- The concept of a stripped-decked Hold’em variant first surfaced in a video last year featuring Tom Dwan and Phil Ivey, who chose to appear in an “Asia Gaming Fans” YouTube video last June to promote the format.
- Pokerdom started spreading the format online last October.
- The 36-card game “creates more action as the chances of being dealt a premium hand increases.”
iPoker has announced that it spreading a new poker variant, Six Plus Hold’em, across its online poker network.
In Six Plus, the cards of deuce through five are removed. The hand rankings are also changed: A set beats a straight, and a flush beats a full house. A low straight can be made with A6789.