There’s a new game at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino: Texas Hold ’em Bonus poker.

“It’s another version of playing poker, and it’s something different,” said Joe Giaimo, the Seminoles’ regional vice president of table games. The game started April 1.

Instead of players facing each other, they go against a house (dealer) hand.

They ante a minimum of $10 to a maximum of $500 and get two cards, face-down. So does the dealer.

To see the flop, players must bet twice their ante. They then have the option of betting their ante amount on the turn and the river — so players who anted the minimum $10 have anywhere from $30 to $50 up against the dealer.

The dealer reveals his cards, and the best hand wins.

Players who win with a flush or better get paid the amount of their ante and their bets. Players who win with less than a flush receive only their flop bet, plus any bets they made on the turn or the river.

Players also can make a bonus bet on just their first two cards. If they are dealt aces, their bet returns 30-to-1 (I originally wrote 50-1, but that's is incorrect. My apologies.). They also have six other bonus opportunities, all the way down to receiving 3-to-1 if they are dealt a pair of 2s through 10s.

The house makes its money by taking the ante on the dealer’s winning bets, while not paying off players’ antes if they have less than a flush. The house has about a 5 percent edge on the game, and about a 9 percent edge on the bonus bet, according to WizardOfOdds.com, a Web site devoted to gambling strategy. That’s worse than the 2 percent or lower generally in blackjack or baccarat but better than what you get in many slots games.