Two hands per seat
Every player has two antes in action each round, so a full table plays like a busier one.
The patented Hold’em table game
Two hands.One board.Beat the dealer.
You get four hole cards. Split them into two Hold’em hands and play both against a single dealer — twice the action, without slowing the pit.
- 3 U.S. patents
- WSGC certified
- 4 live casinos
How to play
Five steps. Two shots at the dealer.
If you know Texas Hold’em, you already know 90% of the game. The new part is the split.
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01
The ante
Place two equal bets in the Hand 1 and Hand 2 ante circles.
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The deal
You get four hole cards face-down. The dealer gets three. The flop — three community cards — is dealt face-up.
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03
Arrange your hands
The strategy phase: split your four hole cards into two separate two-card hands.
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04
Check or raise
Check or raise 2× the ante on each hand, independently.
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05
The showdown
Turn and river are revealed. Each of your hands plays against the dealer’s best five-card hand on its own.
Try the split
Tap two cards for Hand 1.
Dealer
Board
Your four cards
Hand 1
Hand 2
Demo only. Dealer plays the best hand using up to two of their three hole cards. Ties push.
Proprietary side bets
More ways to get paid.
Four optional side bets built for the two-hand format. Paytables vary by jurisdiction — ask your dealer or the pit.
Flounder 4
Nessie 9- 888888 Flop Bonus
- ♣♦Community Bonus
2 Hand Hold’em for iPhone
The casino table, in your pocket.
The official app. Free to play, no account needed, and it deals the same rules you’ll find on the casino floor.
- 50,000 welcome chips to start, plus free chips every day
- Daily Split — one new puzzle hand every day
- Arcade — a 60-second sprint to win as many hands as you can
- 8 table themes to unlock as you level up
- Game Center leaderboards and achievements
- Share your best hands as a GIF or video clip
Intended for an adult audience (17+) for amusement purposes only. 2 Hand Hold’em does not offer real-money gambling or an opportunity to win real money or physical prizes.
Find a table
Live on the floor.
Certified by the Washington State Gambling Commission. Debuted at Great American Casino Tukwila. Now dealing at:
Table availability changes. Call ahead to confirm the game is spreading. Want it at your local room? Tell us where.
For casinos & card rooms
A Hold’em game players already understand — with twice the decisions.
No learning curve
Standard Texas Hold’em hand rankings and one 52-card deck. The only new idea is the split, and players get it in one hand.
Keeps the pit moving
One dealer board, one showdown. Two hands play simultaneously without adding a second round of dealing.
Proven and approved
Certified by the Washington State Gambling Commission and dealing live in Nevada, California, Texas, and Washington.
Protected IP
Covered by three U.S. patents, with proprietary side bets. Assignee: 2 HH, LLC.
Ready-made audience
Players can learn the game free on iPhone and desktop before they sit down at your table.
Bring 2 Hand Hold’em to your floor.
Licensing, layouts, dealer training, and paytables — we’ll walk you through it.
About
Invented by a world champion.
2 Hand Hold’em was created by Wayne “D22-soso” Chiang — StarCraft: Brood War world champion, WSOP Talent Manager, and co-author of Betting On Yourself: Winning in Business, Poker, and AI.
The idea started in 2015 with a simple question: what if you could play two Hold’em hands at once against the same dealer board? A decade later it’s a patented, regulator-approved table game, a desktop game, and an iPhone app.
More about Wayne at d22soso.com →Intellectual property
- 2 Hand Hold’em™
- U.S. Pat. Nos. 11,117,045, 11,731,032, 12,005,342
- Badugi Chase™
- U.S. Pat. Nos. 11,810,421, 12,131,608; App. 2023/0419777
- Assignee
- 2 HH, LLC
Also from 2 HH, LLC: Badugi Chase™ — three cards, then the Chase: pick one community card to finish a four-card Badugi.