It got its name from the Triton Poker Series, where it first appeared. Triton is played at PokerStars and mobile poker apps.
There are no blinds but antes for all players. This game variation retains one rule of classic Hold'em: a straight is better than 3 of a kind. Which cards are eliminated in Short Deck poker? All cards valued from 2 to 5 are removed from the deck, leaving only 36 in the deck. Such an unusual order in 6+ Hold'em hand rankings is explained by the changes in the probabilities of making one or another hand. *The A-6-7-8-9 is the lowest straight hand
