With the rapid expansion of land-based casino gaming across the U.S. over the past three decades, along with the global poker boom and online gaming explosion of the 2000s, more people have been exposed to gambling games than ever before. And with the great advancements in gambling knowledge and game strategy over this time period, more gamblers – millennials in particular – are more sophisticated and more knowledgeable about gambling than at any point in the history of mankind.
And yet, even as gamblers have continued to become more and more sophisticated about gambling, much of the casino table games pit has moved in the opposite direction, trending towards games which are often simplistic, and/or which require contrived strategies that even an expert poker player could not reason through. As a consequence, an entire class of modern gamblers is being underserved by the current casino offerings.
Enter High Variance Games™. |
High Variance Games™ is the braindchild of Jeff Hwang, a poker player and the best-selling author of Pot-Limit Omaha Poker: The Big Play Strategy and the three-volume Advanced Pot-Limit Omaha series. The company was formed to bring a new brand of gaming to the casino floor in the form of a range of games designed to meet the demands of the modern gambler.
Super Blackjack™ represents a complete re-imagining of blackjack, transforming blackjack from a relatively pedestrian hitting and standing game into an aggressive doubling and splitting game. Meanwhile, the poker lineup includes games built on a higher-action platform. This lineup ranges from the entry-level Three Card Stud Triple Draw™, which sets a new standard for action in a game with a single forced bet and a single 1x-3x betting round, while giving the player five cards to make a three-card hand while only giving the dealer four cards; Super Omaha Poker™, which takes flop action to a new level while eliminating the dealer qualifier; and Super Texas Hold'em™, the highest-action casino poker game ever devised with two progressively larger betting rounds.
The latest additions include a progression of Asian card games, starting with Super Pai Gow™, the high-action game that Pai Gow always wanted to be. In Super Pai Gow™, instead of pushing all of the time as in regular pai gow, the player shows a net win on pushes, and thus shows a net win on 57% of hands -- making Super Pai Gow™ the first casino game in which the player is a favorite to show a net win.
In July 2021, High Variance Games entered an agreement with Galaxy Gaming, Inc. to effectively market the entire HVG game portfolio for both live table and electronic use.
These are games for a more sophisticated gambler.
These are games played on the draw.
These are High Variance Games™.
Super Blackjack™ represents a complete re-imagining of blackjack, transforming blackjack from a relatively pedestrian hitting and standing game into an aggressive doubling and splitting game. Meanwhile, the poker lineup includes games built on a higher-action platform. This lineup ranges from the entry-level Three Card Stud Triple Draw™, which sets a new standard for action in a game with a single forced bet and a single 1x-3x betting round, while giving the player five cards to make a three-card hand while only giving the dealer four cards; Super Omaha Poker™, which takes flop action to a new level while eliminating the dealer qualifier; and Super Texas Hold'em™, the highest-action casino poker game ever devised with two progressively larger betting rounds.
The latest additions include a progression of Asian card games, starting with Super Pai Gow™, the high-action game that Pai Gow always wanted to be. In Super Pai Gow™, instead of pushing all of the time as in regular pai gow, the player shows a net win on pushes, and thus shows a net win on 57% of hands -- making Super Pai Gow™ the first casino game in which the player is a favorite to show a net win.
In July 2021, High Variance Games entered an agreement with Galaxy Gaming, Inc. to effectively market the entire HVG game portfolio for both live table and electronic use.
These are games for a more sophisticated gambler.
These are games played on the draw.
These are High Variance Games™.