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Split Poker Room Information Split has a total of 6 poker tables spread across 3 poker rooms. You can play a number of poker games, including Texas Hold'em, NL Texas Hold'em, Tournaments.

In poker it is sometimes necessary to split, or divide the pot among two or more players rather than awarding it all to a single player. This can happen because of ties, and also by playing intentional split-pot poker variants (the most typical of these is high-low split poker, where the high hand and low hand split the pot).

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To split a pot, one player uses both hands to take the chips from the pot and make stacks, placing them side by side to compare height (and therefore value). Equal stacks are placed aside. If there is more than one denomination of chip in the pot, the largest value chip is done first, and then progressively smaller value chips. If there is an odd number of larger chips, smaller chips from the pot can be used to equalize stacks or make change as necessary. Pots are always split down to the lowest denomination of chip used in the game. Three-way ties or further splits can also be done this way.

After fully dividing a pot, there may be a single odd lowest-denomination chip remaining (or two odd chips if splitting three ways, etc.). Odd chips can be awarded in several ways, agreed upon before the beginning of the game. The following rules are common:

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• If playing a high-low split game and dividing a pot between the high and low hands, always award the odd chip to the high hand.
• If splitting a pot because of tied hands, award the odd chip to the hand that contains the highest-ranking single card, using suits to break ties if necessary (clubs ranking the lowest, followed by diamonds, hearts, and spades as in bridge).
• (Variation) Between tied hands, award the odd chip to the first player in clockwise rotation from the dealer. (Note that in a casino stud game with a house dealer and no button this gives an unfair advantage to players on the dealer's left, so the high card by suit method is preferred).
• (Variation) Leave the odd chip as an extra ante for the next deal. This is common in home games.

Sometimes it is necessary to further split a half pot into quarters, or even smaller portions. This is especially common in community card high-low split games such as Omaha hold'em, where one player has the high hand and two or more players have tied low hands. Unfortunate players receiving such a fractional pot call it being quartered. When this happens, an exception to the odd chip rules above can be made: if the high hand wins its half of the pot alone, and the low half is going to be quartered, the odd chip (if any) from the first split should be placed in the low half, rather than being awarded to the high hand.

Split Hold'em, a new cash game format that will give players thrilling moments, some fun decisions, and all while exploring a whole new strategy.

Split hold'em is an example of the new variants we've been working on at PokerStars. We think they provide engaging challenges and opportunities for players to test their wits in a fresh format that is new for everybody.

Split Hold'em will be immediately familiar to No Limit Hold'em players, with one single powerful twist-- two Flops, two Turns, two Rivers, and two halves of the pot to win. If the hand goes to showdown you must make the best hand on both boards to win the whole pot.

Also noteworthy is that, for the first time, we will be using the Seat Me system on our global liquidity player pool.

This means that when taking your seat at a Split Hold'em table, instead of manually choosing a table and a seat, you will simply choose the stake that you want to play. If a seat is not immediately available, you will be placed on a waiting list. For more information on Seat Me check out this blog post.

Split Hold'em has already provoked a lot of internal discussion around the best strategy, so we can't wait to see how players adapt. You may know how to play 88 and AQ - but what about when you have two boards to consider? The game will not be a permanent addition to the PokerStars offering so play while you can.

Dan Price, Ring Games Manager