mix of professionals and businessman. Ivey, <strong>Winfred Yu<\/strong>, <strong>Peter Jetten<\/strong>, <strong>Paul Phau<\/strong>, and bracelet winner <strong>Dr. Sean Dempsey<\/strong> were among them.<\/p>\n<p>The popularity of Short Deck among high rollers could soon trickle into card rooms across the United States. Big blind ante and shot clocks derived from the highest of buy-ins and it will be interesting to see if Short Deck joins them.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"railbirds_clamor_for_more\">Railbirds clamor for more<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Dwan\u2019s familiarity with Short Deck led him to refer to No-Limit Hold\u2019em as \u201cLong Deck.\u201d The #PokerTwitter crew fell in love with the verbiage\u00a0right away.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">lol <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregMerson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GregMerson<\/a> just texted me 2 mins ago &#8220;gotta refer to NL as long deck from now on&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christian Harder (@realcharder30) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realcharder30\/status\/996897180232441857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Perhaps the Big Bet mix that took <strong>ARIA<\/strong> by storm last summer has a new plaque in place for Short Deck? Stay tuned.<\/p>\n<p>ARIA\u2019s Sean McCormack noted that he and his team are working to potentially add Short Deck to their offering of tournaments this summer.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We already have the rules in our rule book. Reach out to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TDPaulCampbell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TDPaulCampbell<\/a> to see if we can fit on schedule. I\u2019d love to see this go.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sean McCormack (@ThePokerBoss) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThePokerBoss\/status\/997553207650889729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Triton Poker holds the proverbial trademark to Short Deck poker and already have plans to leverage the format in their next series. Coming to Korea starting on July 23 is the next Triton Super High Roller Series. Per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kevmath\/status\/998003005197881344\">Kevin Mathers\u2019 Twitter<\/a>, Phau noted that the schedule consists of four Short Deck events and two Long Deck.<\/p>\n<p>Pot-Limit Omaha\u2019s growth is at a new peak with casinos across the United States offering the game at the $1\/$2 level. Should Short Deck continue to increase in popularity, it may not be too long before it too is the new \u201cit\u201d game for players at all levels.<\/p>\n<p>The post Short Deck Poker: A New High-Stakes Fad Or Here To Stay? appeared first on .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phil Ivey\u2019s return to the winner\u2019s circle last week in Montenegro in the Triton Super [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","vebbtech_seo_disable_yoast":false,"vebbtech_seo_hide_author":false,"vebbtech_seo_hide_date":false,"vebbtech_seo_hide_factchecker":false,"vebbtech_seo_fact_check_enabled":false,"vebbtech_seo_post_reviewer":0,"vebbtech_seo_post_review_date":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6905","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-link","6":"category-news-category","7":"post_format-post-format-link"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Short Deck Poker: A New High-Stakes Fad Or Here To Stay? 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