- The game has launched for real money across many markets on the PokerStars international poker network, including the dot-com, dot-EU and UK clients.
- “Launching today for a limited time only, Split Hold’em splits the community cards into two separate boards dealt simultaneously, creating two flops, two turns and two rivers.”
- Games are started with the so-called “blind lobby”—there is no listing of tables; instead, players choose the stakes and hit a button to join a random seat at the most-full available table.
PokerStars has released a new cash game variant, Split Hold’em, for a limited time across its global online poker markets.
PRO first revealed that the global poker giant was readying to launch the new game on Monday and suggested that the format would likely be a take on Double Flop Hold’em, a game where two boards are dealt and the pot is split between the best hand of each board. Indeed, that is exactly how Split Hold’em is played.
“Launching today for a limited time only, Split Hold’em splits the community cards into two separate boards dealt simultaneously, creating two flops, two turns and two rivers,” a PokerStars spokesperson told PRO on Wednesday. “Classic strategies may well have to be reconsidered with the multitude of options and outcomes this new format presents.”
