2017 Cash Game Festival Malta

2017 Cash Game Festival Malta
Day: 2

Sviten Special Returns, Check Out How to Play

Michael Robinson
Michael Robinson

A €1/€1 Sviten Special table has just opened headlined by Betsafe Head of Poker Michael Robinson and Nordicbet Head of Poker Jostein Grødum. While the stakes may seem small, the game always plays much bigger with four-digit pots being common regardless of what the blind limits are.

Sviten Special is also known as drawmaha and has appeared at every Cash Game Festival. The game was invented in Sweden and incorporates both five-card draw and pot-limit Omaha in the same game.

The game begins with each player receiving five cards and a round of betting. A flop is dealt and players before there is another betting round.

Players are then allowed to exchange anywhere from zero to five cards. As a special rule, if one card is exchanged, the new card is face-up for all players to see. The person receiving the card can decide whether or not to keep it. If they exchange this card, the next one is face down and he or she must keep it.

The turn is dealt after the players have exchanged their cards, followed by a third betting round. The fourth and final betting round takes place after the river completes the board.

Half the pot is awarded to the player with the best five-card draw hand, while the other half of the pot goes to the player with the best Omaha hand.

If this doesn't explain it well enough, check out below Cash Game Festival regular Peter La Terra explain it with cards in the air.