# Beat the House Hold'em — user reviews > 82 indexed App Store user reviews of Beat the House Hold'em by WMD Entertainment LLC, rated 4.50/5 from 6,094 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/beat-the-house-holdem/id1225979854/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/beat-the-house-holdem/id1225979854.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 4,739 · 4★ 626 · 3★ 317 · 2★ 119 · 1★ 293 ## What do users think of Beat the House Hold'em? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🎮 Realistic casino-style gameplay - 🏆 Great for beginners to practice - 🕹️ Quick and easy to play **Cons** - 🎲 Unrealistic dealer odds and card distribution - 💰 Incentive to buy more chips - 🤖 Dealer appears to be programmed to win often - 🚫 Inability to fold and still get bonus payouts **Commonly reported bugs** - Game freezes and requires restart - Bonus bets not paying out correctly **Most requested features** - Add landscape mode support - Implement a pairs bonus bet option - Allow adjustable bonus bet amounts - Improve payout frequency to match real-world casinos ## Newest reviews (15 of 82) ### 1/5 — Changed this to make it unusable *2024-01-14, version 3.0* Since the last update, my view does not rotate on my iPad, so makes it impossible to play the way I use my IPad for everything else. Have stopped playing. Will hope for a revision that makes it usable again. ### 2/5 — Hands seem to favor dealer *2024-01-06, version 3.0* It just seems to favor the dealer Examples Me - 10 10 10 A Q D 10 10 10 A K Me- straight to 8. D straight to 9 I’m sure there are games more “fair?” ### 1/5 — Hate New Version *2023-12-31, version 3.0* I’ve played this for years and loved it. Now the 3.0 version came out and I want the old version back. I hate the portrait mode with no option for landscape and the odds listing is gone. You lost me with this version. I’ll be looking for something else. ### 1/5 — Dec release horrible changes *2023-12-31, version 3.0* The game is not portrait vs landscape and watching ads are required for free chips. Deleting now. ### 1/5 — Not good any more *2023-12-30, version 3.0* Used to play this everyday. Now with the latest update you have to watch adds to collect any daily coins. I’m deleting it. ### 4/5 — Good app, needs landscape mode *2023-12-28, version 3.0* This is a very well-made app and the game is fun. I just wish that I could play it on landscape mode on my iPad so I don't have to be holding it up. ### 1/5 — Trash program *2023-11-20, version 2.3* Trash application that literally allows the computer to win 80% of the time. Just had the computer get pocket pair 5 hands in a row. Don’t waste your money or time downloading ### 1/5 — 'Crummy game *2023-11-13, version 2.3* Can’t win because they want you to buy more chips. ### 1/5 — Numbers too small *2023-10-02, version 2.3* Numbers are so small you can barely see them. Can’t you make the font larger??? ### 1/5 — Trash *2023-08-22, version 2.3* House wins 85% of the time against any random hand. ### 1/5 — SCAM *2023-08-13, version 2.3* I downloaded this app just to practice ultimate poker at casinos. I would give one star because it gave free chips after 2 hours. But other than that it’s stupid rigged to make you spend. I’m talking they have quad 4 while you have a straight rigged. Not a salty loser just don’t want people to spend money on this guy. Definitely better free poker apps. Would honestly give this app a 0 ### 3/5 — Not better since the break *2023-05-12, version 2.3* Not sure what happened, but was unable to buy chips for about 2 months. Now that I can buy chips again, seems there were some dubious changes to the algorithms. Far fewer bonus payouts than before, amazing odds for the dealer, and it seems that when I do get a great hand, the dealer doesn’t qualify. I understand it’s a game of wins and losses, but since your return, I only win about 25% of the time. That far worse odds than I’ve ever experienced in a casino. It’s too bad - I just won’t play this game as often. Update: Tried to give it another shot, but the payout frequency is not even close to payouts in actual casinos. The number of times the dealer ties my hands, or doesn’t qualify when I have a good hand, are ridiculously high. I’ve played this game for years in actual casinos, and this app has horrible payout frequency. Also, they need to change it so that we can fold the hand, but still get paid for any bonus we have in the hand we wish to fold. That’s how it’s done in actual casinos. If there’s a future update, it would be nice to see pairs bonus bet option - some versions in casinos have it and some don’t. This is a bet on a player’s two cards only: - pair of aces: 30-1 - ace/face suited: 20-1 - ace/face not suited: 10-1 - any pair besides aces: 5-1 Looking forward hopefully to improvements! ### 1/5 — Trash *2023-03-20, version 2.3* Game is rigged and you loose 4 out of five hands with high card. Doesn’t even give you an opportunity to make money. Just a scam so you spend money to get more chips. Don’t waste your time! ### 3/5 — Not better since the break *2023-01-16, version 2.3* Not sure what happened, but was unable to buy chips for about 2 months. Now that I can buy chips again, seems there were some dubious changes to the algorithms. Far fewer bonus payouts than before, amazing odds for the dealer, and it seems that when I do get a great hand, the dealer doesn’t qualify. I understand it’s a game of wins and losses, but since your return, I only win about 25% of the time. That far worse odds than I’ve ever experienced in a casino. It’s too bad - I just won’t play this game as often. ### 2/5 — Dealer hold cards are stacked *2022-09-30, version 2.3* I love playing this game live and not that this game is awful, it is not, but the hold cards for the house/dealer are ridiculous! Certainly not using any kind of real formula/algorithm to calculate what the dealer should really get. The deck is definitely stacked. It’s almost as if the holo cards change to win nearly every time! That doesn’t happen in a live game. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — game sucks now *2026-01-16, version 3.4.1* you win about 1 out of every 5 hands. used to be a good game until an update. can’t win now ### 1/5 — RNG not so random *2025-05-05, version 3.4.1* This game does not simulate real world play. The random number generator is not random. After playing about 100 hands, you will see patterns emerge. Like pocket aces will lose to a dealer’s dirty diaper 90% of the time. QJ will always lose if you 4 bet. Etc. etc. the game knows what you have and will drop a dealer match card on the river almost always. Don’t call at the end unless you have the nuts. The game makes you watch ads to get chips and its goal is to take your chips so you watch more ads. Even the ads are infuriating, pregnant housewives making thousands of dollars a week playing online slots for real money. The LAST thing a pregnant housewife needs is to gamble her unborn baby’s future away before she even delivers it. Shameful. The interface is good but more side bets could be added. A Bad Beat bonus should be there, but if it was, you would always win because almost every hand is a bad beat. ### 1/5 — Rigged to make you watch ads for chips. *2025-01-25, version 3.4.1* Dealer wins most hands. Odds are terrible and it’s more than obviously rigged. Do not bother ### 1/5 — Good time killer *2024-08-29, version 3.4.1* The more $$ you bet , the less you win. $5 is pretty even win / lose. Anything higher, and its pretty much zero win. Ex. got a pair, deal has 3 of a kind, got 3 of a kind, dealer has a straight … EVERY TIME !! ### 1/5 — Rigged *2024-08-27, version 3.4.1* Dealer always gets a straight ### 1/5 — Rigged *2024-07-08, version 3.1* As others have noted, they have an incentive for you to buy more chips. After getting you hooked, they clearly rig the game. In ultimate Texas hold em, the dealer has a slight advantage (52% or so) if you play right. At first I thought I was imagining things but I kept track and it became mathematically impossible. In fact, they seemed to make the math work against you. If you start playing it right— I.e. going 4X when you have a king and an ace or pocket kings— it works against you. When there’s nothing on the table, and you have a high card (say ace) they always have a pair. If you get a straight, they have a higher straight or a flush. If you do win, dealer doesn’t have a pair so you don’t get your bet back. Just too many coincidences. ### 1/5 — Dealer wins *2024-06-06, version 3.1* Dealer wins most of the time. I always lose when max betting fix your greedy algorithm. Over all annoying especially with all the ads. ### 1/5 — Used to be fun *2024-04-16, version 3.1* Used to be able to get 500 free chips every 2 hours. Then the update added watching ads to get it. Bought the ad free option and they still make you watch videos to get chips. Wish I could roll back to the old version. ### 1/5 — Cheaters *2024-03-18, version 3.0* It’s unbelievable, you can’t win even with Quads , dealers wins with higher hand . Don’t spend your money. It’s 100% cheating ### 1/5 — Bring back old version *2024-03-17, version 3.0* New version is bad bad BAD ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Thanks for update *2024-08-27, version 3.4.1* Thank you devs for keeping this game alive and updating the graphics! Looks much crisper now. ### 5/5 — Poker *2023-08-12, version 2.3* Fun ### 5/5 — No bothersome ads, but not as fun as multiplayer table *2023-03-11, version 2.3* Simple Hold’em. Easiest free chips ### 5/5 — 4 straights and a full house *2022-05-15, version 2.3* Dealer gets amazing hands left and right. Love this game but after playing it a few days and the same thing over and over. I played this in multiple casinos and it doesn’t happen like this, and to have it like every hand is crazy. ### 5/5 — Real thing *2022-04-02, version 2.3* Like playing at the casinos. ### 5/5 — Lots of fun *2019-03-23, version 2.2* Great for beginners and easy to figure out. Have another hold-em game but it’s too scary to start. This will ease me in. Thanks. 👍 ### 5/5 — iPhone X *2018-08-24, version 2.2* Awesome app if you like Texas Holden. Casino version. It now the tables are holdem with bonus. Also. Exit issues with new iPhone. But great game ### 5/5 — Good *2017-12-09, version 2.2* The only difference is that flush has to pay 3:2 on blind bet...(not 2 to 1) please fix it and thanks a lot. ### 4/5 — Problematic *2025-01-16, version 3.4.1* The game doesn’t seem to reflect actual real life chances, specifically the cards. I downloaded it and played <30min realizing that the dealer won on flushes even a royal flush once, 6 times! To add to the questionably odds, I also noticed that my hand including the first three cards, seemed to always have three consecutive cards, every time as one would then start chasing the straight. Nope. Even when handed the statistically best poker hands, you will lose to a flush. ### 4/5 — Great but could be better *2024-02-04, version 3.0* I love ultimate hold em, and I typically don’t write reviews but this game has frustrated me very much. I love the portrait style and quick game play ability. But I hate the ads that pop up and the inability to close them out even when given the option. I would happily pay to get rid of ads but unfortunately that isn’t an option. I wish there was TRIPS bet but I can understand that the bet changes from place to place. Another thing is the push feature. If I Get a pair but have the high care we push. But if I get a pair and the dealer has high card, I lose. The game is great, but I feel like it misses those few things that could make it better. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-29.*