Betfair Exchange Games – Texas Hold ‘Em

I went into this game trying to decide upon a strategy I would use to guarantee consistent, small wins. My problem had been that online it’s quite obvious that casinos try their best to detect such slow-playing tactics and punish the player accordingly, despite the legality of actually just trying to win.

The idea behind this game is that there are four computer-controlled hands, which you can bet for or lay at any point in the game, from betting blind (even before pre-flop) right up until the last stage of betting before the river. Odds are given for each hand at each stage, and the same Texas Hold ‘Em rules apply.

I decided in no time that a nice way to work it would be to take advantage of the “lay” feature. If I could place a bet on all the hands at different points in the game when their odds were anything over 4.0 (i hate decimalised odds, but still) the outcome would not matter, I would win something.

Sounds perfect in theory and surely anyone with a basic grasp of numbers should be able to take advantage of this system. But after small, consistent wins, I began to realise the disadvantage of the system. It rides on the need to have all hands reaching odds of 4.0 at some stage in the round, and you can bet Betfair have worked it out to make sure one just doesn’t. I think, though, that this game does have a consistent system in it somewhere, so if you play it and find one let us know! I’ll continue to post my own advances here myself…