A mathematical approach to ranking short deck poker hands

The number of starting hands you'll play goes way up in SDHE as well Since Short Deck Hold'em is still a relatively new poker variant,

Each player is dealt 2 hole cards from a short deck of 36 total cards A round of betting occurs Starting with the first player clockwise left of the dealer,

short slot Bart Hanson describes some of the strategic adjustments required to play Short Deck NLHE

short deck poker rules You will see immediately the winning hands are generally better in Short Deck compared to Long Deck due to the number of ranks being compressed