The Essential Strategic Options When Playing Oasis Poker

Published: December 4, 2014

If you're a fan of Caribbean Stud, then you'll absolutely love Oasis Poker. This game adds a drawing feature to Caribbean Stud, but it can be a double-edged sword. While the draw round can add value to your experience, it can also cause your payout rate to drop in a very serious way if you aren't skillful with how you handle the draw. The main thing to consider here is that you have to pay a non-refundable fee of the same size as your ante for each card that you want to draw.

The first thing to consider is that with flush draws and open-ended straight draws, you're going to be given a chance for a nice payout with the ante bonus and a strong chance of beating the dealer when he qualifies in exchange for the fee for a single card. With that having been said, you'll really be in a lot of trouble if you ever draw for two or more cards because it's basically impossible to get over the initial disadvantage of giving up two or more bets that are the size of the ante.

In terms of strategy, you have to learn how to play the most difficult scenarios where you have both a pair and a draw and have to decide which one to go with. For example, if you have four to a flush with a pair with something like AJT774, then you'll have to decide to keep the 77 and not draw to anything or to discard the offsuit 7 and go for the draw. Take into consideration the dealer's up card and the size of your pair when you decide on this. For example, you'll be more likely to split the pair when the dealer's up card is higher than your pair and when it doesn't take up one of your outs for your flush draw.

For deciding between a pair and a straight draw, it's essentially the same thing. You should be more likely to break up your pair when the dealer's up card is higher than your pair and when it doesn't take up one of the cards that could make your hand. For example, if you had 67899 with no flush draw and the dealer had a jack, queen, king or ace, those would be good card to split up your pair on.