The object of Ultimate Texas Hold’em is to recognize when you hold a hand that is likely to form a better poker hand than the dealer’s. Instead, look for them in the pit, alongside the Three Card Poker and Blackjack tables. ShuffleMaster was later acquired by Bally Technologies, which was later purchased by Scientific Games.Īs with Three Card Poker, you won’t usually find the UTH tables in the poker room. As with Three Card Poker, ShuffleMaster created specialized shuffling and dealing machines customized for UTH. UTH was originally developed by Roger Snow of ShuffleMaster, a manufacturer of card shuffling equipment. Like Three Card Poker, Ultimate Texas Hold’em is a proprietary game owned and licensed by Scientific Games. Introduced during the height of the 2000s poker craze, Ultimate Texas Hold’em is a more approachable game for players that may be intimidated by the more confrontational style of betting found in traditional poker games.

Two to eight people (including the dealer) can play. Ultimate Texas Hold’em, often abbreviated as UTH, is an adaptation of Texas Hold’em to the player-versus-the-house format of casino table games.