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Do you enjoy playing Texas Hold’em poker online, but fancy a little bit of a twist? Is fast-fold poker making your head spin? Are you selling yourself short playing short deck poker? Well, PokerStars has introduced two new hold’em variants that are perfect for you.

Today, PokerStars announced the launch of Tempest Hold’em and Deep Water Hold’em. Both are brand-new variants on the PokerStars platform that offer players new ways to enjoy playing Texas Hold’em online.

What Is Deep Water Poker?

Deep Water Hold’em is a new game that is played six-handed. Everything remains the same as Texas Hold’em except for the additional antes and the Giant Blind. The new Giant Blind is played Under the Gun and is twice the size of the big blind.

When it comes to antes, these increase every time a hand doesn’t go to showdown. So, for example, if you’re playing a hand with 10c antes but the hand doesn’t go to showdown, the ante will increase to 20c for the next hand. This continues until either the ante reaches four-times its initial amount or until a hand reaches showdown. At this point, the ante resets.

About Tempest Hold’em

Tempest Hold’em is PokerStars’ first foray into the world of Push or Fold poker. In this variant, players are only presented with two pre-flop options. You can either go all-in or fold. Checking and calling are not options.

There is also a cap on each hand. As such, players can onlybet 10 Giant Blinds per hand. There will be a wide range of buy-ins from 5Giant Blinds to 10 Giant Blinds.

“Whether you’re drawn to the strategic battling of Deep Water, the quick-fire action of PokerStars Tempest, or any other of your favourite poker games, our goal is to have something for you every time you open PokerStars and to get better with every hand you play,” reads a statement from PokerStars.

The introduction of these two new poker games follows PokerStars’ announcement that it is shutting down Power Up poker. The game was nearly two years in the making, but failed to make an impression on players, so PokerStars decided to shelve it.

Tempest and Deep Water Poker will only be available for a limited time, and they will initially be launched on the UK version of PokerStars only. As of yet, the company hasn’t announced how long the games will be around for and when they will be expanding into other online poker markets.

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Since the very first poker hand ever dealt, poker players have likely been complaining about the quality of their cards. Now, PokerStars is offering them the chance to do something besides simply moan about their poor luck.

With Swap Hold'em, PokerStars' latest game creation, players have the option to discard their hole cards — one or both — in favor of new ones.

According to Poker Industry PRO ($), Swap Hold'em is now available worldwide for both play and real money after initially being released for testing in the U.K.

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Mechanics of Swap Hold'em

Swap Hold'em looks like regular six-max hold'em, although PokerStars has released special table designs to play host to the game. Players buy in for up to 100 big blinds and post blinds as per usual.

Where things diverge is as soon as the first decision point comes up for each player. Along with regular betting and checking options, players can click one or both of their cards any time it's their turn. The selected cards will pop up, darken, and have a vague 'X' on them. A faded 'Swap' button will light up and give players the opportunity to swap out the selected card or cards.

Should the player elect to swap, the cards are thrown away and new ones delivered. A small graphic will appear next to the player's cards to indicate a swap occurred and how many were swapped.

'Like other new games we’ve introduced on PokerStars, this one presents players with new strategies, and dynamics never previously thought up'

Only one swap is allowed, so players can't swap one and then decide to swap the other at a later time. The swap can be executed at any time when action is on a player, with the only restriction being the option is lost when a player is all in.

If you've swapped, you can hover your mouse over the swap icon and see the old card or cards.

A similar ability was part of Power Up, Pokers' innovative esports-like offering that was retired last November.

'Like other new games we’ve introduced on PokerStars, this one presents players with new strategies, and dynamics never previously thought up,' wrote Stephen Bartley for PokerStarsBlog.

Indeed, strategic adjustments include when and which cards to swap, and an Omaha-like blocker effect where players can know up to four cards in the deck in order to help with decision-making.

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PokerStars released the following video showing the game in action:

Latest in PokerStars' Line of Novelty Games

Since PokerStars first rolled out a novelty format, Split Hold'em, in March 2018, the world's leading online poker operator has continued to churn out various games well outside the normal selection of poker offerings.

According to PRO, Swap Hold'em is the eighth such offering to go live, with most staying in the client for about two months.

6+ Hold'em and Tempest Hold'em have been the longest-lived, both having been released in 2019 and remaining in the client through the time of writing. As 6+ Hold'em has been in the client for more than a year, it seems it could be a permanent offering.

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